2011 SKODA OCTAVIA horn

Using the system
Cockpit Overview This overview will help you to quickly familiarise yourself with the
displays and the control elements.
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electric exterior mirror adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lever for the multi-functional switch:
– Turn signal light, headlight and parking light, headlight flasher . .50
– Speed regulating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Steering wheel:
– with horn
– with driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
– with controls for radio, radio navigation system and phone . . . . . .114
Instrument cluster: Instruments and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Lever for the multi-functional switch:
– Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
– Windshield wiper and wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Control dial for heating on the driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switch for hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storage compartment on the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Radio
– Radio navigation system
Control dial for heating on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Storage compartment on the front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Switch for the front passenger airbag (in front passenger storage
compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuse box (on side of dash panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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17 Light switch
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Control dial for the instrument lighting and control dial for the
headlight beam range regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
Release lever engine compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Storage compartment on the driver's side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Lever for adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Operating controls for the heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
– Operating controls for the air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
– Operating controls for Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
TCS switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Front and rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Gearshift lever (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
– Selector lever (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
– Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator light for a switched off front seat passenger airbag . . . . . . .146 Note
● Vehicles with a factory-fitted radio or radio navigation system are supplied
with separate instructions for operating such equipment.
● The arrangement of the controls and switches and the location of some items
on right-hand drive models may differ from that shown in ⇒
 fig. 1. The symbols on
the controls and switches are the same as for left-hand drive models.  18
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Cockpit Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical data

Removing fuse cover
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Move the circlips A ⇒ 
fig. 177 as far as the stop, the symbol  appears behind
the circlip and remove the cover.
Installing fuse cover
– Position the fuse cover on the fuse box and push the circlips A as far as the
stop - the symbol  is visible behind the circlip. CAUTION
● When unlocking and locking the fuse cover, it must be pressed on the sides to
the box, otherwise damage can occur to the locking mechanism.
● Carefully position the fuse cover in the engine compartment. If the cover was
not correctly positioned, water can get into the fuses and this results in a damage
to the vehicle! 
Fuse assignment in engine compartment Fig. 178 Schematic representation of
fuse carrier in engine compartment
Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions
or only available as optional equipment for certain models. No. Power consumer
F1 Not assigned
F2 Control unit for automatic gearbox DQ 200
F3 Measuring circuit
F4 Valves for ABS
F5 Control unit for automatic gearbox
F6 Instrument cluster, windshield wiper lever and turn signal light lever
F7 Power supply terminal 15, Starter No. Power consumer
F8 Radio
F9 Not assigned
F10 Engine control unit, Main relay
F11 Control unit for auxiliary heating
F12 Control unit for CAN databus
F13 Engine control unit
F14 Ignition
F15 Lambda probe
glow plug system relay
F16 Central control unit, right main headlight, right rear light unit
F17 Horn
F18 Amplifier for digital sound processor
F19 Front window wiper
F20 Water pump
valve for fuel dosing
F21 Lambda probe
F22 Clutch pedal switch, brake pedal switch
F23 Secondary air pump
Air mass meter
Fuel high pressure pump
F24 Activated charcoal filter, exhaust gas recirculation valve
F25 Pump for ABS
F26 Central control unit, left main headlight, left rear light unit
F27 Secondary air pump
Glow plug system
F28 Not assigned
F29 Power supply terminal 30
F30 Terminal X
a) a)
In order not to drain the battery unnecessarily when starting the engine, the electrical components
of this terminal are automatically switched off. 212
Fuses and light bulbs

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Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Auxiliary heating (parking heating) . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Internet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
L Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Light automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 66 Fixing of the floor covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor . . . . 71
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 50
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 116, 122 Connection to the hands-free system . . . . . . . . 123
Connection with the hands-free system . . . . . . 117
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Net partition (Estate car) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
O Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Open door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 241
Index Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical data