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Ignition lock
Petrol engines
- ignition switched off, engine off, the steering can be locked
- ignition switched on
- start engine
Diesel engines - interruption of fuel supply, ignition switched off, engine off, the steering can
be locked.
- heating glow plugs on, ignition switched on
•You should not switch on any major elec trical components during the heating
period otherwise the vehicle batter y will be drained unnecessarily.
- start engine
Applies to all models:
Position
To lock the steering , with the ignition key withdrawn, turn the steering wheel until
the steering locking pin is heard to engage. You should always lock the steering as
a general rule if you leave your vehicle. This acts as a deterrent against possible theft
of your vehicle ⇒.
Position Move the steering wheel back and forward
a little if the ignition key cannot, or
cannot easily be turned into this position, in order to release the steering lock.
Position
The engine is started in this position. At the same time switched on low beam or
main beam or other electrical compon ents with major power consumption are
briefly switched off. The ignition key moves back into position when one
releases the key.
The ignition key must be turned back into position each time before starting the
engine again. The starter repeat lock in th e ignition lock prevents the starter being
engaged when the engine is ru nning and thus getting damaged.
Ignition key withdrawal lock (automatic gearbox)
You can only withdraw the ignition key after switching off the ignition if the selector
lever is in position P.
WARNING
•When driving, the ignition key must always be in the position (igni-
tion switched on) without the engine running. This position is indicated by
the warning lights coming on. If this is not the case, it could result in unex-
pected locking of the steering wheel - risk of accident!
•Only remove the ignition key from the ignition lock when the vehicle has
come to a standstill (put on the handbrake or select the selector lever posi-
tion P). The steering lock can enga ge immediately - risk of accident!
•Always withdraw the ignition key if you are going to leave the vehicle,
even for a short time. This is particularly important if children are left in the
vehicle. The children might otherwise star t the engine or switch on electrical
equipment (e.g. power windows) - risk of accident or injury!
Fig. 121 Ignition lock posi-
tions
A1
A2
A3
A1
A2
A3
A1
A2
A3
A2
A1
A2
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people who wear such clothing are not recognised by the sensors of the
parking aid.
Note
•Only the front parking aid operates if you are towing a trailer (applies only to
models which feature a factory-fitted towing device*).
•If a warning signal sounds for about 3 seconds after activating the system and
there is no obstacle close to your car, th is indicates a system fault. The fault is
confirmed additionally when the symbol
flashes in the button ⇒page 116,
fig. 125 . Have the fault rectified by a specialist workshop.
•The sensors must be kept clean and free of ice to enable the parking aid to
operate properly.
•If the parking aid is activated and the se lector lever of the automatic gearbox is
in the position , warning signal indicates interruption (vehicle can no longer
move).
Park Assist*
Description and important information
The park assist assists you when parkin g in a suitable parallel parking place
between two vehicles or behind a vehicle.
The park assist automatically searches fo r suitable parking spaces after switching
on the ignition and when driving up to 30 km/h.
During the parking procedure the park assist only takes over the steering move-
ments, the pedals continue to be operated by the driver.
Function of the system is based on:
•Length and depth measurement of the parking spaces when driving
•Evaluation of the size of the parking space
•Definition of the correct position of the vehicle for parking
•Calculating the line on which the vehi cle drives backwards into the parking
place
•Actuation of the steering force assistance , automatic spinning of the wheels of
the front axle when parking.
WARNING
The park assist does not take away th e responsability from the driver when
parking.
•Pay particular attention to small chil dren and animals as they would not
be recognised by the sensors of the parking aid.
•Under certain circumstances, surfaces of certain objects and types of
clothing cannot reflect the signal of the park assist or the parking aid. Thus,
these objects or people who wear such clothing are not recognised by the
sensors of the parking aid.
•The external sound source of the park assist and the parking aid can be
disruptively influenced and under unfavourable conditions, objects or
people cannot be recognised by the sensors of the parking aid.
Caution
•If other vehicles are parked behind or on the kurb, th e park assist guides your
vehicle beyond the kurb or onto it. Make su re that the wheels or the wheel rims of
your vehicle are not damaged and if necessary intervene in time.
•You should satisfy yourself before parking that there is no small obstacle, such
as a rock, thin post, trailer drawbar etc., in front or behind your vehicle. Such an
obstacle might not be within the range detected by the sensors.
•Under certain circumstances, surfaces or structures of certain objects such as
wire mesh fences, powder snow etc..., cannot be recognised by the system.
•The evaluation of the parking place an d the parking procedure depends on the
circumference of the wheels. The system does not function correctly if your vehicle
is mounted with wheels of non-permissible size, snow chains or a temporary spare
wheel (in order to reach the nearest work shop). If the tyres other than those
excepted by the manufacturer are mounted, the resulting position of the vehicle in
WARNING (continued)
AP
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Parking with the help of the park assist and concluding the
parking procedure
The time limit for the parking procedure with the help of the park assist
lasts 180 seconds.
– If the park assist has recognized a suitable parking place, the parking
place is shown in the information display* ⇒fig. 129 .
– Drive on further until the display ⇒fig. 130 appears.
– Bring the vehicle to a stop for at least 1 second.
– Engage the reverse gear or set the selector lever* in the position R. – As soon as the following message is indicated in the information
display*: Steering intervention! Check area around veh.! let go of
the steering wheel, the steering will be taken over by the system.
– Observe the surroundings and drive backwards with a speed of maximum 7 km/h, at the same time operate the pedal.
– End the parking procedure from a distance on the basis of the infor- mation of the system.
As soon as the parking procedure is comple ted, an audible signal sounds and in the
information display* the following message appears: Steering intervention
finished! Please take over steering! .
If your vehicle is not properly parked, the position of the wheels is corrected by the
system after disengaging the reverse gear when your vehicle is stationary, so that
you can align the vehicle yourself during a forward movement after taking over the
steering.
Switch off park assist
The park assist switches off during one of the following occurences:
•A speed of 30 km/h exceeded
•A speed of 7 km/h exceeded during the parking procedure
•A time limit of 180 seconds exceeded for engaging the reverse gear after
switching on the park assist
•A time limit of 180 seconds exceeded for the parking procedure
•The button pressed for the park assist
•Parking aid activated
•Switch off ESP
•Intervention of the driver in the automatic steering procedure (stop the steering
wheel)
•Disengage reverse gear or take out selector lever* out of the position R during
the parking procedure.
Further warning and information texts of the park assist in the information
display*:
Fig. 129 Information
display: Parking place recog-
nized with the information to
drive on
Fig. 130 Information
display: Parking place recog-
nized with the information to
engage the reverse gear
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The selector lever position you have engaged is indicated in the informa-
tion display of the instrument clus ter together with the engaged gear
⇒ fig. 135 .
Switching over to manual shifting
– Push the selector lever to the right out of position D. After switching
over, the current engaged gear is indicated in the display.
Shifting up gears
– One-touch forward of the selector lever (in the Tiptronic position) ⇒page 126, fig. 134 .
Shifting down gears
– One-touch back of the selector lever (in the Tiptronic position) .
It is possible to switch over to manual both when the car is stationary and also when
driving.
When you accelerate, the gearbox shifts up automatically into the higher gear just
before the maximum permissible engine speed is reached.
If you select a lower gear, the automatic ge arbox does not shift down until there is
no risk of the engine overrevving. If you operate the kickdown function, the gearbox shifts into a lower gear in line
with the vehicle speed and engine speed.
Manual shifting on the multifunction steering wheel*
Switching over to manual shifting
– Push the selector lever to the right out of position
D. After switching
over, the current engaged gear is indicated in the display.
Shifting up gears
– Press the right rocker switch ⇒fig. 136 for the multifunction
steering wheel.
Shifting down gears
– Press the left rocker switch ⇒fig. 136 for the multifunction
steering wheel.
Temporarily switching over to manual shifting
– If the selector lever is in position D or S, press the left rocker switch
or the right rocker switch fo r the multifunction steering wheel.
Fig. 135 Information
display: Manual shifting of
gears
A+
A-
Fig. 136 Multifunction
steering wheel: Manual
shifting of gears
+
+
-
+
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Multifunction steering wheel*
Operate radio und navigation on the multifunction steering wheel
The driver can set the basic functions of the radio and navigation by simply oper-
ating the buttons located on the steering wheel so that he can concentrate on the
traffic situation without being distracted as little as possible by operating the radio
and navigation ⇒fig. 138 .
This applies only if your vehicle has been installed with radio and navigation at the
factory. You can of course operate the ra dio and navigation at the appliance. You
will find a description in the operating instructions of your radio system.
When the headlights are switched on, the steering wheel pushbuttons are then also
illuminated.
The buttons apply for the respective operating mode of the current radio or naviga-
tion.
By pressing the buttons, you can carry out the following functions:
Fig. 138 Multifunction
steering wheel: control
buttons
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on the adapter with an interval of 2 seconds or pressing the button
twice on the
multifunction steering wheel* with an interval of 2 seconds.
While connecting the mobile phone with the hands-free system by means of Blue-
tooth
®, no other phone can be connected wi th the hands-free system via Blue-
tooth®.
Up to seven mobile phones and four mu ltimedia units can be connected by the
hands-free system via Bluetooth
® whereby only one mobile phone or multimedia
unit can communicate simultaniously via Bluetooth® with the hands-free system.
If an eighth mobile phone is connected to the handsfree-system, then the tele-
phone, which has not been used together with the handsfree system for the longest
period, is disconnected by means of Bluetooth
®.
Establish Bluetooth
® connection
After switching on the ignition, the Blue tooth connection is automatically estab-
lished for the already adapted mobile phone
12). Check on the mobile unit if the
automatic connection was established.
Disconnect Bluetooth
® connection
After withdrawing the ignition key, the Bluetooth® connection is disonnected.
WARNING
•Pay attention primarily to the traffic si tuation! As the driver you are fully
responsible for road safety. Use the telephone system only to such an extent,
so that you are in full control of your vehicle at any time - risk of accident!
•In the event of air transport, the Bluetooth® function of the handsfree-
system must be switched off by a specialist garage!
Caution
Taking the mobile phone out of the adapter during the call can lead to interruption
of the connection. When taking out the mobile phone, the connection to the
factory-fitted antenna is interrupted, this reduces the quality of the transmitting
and receiving signal. This might result additionally in harmful radiation from the
mobile phone in the interior of the ve hicle and the charging of the telephone
battery is interrupted.
Note
•Not valid for all mobile phones which enable a communication via Bluetooth®.
•Please operate your mobile phone exclusively with a suitable adapter, in order
to keep a low radiation in the vehicle.
•Inserting the mobile phone into the adapter ensures an optimal sending and
receiving power and offers at the same ti me the advantage of the battery charging.
•Note that the range of the Bluetooth® connection to the handsfree-system is
limited to the vehicle interior. The range is dependent on local factors, e.g. obstacles
between the devices and interferences with other devices. If your mobile phone is
e.g. in a jacket pocket, this can lead to difficulties when establishing the Bluetooth
®
connection with the handsfree-sy stem or the data transfer.
Erase the list of connected units
Erase previously connected mobile or multimedia units
– Switch on the ignition. A connectio n to a mobile or multimedia unit
must not be established.
– Press the button SOS on the adapter or the button
on the multi-
function steering wheel* for more than 10 seconds.
– Erasing is confirmed with an audible signal.
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Operate telephone call on the multifunction steering wheel
The contol unit reacts to pressing the button PTT ⇒ fig. 141 as follows:
•press briefly: see table,
•press button for long time: reject incomi ng call; in the other modes, changing
between private modus (call via telephone) and the hands-free modus.
Pressing for a long time means longer than 2 seconds.
Fig. 141 Multifunction
steering wheel: control
buttons
Initial conditionReaction
Telephone connected, idle state.Voice control of the mobile phone is activateda)
a)The voice control is only activated if your mo bile phone is equipped with this function.
Telephone connected, voice control activeVoice control is deactivated
Incoming callCall is accepted
Active callCall is terminated
Connection is establishedThe process for connecting is terminated
Call on holdCall on hold is activated
Call on hold + active callActive call is terminated and call on hold is activated
Active call and second incoming callActive call is held, incoming call is accepted
Call on hold + process for connectingProcess for connecting is terminated, call on hold is kept on hold
Call on hold + incoming callCall on hold is kept on hold, incoming call is accepted
Active call + call on hold + incoming callActive call is terminated, call on hold is activated, incoming call re mains an incoming call
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Universal telephone preinstallation GSM III*
Introduction
This enables you to make full use of the ad vantages of a normal carphone (“hands-
free system” using a microphone integrated in the vehicle, optimal transmission of
signals using an external aerial etc.). The equipment includes also the voice control.
The telephone is connected using the rSAP profile - Remote SIM access profile
(telecommunication of the SIM data) by means of Bluetooth
® technology, if your
telephone supports this profile. The equi pment includes the following functions:
•Display of the SMS text in the information display.
•Free talking in the vehicle interior.
•MUTE signal to the radio.
•Voice control (with the set-up possibility for “short and long dialogue”,
depending on the user's knowledge of the operating structure).
•Convenience mode with the multifunction steering wheel and the display in the
information display.
•Handsfree-system.
The voice control of the telephone is acti vated by pressing the button PTT on the
multifunction steering wheel ⇒page 139, fig. 142 .
A phone phonebook is part of the univers al telephone preinstallation GSM III with
voice control. In the phone phonebook there are 1 000 free memory locations
available. This phone phonebook is inde pendent of the appliance used for the
mobile phone.
Furthermore the volume can be changed indi vidually at any time with the button
for setting the radio or on vehicles fitted with multifunction steering wheel* with
function buttons on the steering wheel.
Dialogue
The period, in which the telephone system is ready to receive voice commands and
carry out the voice commands, is called DIALOGUE. The system gives audible feed-
back and guides you if nece ssary through the relevant functions. You can start or
end the dialogue at any time by pressing the PTT button. The dialogue is always automatically ended after carrying out an operation, e.g.
after erasing the name from the phonebook.
The dialogue of the incoming call is i
mmediately interrupted and you can accept
the call by pressing the button
.
If a voice command is not detected, the system answers with “ Sorry?” and a new
entry can be performed. After the 2nd error the system repeats the aid. After the 3rd
error the answer “ Cancel” is given and the dialogue is ended.
Optimum understanding of the voice commands depends on the following
factors:
•Speak with a normal tone of voice wi thout intonation and excessive voice
pauses.
•Avoid insufficient articulation.
•Close the doors, windows and sliding roof, in order to reduce or stop disturbing
exterior noise.
•It is recommended to speak louder at higher speeds, so that the tone of your
voice is louder than the increased surrounding noise.
•During the dialogue avoid additional nois e in the vehicle, e.g. simultaneously
talking occupants.
•Do not speak, if the system makes an announcement.
•The microphone for voice control is in serted in the moulded headliner and
directed to the driver and front passen ger. Therefore the driver and the front
passenger can operate the equipment.
WARNING
Pay attention primarily to the traffic si tuation! As the driver you are fully
responsible for road safety. Use the telephone system only to such an extent,
so that you are in full control of your vehicle at any time.
Note
•Please contact your Škoda Service Partne r if there are any points which are not
clear.
•Please also refer to the additional instructions ⇒page 145.
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