Certain options on our cars allow you to benefit from serious driving comfort! In truth, having a GPS integrated in your car enables you to stay focused on the road while driving to an unknown place without any problems. However the road network is constantly developing, it is consequently important to update the GPS of your Seat Ateca , and this is precisely what we will discover today. To do this, first we will review the different attributes of the integrated GPS for vehicles, and secondly, how to update the GPS of a Seat Ateca .
How does onboard GPS function in a Seat Ateca
In this part we will learn how the GPS of a Seat Ateca works and what are the different sort of GPS.
The features of an integrated GPS?
A built-in GPS provides many features that a smart phone GPS or Tomtom-type GPS will not be able to give you. Below is a list of the advantages of these devices:
- The fact that it is integrated immediately into the dashboard of your Seat Ateca makes it impossible to steal the GPS from your car.
- Connected to your car’s radio antenna, the GPS will have better reception than any type of GPS you could use.
- It is often, dependent on the year, connected to steering wheel voice commands, which enables you to use it without taking your hands off the wheel and so to drive more securely.
- The screen is in most instances much larger than a GPS on a smartphone or a nomadic type, so the info is more readable.
- Associated with your speakers, it can be coupled to music and just happen when you replace direction, which limits the risk of you going off course as much as possible.
The different sort of GPS for Seat Ateca
After having discovered the positive aspects and before detailing to you how to update the GPS of your Seat Ateca , we will fairly quickly describe the different types of integrated GPS that exist for a Seat Ateca, here they are:
- The classic GPS: We call classic GPS the models that equip recent vehicles, they are related to a whole multimedia system and are equipped with a touch screen.
- The old GPS: These GPS were the first generations, the screen is only used for navigation and they are updated with a USB stick or SD card. These systems, although very easy to use and have a lower screen quality, you’ll experience like you’re watching a TV from the 90’s.
- GPS Android Auto or Apple CarPlay: Finally, last kind of GPS, on the latest vehicles it is possible to have a system integrating Android or Apple, these systems are autonomous and you use the native applications of one of the two operating systems. They are very responsive and easy to use.
How do I update the GPS on a Seat Ateca?
We will now proceed to the part you are most interested in, how to update the GPS of your Seat Ateca? To get this done, we will see for each kind of GPS how the process of updating the cartography, the signalling and the software is done.
Updating old GPS on Seat Ateca
The old GPS systems included on the Seat Ateca until the years 2000/2005, these GPS use a specific software for the brand and the approach to update this GPS on a Seat Ateca is to go to the dealer who will manage it, for a 50 euros in most instances.
Updating the GPS of Seat Ateca by SD or USB
This kind of GPS is most basic on cars that are about ten years old. Most of the makers have called upon the company “HERE navigation” and you will have to go to their site to download the map update of your GPS, then transfer it to a USB key or SD card depending on the connectors available on your model and do the update immediately through the menu of your integrated GPS.
Automatic GPS update
Most recent Seat Ateca’s with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay will update automatically, so there is no need for you to make any updates. You can continue to use your GPS with comfort knowing that the map and speed limits are up to date.
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