Internet radio whilst abroad

Jester · Sep 29, 2023

I may not of noticed this until I received an email from VW we Connect advising that all my services had been shut down. This happened straight after the infotainment, update, I am travelling through Croatia and my digital speed log changed from kilometres per hour to miles per hour. Not sure if this is related. Anyway, looking through their email to me. It told me exactly what they had shut down. I noted Internet radio which I’ve never clocked before. Has it always been there and I’ve just never noticed it.

Has anybody used the Internet radio service and if so what stations can you pick up as I have only been able to pick up the World Service? Amongst a lot of Italian stations and Croatian stations. Yum

Will

GordonH · Sep 29, 2023

Never used the built in car services, always just use CarPlay and get internet radio of choice that way.

Jester · Sep 30, 2023

GordonH said:
Never used the built in car services, always just use CarPlay and get internet radio of choice that way.

Thanks Gordon,
ill look at that

dspuk · Sep 30, 2023

I think we were chatting about this a couple of threads ago but depending on which infotainment system you got you only get 1 or 3 years free for internet services. We connect will still work, but the ability to lock/unlock doors won’t. The most expensive system gets three years and the other two just the one year.

As for Internet radio, like internet weather and internet news, never used, never will. Played with them at one point and they so slow and faffy it’s not worth the time. They basically just us the vans mobile sim to connect online and stream VW’s desired systems.

As Gordon says, just use CarPlay.

If you like the advanced features of WeConnect (I do) it’s only a small cost considering the van outlay to keep it going. I think I just paid 70 quid of so for the Tiguan. I’ve not checked but I’m guessing OTA updates now wont work either, someone else can advise.

Nigel Herriott · Oct 2, 2023

I travelled to and from the Dordogne in France recently. Used the van internet radio all the way and it worked perfectly whilst driving. Not all was motorway driving, quite a lot off the motorway.