2 Weeks ago (six months after ordering the car) we finally got to drive our CX 5.
It's our first Mazda and after driving a Citron C3 Picasso for about 7 years, the new car is definitely an upgrade.
As it is the Optimum version, it has a lot of bells and whistles.
Some our quite obvious, for some others I need to check the manual or for instance this forum.
In short... the car has kept me quite busy the last 2 weeks.
A few days ago I drove along a "new" piece of highway and despite the fact that it has been open for traffic a little over a year now, I saw that this piece of road was not in the navigation yet.
I saw that the latest update of the maps for Europe was from July 2017 so that makes sense, but it also started me to wonder about how to update the map.
I tried to do some research and found some useful stuff, but a few things are still a bit unclear to me.
What I understand from all the research is that I need to download the Mazda toolbox and, if there is an update, I can update the navigation system via an SD card.
That sounds perfectly logical, but I have had a look in the car, found the SD card reader, but there is no card in it.
So that made me wonder: is it a Mazda SD card that you need or could it be just any SD card?
If it needs to be a Mazda SD card... where do I find it? Is it already in the car when you get it from the dealership?
Or what if it can be just any SD card... Does it need to be a certain size (memory-wise)? Does it need to be a completely empty one or is it ok if there is already something on the card?
Why not just find it in the manual or ask the dealership?
Well, 2 reasons.
The first one is that I am originally from Belgium (the Flemish speaking part) and 3 years ago I moved to Sweden.
My "everyday" Swedish has improved drastically over those years, but it's still far from perfect.
As a result, reading the Swedish manual is taking way longer then it would in my native tongue. Especially because it involves a lot of technical and for me not so "everyday" terms.
Second reason is the dealership itself.
The guy who sold us the car 6 months ago, turned out to be a bit of a nitwit. A long story that I might tell some other time, but let's just say he is no longer working there.
The person who is our contact at the dealership now seems to be doing a better job, but my trust in them is not exactly a 100% at the moment.
So before I turn to him with my question(s), I wanted to see if anyone here could help me out a bit.
Already many thanks!
It's our first Mazda and after driving a Citron C3 Picasso for about 7 years, the new car is definitely an upgrade.
As it is the Optimum version, it has a lot of bells and whistles.
Some our quite obvious, for some others I need to check the manual or for instance this forum.
In short... the car has kept me quite busy the last 2 weeks.
A few days ago I drove along a "new" piece of highway and despite the fact that it has been open for traffic a little over a year now, I saw that this piece of road was not in the navigation yet.
I saw that the latest update of the maps for Europe was from July 2017 so that makes sense, but it also started me to wonder about how to update the map.
I tried to do some research and found some useful stuff, but a few things are still a bit unclear to me.
What I understand from all the research is that I need to download the Mazda toolbox and, if there is an update, I can update the navigation system via an SD card.
That sounds perfectly logical, but I have had a look in the car, found the SD card reader, but there is no card in it.
So that made me wonder: is it a Mazda SD card that you need or could it be just any SD card?
If it needs to be a Mazda SD card... where do I find it? Is it already in the car when you get it from the dealership?
Or what if it can be just any SD card... Does it need to be a certain size (memory-wise)? Does it need to be a completely empty one or is it ok if there is already something on the card?
Why not just find it in the manual or ask the dealership?
Well, 2 reasons.
The first one is that I am originally from Belgium (the Flemish speaking part) and 3 years ago I moved to Sweden.
My "everyday" Swedish has improved drastically over those years, but it's still far from perfect.
As a result, reading the Swedish manual is taking way longer then it would in my native tongue. Especially because it involves a lot of technical and for me not so "everyday" terms.
Second reason is the dealership itself.
The guy who sold us the car 6 months ago, turned out to be a bit of a nitwit. A long story that I might tell some other time, but let's just say he is no longer working there.
The person who is our contact at the dealership now seems to be doing a better job, but my trust in them is not exactly a 100% at the moment.
So before I turn to him with my question(s), I wanted to see if anyone here could help me out a bit.
Already many thanks!
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