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My Polo GTI+ does not have SatNav. What are the mechanics of using my Apple iPhone for SatNav ?

If you plug your phone into the car with the correct cable, then you can use car play. Then you have access to Apple sat nav, Google maps and waze. I’ve always found the latter two better than apples.

Still having problems with Apple Car paly in as much that I can get Google Maps/Waze ETC up on the screen but can't do anything further than that. I get a message saying it can't find the server ? Any ideas ??

I'm not an Apple user but did a quick Google and Youtube search and came up with these three websites:

https://support.apple.com/en-za/HT203412
https://support.apple.com/en-za/HT20563 ... our%20car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMyJkt68-fc

Hope it is of some help in guiding you along to get it all going smoothly.

OomStu_ZA wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:14 pm I'm not an Apple user but did a quick Google and Youtube search and came up with these three websites:

https://support.apple.com/en-za/HT203412
https://support.apple.com/en-za/HT20563 ... our%20car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMyJkt68-fc

Hope it is of some help in guiding you along to get it all going smoothly.

Many thanks for your response, the YouTube one hopefully has the answer

As per post 2, I occasionally switch to Apple connection and use Google Map to find some strange place.

Most of the time I ignore the Apple connection and prefer the Bluetooth connection to (a) let me play my cached music from Radio Paradise and (b) use the phone connection in front of me in Digi Dash for the occasional call in or out with a few clicks from my thumb on the wheel.

For longer trips I stick a Garmin on the screen for proper navigation functionality.

Boxerboy wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:16 pm For longer trips I stick a Garmin on the screen for proper navigation functionality.

I have Garmin in my Mercedes and I not all that impressed with it. It leads me up roads that are barely wide enough for the car whatever profile you pick, whether it be fastest route, main road or whatever

I prefer waze myself. Also marks speed cameras, mobile cameras and police

Andy D wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:25 pm

Boxerboy wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:16 pm For longer trips I stick a Garmin on the screen for proper navigation functionality.

I have Garmin in my Mercedes and I not all that impressed with it. It leads me up roads that are barely wide enough for the car whatever profile you pick, whether it be fastest route, main road or whatever

I’ve enjoyed (?) SatNavs for many years. On 2 wheels and 4. Bike rides round Europe. Motor homes from Italy to UK.
And always in my cars in UK.

It’s a battle of wills between Man and GPS.

You can’t trust them as far as you can throw them

I’ve learned how to beat them at their own game.

Never, ever turn of a nice big road into a dirt track. It’ll always recalculate and get you to your destination.

I feel a bit embarrassed but I have now cracked it, it seems it helps if turn the Data on on your iPhone

used apple maps, but was annoyed with the direction arrows on the main dash coming on every time. use google now, no arrows on the main dash. Would like to use the built-in one , but if it was the same as my golf 8 then no way. it was useless for me