131 Nissan Qashqai +2 questions

SparrowHawk

Hi All,

So took ownership of a 2nd hand 131 Nissan Qashqai +2 the other day - waiting on a manual from the dealer, but have a couple of questions, which people in the know may be able to help with. I've had a look online and checked out a UK manual, but to no avail....

1. Does anyone know what this symbol indicates? It's located beside the gear change indicator on the dash.
https://ibb.co/g0vLiv

2. Is there a way to update the maps on the SD card?

thanks in advance,

SH

Atlantic Dawn

Could it be an indicator to tell you when is most efficient time to change gear? When does it appear?

SparrowHawk

Atlantic Dawn wrote:

Could it be an indicator to tell you when is most efficient time to change gear? When does it appear?

It's beside the gear change indicator (up /down arrow). It's always there. Maybe just a symbol to indicate where the gear change indicator is located? Would seem kinda pointless if it was.....

phill106

Googled it...trip counter!http://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=801

SparrowHawk

Trip counter is elsewhere on the dash-away from the car tonight so might post another pic tomorrow. The link above shows as not found....

Miike

You're going to think I'm making this up but it's just there to tell you that's the indicator for gear shifts for when the arrow comes up to upshift/downshift. It's always on, in all manual Qashqais with the gear indicator installed.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/836062/Nissan-Qashqai.html?page=176#manual

You won't even find reference to it in the manual.

peteb2

SparrowHawk wrote:

2. Is there a way to update the maps on the SD card?

I looked at this for a friend before and only way was to buy and they weren't cheap!!

Miike

As for maps (from googling around) it seems that http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-CONNECT-LCN1-SD-CARD-MAP-V7-2017-MICRA-QASHQAI-NOTE-JUKE-CUBE-/182451386965?hash=item2a7af33a55:g:uyIAAOSwfVpYnntu is a reputable seller. Keep in mind there is two different navigation systems and you will need to buy the correct card for the system you have (Nissan Connect 1 / Nissan Connect 3)

Or you can go the legit route for €120 from http://nissan.navigation.com/product-list/Catalog/Catalog_Qashqai_2013_LCN1/en_GB/NissanEMEA/EUR

SparrowHawk

Miike wrote: »

You're going to think I'm making this up but it's just there to tell you that's the indicator for gear shifts for when the arrow comes up to upshift/downshift. It's always on, in all manual Qashqais with the gear indicator installed.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/836062/Nissan-Qashqai.html?page=176#manual

You won't even find reference to it in the manual.

:eek:

Spent half the morning looking on manualslib - saw a similiar screenshot - but where the "mystery" symbol is located on your link was blank on mine
But hey - at least it's now solved & I can sleep easy tonight - thanks Miike!

Thanks guys for the confirmation on the maps question - had seen the items on sale on ebay - and the Expensive options on Nissan connect - might be worth the investment if Google's "send to car" would work

Alun

There's a guy on eBay called blackrojer who sells SD cards for Nissan Connect systems.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/blackrojer?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Look here http://www.fpro.aaanet.ru/connect/map-vers.htm for information on which version you need for whichever version of Nissan Connect head unit you have.

BTW if you're expecting Google Send To Car to work, it won't. It's "not supported" in Ireland for reasons that I have yet been unable to divine, either by contacting Google or Nissan.

However if your Connect head unit supports the Nissan Connect app, you can do Google address searches which route through the phone app. Since Google Maps now supports eircode, you can even do eircode searches which is handy.