VDASH Guide

Volvo Sensus Connect Navigation Activation

How to activate built-in navigation in Volvo vehicles with Sensus Connect using VDASH.

Navigation activation

When navigation can be activated

If Sensus Connect is installed in your vehicle and you see the navigation message after pressing the NAV button, or if the function appears in VDASH, it means that your vehicle has navigation map support for certain regions or countries, such as Europe or the USA. This allows you to activate navigation in your vehicle with lifetime free map updates.

What you may see in the car

If you can see this message:

Volvo Sensus Connect navigation message

Or have this button:

Volvo Sensus Connect NAV button

Activate navigation in VDASH

Then all you have to do is activate the navigation using this menu in VDASH:

VDASH navigation activation menu

VDASH Sensus Connect navigation option

VDASH navigation configuration screen

VDASH navigation activation completed

After you have activated the navigation, lock the vehicle for at least 5 minutes.

Region and map updates

Sometimes you also need to change the vehicle region so it accepts the new map data. This is shown and explained at the end of this article: https://d5t5.com/wiki/vdash/article-volvo-engineering-mode-change-region

Once that is done, you can download map updates from here: https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/downloads/maps/mca

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