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SKODA OCTAVIA 2013 3.G / (5E) Swing Car Radio Manual Vehicle systems
Vehicle settings
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Selecting driving mode
33
Driving assistants
34
Deactivating traction control (ASR)
35
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Vehicle systems
Vehicle settings
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Selecting driving mode
33
Driving assistants
34
Deactivating traction control (ASR)
35
Stabilisation control (ESC)
35
Speed limit for winter tyres
35
Lights
35
Vision
35
Opening and closing
36
Seats
36
Setting Climatronic
36
Auxiliary heating and ventilation
37
Vehicle status
37
Details of the multifunction display
38
Service
38
Resetting to factory settings
38
First and foremost, pay attention to the safety instructions » page 4 , Important
notes .
Settings relating to the vehicle systems can only be made when the ignition is
switched on.
Note
■ The individual systems are described in the » Vehicle Owner's Manual .■For safety reasons, if any system functions are disabled, then some functions,
such as parts of the ESC system, are automatically enabled again after switching
the ignition off and on.

Selecting driving modeFig. 14
Button for selecting the driving mode Octavia, Octavia Combi / Octa-
via RS, Octavia Combi RS
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.
The menu for selecting the driving mode allows you to set the vehicle to one of
the three preset driving modes (Normal, Sport and Eco), or to the Individual driv-
ing mode, which allows customised settings to be applied.
If a driving mode other than Normal is selected, then the symbol 
or
 » Fig. 14 lights up on the button.
Call up the main menu
›
Press the button 
or 
» Fig. 14 .
■ Normal - Activates Normal mode
■ Info - Displays the mode settings
■ Sport - Activates Sport mode
■ Info - Displays the mode settings
■ Eco - Activates the fuel-saving mode
■ Info - Displays the mode settings
■ Individual - Activates the Individual mode
■ Settings - Individual settings
■ Steering action - Sets the power steering characteristics
■ Normal - Normal
■ Sport - Sports
■ Engine - Sets the engine (drive) characteristics
■ Normal - Normal
■ Sport - Sports
■ Eco - Economical 
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SKODA OCTAVIA 2013 3.G / (5E) Swing Car Radio Manual ■ProActive passenger protection - Activate/deactivate proactive passenger pro-
tection
■ Fatigue detection - Activate/deactivate the driver alert system
Deactivating traction control (ASR)
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■ProActive passenger protection - Activate/deactivate proactive passenger pro-
tection
■ Fatigue detection - Activate/deactivate the driver alert system
Deactivating traction control (ASR)
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.
›
Press the CAR button
→ ASR off - Switches deactivation of traction control
(ASR) on/off.

Stabilisation control (ESC)
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.
›
Press button CAR
→ Stabilisation control (ESC) 1)
.
■ Activated - Switch on all components of the ESC system
■ ASR off - Switch off the ASR system
■ ESC Sport - activation of ESC Sport

Speed limit for winter tyres
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.
›
Press the button CAR
→ Winter tyres limit .
■ Winter tyres warning - Switches the winter tyres warning function on/off
■ Warning at: ... km/h - Sets the speed for the warning
Note
This function is, for example, used for winter tyres where the maximum permissi-
ble speed is lower than the maximum speed of the vehicle.
Lights
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.›
Press the button CAR
→ Lights .
■ Light Assist - Sets the light assist
■ Switch-on time - Sets the sensibility of the light sensor against the change in
intensity of the ambient light
■ Early - High sensibility
■ Medium - Medium sensibility
■ Late - Low sensibility
■ Head Light Assist - Switch on/off the head light assist
■ Automatic headlight control (rain) - Activate/deactivate automatic headlight
control in rain
■ Daytime running lights - Activate/deactivate daytime running lights
■ Lane change flash - Activate/deactivate lane change flashing
■ Travel mode - Travel mode on/off
■ Left-hand traffic - For left-hand traffic
■ Right-hand traffic - For right-hand traffic
■ Interior lighting - Sets the interior lighting
■ Instrument lighting - Sets the brightness of the instrument/switch lighting
■ Footwell light - Sets the brightness of the footwell light
■ Coming home - Activates/deactivates the function and sets the illumination pe-
riod after leaving the vehicle (5-30 seconds)
■ Leaving home - Activates/deactivates the function and sets the illumination pe-
riod after locking the vehicle (5-30 seconds)

Vision
First read and observe the introductory information given on page 33.
›
Press the button CAR
→ Vision . 

1)
Applies to vehicles with the function ESC sport.
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Operating lever
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Operating the device5
Optical parking system (OPS)34
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Pairing a telephone from the hands-free system
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Pairing the telephone From the mobile telephone
28
Parking assistance34
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