Hyundai Tuscon, satnav Eircodes?

Scott Tenorman

Apologies if this has been asked before, couldn’t find anything when I searched.

My FIL bought a 2017 Tuscon, he has an issue where he can’t put any eircodes into the satnav.
Is there a way to do this? Does he just need a map update?

Toyotafanboi

Not possible, the nav doesn't support them. Most brands dont in fairness.

colm_mcm

Would that car have CarPlay?

Toyotafanboi

Some did but people seem to want to persevere with the **** factory nav rather than using google maps.

For Forks Sake

Android Auto -> Google Maps if the car support it.

Scott Tenorman

Thanks everyone, this car doesn’t have CarPlay so he’ll just have to live with it

kirving

Hard to fault the manufacturers in some senses, Eircode isn't a free system to use for commercial purposes.

SCOOP 64

I have to convert the Eircodes with Loc8 Code on my Garmin but it does work but doubt you have this option in a car sat nav.

zg3409

Just a thing to note, while google maps can look up eircodes, not all the newest housing estates are on googles eircode database. Some you need to go to eircode.ie and from there back to the map to find the location. It seems googles database is old or behind the official site.

Eircode ideally needs an internet connection so new estates can be added.

Alun

The very latest version of the Hyundai and Kia infotainment software actually does support eircodes. There's no mention of this anywhere but someone on the Kia eNiro thread on the electric vehicle sub forum discovered it. I have a Niro PHEV and it works on that.