2007 SKODA OCTAVIA lock

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WARNING
The system is fitted with a force limiter ⇒page 46. The closing process will
be stop if an obstruction is detected and the window will open again. You
should then take particular care when closing the windows! You may other-
wis e su ffe r s ev e re inj uri e s a s a re sul t o f g e t tin g an a rm , fo r e xa m pl e, j am m e d
in the window!
Electric sliding/tilting roof*
Description
The sliding/tilting roof is operated by means of the control dial ⇒fig. 36 and only
functions when the ignition is switched on . The control dial has a number of fixed
positions.
After switching the ignition off, it is still possible to open or close the sliding/tilting
roof for a further 10 minutes. It is no long er possible to operate the sliding/tilting
roof after opening or closing one of the front doors, however.
Note
•If the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, it is possible that the
sliding/tilting roof does not close fully. Here you have to set the control dial to the
switch position and press it forward for about 10 seconds.
•It is necessary after each emergency oper ation (using crank handle) to move the
sliding/tilting roof into the basic position. Here you have to set the control dial to
the switch position and press it forward for about 10 seconds.
Opening and tilting
Comfort position
– Turn the switch to position ⇒fig. 36 .
Opening roof fully
– Turn the switch to position and hold it in this position (spring- tensioned position).
Tilting roof
– Turn the switch to position .
The wind noise in the comfort position is less than when the roof is fully opened.
The sun screen is also opened automatically when the roof slides open. You can
slide the sun screen into the opened or closed position by hand when the
sliding/tilting roof is closed.
Caution
It may be necessary during winter to remove any ice and snow in the area of the
sliding/tilting roof before opening it in order to prevent damaging the opening
mechanism.
Fig. 36 Control dial for
the power sliding/tilting
roof
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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Closing
Sliding closed/closing the sliding/tilting roof
– Turn the switch to position ⇒page 48, fig. 36 .
Safety closing
The sliding/tilting roof is equipped with an overload protection system. If an
obstacle (e.g. ice) prevents closing, the sliding/tilting roof stops and opens
completely. You can close the sliding/tilting roof completely without overload
protection by pressing the switch to the position ⇒page 48, fig. 36 at the front
for as long as it takes for the sliding/tilting roof to shut completely ⇒.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury!
Convenience operation
You can also close an open sliding/tilting roof from the outside.
– Turn the key in the lock of the driver door into the closing position or
press the closing button of the remote control until the sliding/tilting
roof is closed ⇒.
The closing process stops when one releases the key or the closing button.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury! The overload protec-
tion system does not function with the convenience closing.
Emergency operation
You can close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof by hand if the system is
defect.
– Position the flat blade of a screwdriver carefully against the rear edge
of the cover of th e electrical drive ⇒fig. 37 .
– Pull the cover down.
– Insert an Allen key, Group 4, up to the stop into the opening and close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof ⇒fig. 38 .
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headliner: point for posi-
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Fig. 38 Detail of the
headliner: Emergency
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– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then pushing the cover up.
– Have the fault rectified by a specialist workshop.
Note
It is necessary after each emergency operation (using Allen key) to move the
sliding/tilting roof into the basic position . Here you have to press the control dial
forward to switch position ⇒page 48, fig. 36 for about 10 seconds.
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Switching on Leaving Home Function
– Unlock the vehicle with the radio remote control - the lights come on.
Depending on equipment fitted the functi on Coming/Leaving Home switches on
the following lights:
•Parking lights,
•Low beam,
•Entry lighting in the exterior mirrors,
•Licence plate light.
Coming Home Function
The function Coming Home is only switch ed on, if the low beam was switched on
when the ignition is on.
The lights go out 30 seconds after cl osing all the doors and the boot lid.
If a door or the boot lid remains open, th e lights go out 30 seconds after switching
off the ignition.
The light switch remains in the position for low beam also after switching off the
Coming Home Function, all lights are automatically switched off.
On vehicles fitted with automatic driving la mp control you can also switch the light
switch in the position
 ⇒ page 51, fig. 39 . The function Coming Home is
controlled with the light sensor in the mount of the interior rear mirror. If the light
intensity is higher than the set value of the light sensor, the Coming Home Function
is not switched on after switching off the ignition.
Leaving Home Function
The function Leaving Home is controlled wi th the light sensor in the mount of the
interior rear mirror. If the light intensity is higher than the set value of the light
sensor, the Leaving Home Func tion is not switched on after unlocking the vehicle
with the radio remote control.
After unlocking the vehicle with the radio re mote control, the lights come on for 30
seconds. The Leaving Home Function is al so switched off after the ignition is
switched on and after locking the vehicle. If no door is opened within 30 seconds, th
e lights go out and the vehicle is locked
automatically.
Note
•If the Coming/Leaving Home Function is switched on constantly, the battery will
be heavily discharged particularly in short-haul traffic.
•The switching on of the described lights should only be undertaken in accord-
ance with the legal requirements.
•You can change the illumination period for the Coming/Leaving Home Function
by means of the information display* ⇒page 22.
Instrument lighting* 
You can adjust the brightness of the instrument lighting.
Instrument lighting
– Switch on the light.
– Turn the control dial ⇒fig. 42 to the desired intensity of the instru-
ment lighting
5).
5)For the information display* ⇒page 18 the intensity of the lighting is automatically set. The
setting using the control dial ⇒fig. 42 is only possible when driving in the dark.
Fig. 42 Dash panel:
Instrument lighting
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Note
•Use only in accordance with the legal requirements the described lighting and
signal systems.
Interior lighting
Front interior lighting and lighting of storage compartment on
front passenger side
Switching the interior light on
– Press the switch to the left, the symbol
 ⇒ fig. 46 appears.
Switching the interior light off
– Press the switch into the middle position O.
– On the version without reading lights press the switch to the right, the symbol O appears.
Door contact setting
– Press the switch to the right, the symbol
 appears. – On the version without reading lights press the switch into the
middle position
.
Reading lights*
– Press on one of the switches in order to switch the right or left reading light on or off.
Lighting of storage compartment on the front passenger side*
– When opening the flap of the storage compartment on the front passenger side the lighting in the storage compartment comes on.
– The light switches on automatically when the parking light is switched on and goes out when the flap is closed.
The interior light comes on as soon as yo u unlock the car or open a door or when
the ignition key has been removed. The li ght goes out again about 30 seconds after
all the doors have been closed. The interior lighting is switched off when you lock
the car or switch the ignition on. This on ly applies when the switch for the corre-
sponding interior lights is standing n the door contact setting.
The interior lighting goes off after about 10 minutes when a door has been left open
in order to avoid discharging the battery of the vehicle.
If the switch is in the position
 (permanent lights), the interior lighting goes off at
the latest after 10 minutes in order to avoid discharging the battery of the vehicle.
Note
We recommend having these bulbs re placed by a specialist garage.
Fig. 46 Detail of the
headliner: front interior
lighting
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Rear interior lighting*
The rear interior lighting ⇒fig. 47 is actuated by moving the switch to the symbol , O or to the middle position .
The same principles apply for the interior li ghting at the rear as for the for the inte-
rior lighting at the front ⇒page 57.
Note
We recommend having the bulb re placed by a specialist garage.
Front door warning light*
The warning light is located in the door trim panel below ⇒fig. 48 .
The warning light goes on every time the door is opened. The light goes out about
10 minutes after opening the door in order to avoid discharging the battery of the
vehicle.
There is a reflector installed on some vehicles instead of the warning light.
Luggage compartment light*
The lighting comes on automatically when the boot lid is opened. The luggage
compartment lighting will switch off agai n automatically if the boot lid remains
open for more than about 30 minutes.
Entry lighting*
The lighting is positioned on the bottom edge of the exterior mirror.
The light beam is directed towards the entry area of the front door.
The light comes on after the doors have been locked or on opening the boot lid. The
light goes out after switching on the ignition or up to 30 seconds after closing all the
doors, the bonnet and the boot lid.
If a door, the bonnet or the boot lid remains open, the light goes out within 2
minutes if the ignition is switched off.
WARNING
If the entry light comes on, do not touch its cover - risk of burns!
Fig. 47 Roof liner light at
the rear
Fig. 48 Front door:
Warning light
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WARNING
The sun visors must not be swivelled to the side windows into the deploy-
ment area of the head airbags if any ob jects, such as ball-point pens etc. are
attached to them. This might result in injuries to the occupants if the head
airbag is deployed.
Sun screen*
The sun screen is located in a housing on the luggage compartment
cover. If required, you can remove the housing with the sun screen from
the luggage compartment cover. Unrolling
– Pull the sun screen at the loop and hang it in the brackets
⇒fig. 52 .
Rolling up
– Take the sun screen out of the brackets and hold it at the loop so that it can roll up slowly and without damage into the housing on
the luggage compartment cover.
Removing
– Unhook the fastening elements from the luggage compartment cover .
– Roll up the sun screen again into the housing on the luggage compart- ment cover.
– Press the locking button in the direction of arrow and take out the sun screen in the direction or arrow ⇒fig. 53 .
Fig. 52 Unroll the sun
screen
Fig. 53 Remove the sun
screen
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Replacing the wiper blade on the rear window wiper
Taking off the wiper blade
– Fold windscreen wiper arm out from the windscreen and position the
wiper blade at right angles to the wiper arm ⇒fig. 56 .
– Hold the window wiper arm at the top end with one hand.
– With the other hand unlock the locking button in the direction of arrow and remove the wiper blade.
Attaching a wiper blade
– Position the wiper blade onto the wiper arm and lock the locking button .
– Check whether the wiper blade is correctly attached.
The same remarks apply here as for ⇒page 63, “Replacing wiper blades for the
windscreen wipers”.
Rear-view mirror
Manual dimming interior rear-view mirror
Basic setting
– Pull the lever on the bottom edge of the mirror forward.
Dimming mirror
– Pull the lever on the bottom edge of the mirror back.
The vehicle can also be equipped with a se cond rear mirror*, which is attached
above the inner main rear mirror. The second rear mirror* enables an extensive
look into the area of the rear seats, e.g. to check on the seated passengers. You can
adjust it in the horizontal as well as vertical direction regardless of the inner main
rear mirror.
Automatic dimming interior mirror*
Switching on the automatic dimming
– Press the button - the warning light lights up ⇒fig. 57 .
Fig. 56 Wiper blade for
rear window
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Fig. 57 Automatic
dimming interior mirror
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