Collected my 2016 Leon fr last night - advertised as tech pack and has the USB in the centre behind the gear stick. Plugged in my iPhone and the system is saying full link needs activated, doesn’t this come as standard as part of the tech pack? I had a 2015 Ibiza tech pack that came with it so not sure what is standard and what are additional extras on the Leon’s!
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A £200 wad of cash apparently!! Good old seat and their hidden extrasYou can get it activated retroactively, but expect to pay a wad of cash...
My girlfriend got an ex-demo Ibiza FR that was advertised as having it (she absolutely wanted it) so when we got there and it didn't , they said they could just add it and asked a lot of cash.
After 2h of hard bargaining, they kinda agreed to put it, but said it would take "a few hours"
For the life of me, how long does it take to punch in the VIN for the car or their system, generate a code, walk to car, plug in their computer, tick the full link activation mark and put said code?
And for that, all that money...
After 2h of hard bargaining, they kinda agreed to put it, but said it would take "a few hours"
For the life of me, how long does it take to punch in the VIN for the car or their system, generate a code, walk to car, plug in their computer, tick the full link activation mark and put said code?
And for that, all that money...
That’s what makes me really reluctant to pay for it! It’s not like it’s hard to do. Takes me a lot more effort to earn £200
I'd also add that the full link isn't something I would pay for. I tried it on mine once, when the car was new, then used Android Auto ever since.
Mine was ex demo too and luckily it had already been activated.
It would have annoyed the hell out of me to pay £200 quid for it, especially considering the price of the car. As much as it pains me to say it though it is worth it, use it everyday without fail.
In regards to the above, I thought Android Auto was part of full link, the £200 is what you pay for them to activate it.
It would have annoyed the hell out of me to pay £200 quid for it, especially considering the price of the car. As much as it pains me to say it though it is worth it, use it everyday without fail.
In regards to the above, I thought Android Auto was part of full link, the £200 is what you pay for them to activate it.
Full link is the set of MirrorLink, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay... Or am I wrong here?
...and yes, MirrorLink is rubbish
Don't be telling me it's useless .
I'm booked in the next week or so to get mine done by a seat dealer, costing just below £200. Better be worth it....
I'm booked in the next week or so to get mine done by a seat dealer, costing just below £200. Better be worth it....
Just install the Android Auto app and start it on the phone screen, then imagine it on the car screen.
Google assistant, read messages that come and replying to them, Spotify, Waze/Google maps... Use it all the time
Today I went to activate FullLink on my 2015 Leon tech pack. I payed 250 euro (Ireland) and than I realized that CarPlay is not working. So went back to dealer and told them that probably my usb socket is not up to date and yes, they checked it and it was not supported by CarPlay as it doesn't have an Apple chip in it. So they told me it will be extra 38 euro for the part itself and 100 euro labour. I decided to install it myself, as it's really simple part swap, without any dashboard removal.
Just install the Android Auto app and start it on the phone screen, then imagine it on the car screen.
Google assistant, read messages that come and replying to them, Spotify, Waze/Google maps... Use it all the time
Oh i like that, best bit is spotify. Able to pick what you want and rewind/fastfoward. Really like that, think I'll be happy. Don't need it but it's there ....so i want it.
Cheers captain
Hi Jaco2k,
I took delivery of my Leon Cupra yesterday but am finding the same issue. Carplay is not working... Can you provide details of where you got the chip and how it’s installed?
Hi Wezango,
I accidentally replied to Jaco2k... I took delivery of my Leon Cupra yesterday but am finding the same issue. Carplay is not working... Can you provide details of where you got the chip and how it’s installed?
Sorry for late reply, missed notification somehow. I purchased usb socket from a dealer that installed full link software. Socket is pretty easy to change. You just get out old one using some pry tool or just with a credit card. Than pull out old cable from it, replace plastic adapter and insert it into a new socket, install all stuff the back and voila. It should work fine after that. Just make sure that the socket you buy has green cable adapter in it and your old one is dark red.
When I picked up my 65 plate Leon FR (Tech Pack) 3 weeks ago, the dealer activated Full Link without any charge. I was expecting it not to have the function having read up that Full Link was only introduced to the SEAT range from 2017 onward.
Worked first time after plugging in my iPhone 8. Not even using an official apple lightning cable either..
Worked first time after plugging in my iPhone 8. Not even using an official apple lightning cable either..
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