Hi all.. I know my Mazda dealer sat
us to just use CarPlay instead of the nav system but I want to see if adding the card gets me some of the heads up,display back rather than just speed limit (not an upgrade in the new Mazdas in my opinion. I have a compatible SD card, do I just put it in a card reader, go the Mazda website and look for that map update?

cheers, Greg

 

Yep- if you have the correct card- just install and it will do its thing. You need to drive with it for a bit so it locks to the car before you can use Mazda Toolbox on your computer to update it.

 

Took me about 20 miles and a shut down for it to work. Compass showed up right away.



My 2¢

 

Hi everyone - on a related theme - I have just acquired a 2014 CX5 and typically there is no maps SD card in the slot.
If I were to buy a genuine Mazda TomTom maps SD card off eBay, (seen a few for same years as car) can I use this and update the maps via Mazda website, as you have described?

Many thanks
Andy

 

If you're seeing a compass that means that your nav card is not working or it's not being detected by the system. The only way that I can see a compass on my system is if I remove the nav card.

 

What do you mean that you have a 'compatible SD' card? A Mazda nav card?

 

I was able to on the one I bought for my late parents 2016 Mazda 3. I went the dealer route when I bought my 2020 CX-5; I'd suggest cloning the ebay card to a high quality SD card if you have the ability (I used Rufus for the cloning) as I had I had constant reboots of the nav until the card warmed up on cold days with that one.

 

$55 for a new Mazda nav card from ebay (navking). Drive your car 62 miles with that card installed, then remove the card and update it with the Toolbox. It will work properly and be registered with Mazda for 3 years of free updates.