2014 SKODA OCTAVIA navigation

Navigation dataFig. 27
SD memory card slot
Read and observe
and on page 43 first.
Navigation data source
You received the SD memory card with navigation data together with the unit.
For the navigation system to function correctly, the card must be inserted in
the SD2 slot » Fig. 27 for the entire navigation procedure
Insert a memory card » page 30.
Data update
The navigation data should be updated at regular intervals.
Navigation data is subject to constant changes (such as new streets, changes
of street names and house numbers), and this can become out of date over
time. For this reason, the guidance may be inaccurate or incorrect.
For more information on updating the data, please visit the ŠKODA website or contact a ŠKODA Partner.
The version of the navigation data for maps can be found in the navigation
settings 


→ Version information .
Card has been damaged or lost
If the SD memory card with the navigation data has been damaged or lost, a
new card can be obtained from ŠKODA original accessories. The navigation da-
ta can be loaded only on the original card.
Navigation settings
 Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Main menu settings
44
Route options
44
Map
45
Fuelling options
45
Navigation announcements
45
Advanced settings
45
Sort contacts, enter home address and delete destinations
46
First and foremost, pay attention to the safety instructions » page 4 , Impor-
tant notes .
Main menu settings
Call up the main menu
›
In the Navigation main menu, press
 the button.
■ Route options - Set the parameters for route calculation » page 44
■ Map - Settings for the map display » page 45
■ Fuel options - Select preferred fuel station, switch on/off reminder of low
fuel level warning with the possibility to find the nearest fuel sta-
tion » page 45
■ Nav. announcement - Set navigation announcements » page 45
■ Advanced setup - Display additional information » page 45
■ Manage memory - Sort contacts, enter your home address, and delete desti-
nations » page 46
■ Import destinations - Import custom destinations previously pre-
pared » page 53
■ Version information - View the current version of the navigation data
Route options
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Route options 
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■Suggest 3 alternative routes - Switch on/off manual selection of the route
type (economical, fast, short) » page 57
■ Route: - Automatic selection of the preferred route type (manual route selec-
tion is switched off)
■ Economical - Calculate the most economical route with shortest travelling
time and distance travelled – displayed in green
■ Fast - Calculate the fastest route to the destination, even if a detour is nec-
essary - displayed in red
■ Short - Calculate the shortest route to the destination, even if a longer
travelling time is required - displayed in orange
■ Dynamic route - Switch on/off dynamic route calculation using TMC traffic
reports » page 59
■ 
Avoid motorways - Switch on/off the use of motorways in the route calcu-
lation
■ 
Avoid ferries and motorail trains - Switch on/off avoidance of ferries and
motorail trains
■ 
Avoid toll roads - Switch on/off the use of toll roads in the route calcula-
tion
■ 
Avoid tunnels - Switch on/off the use of tunnels for which tolls have to
paid in the route calculation
■ 
Avoid routes requiring toll stickers - Switch on/off the use of roads re-
quiring road tax disk display (with a valid road tax disk) in the route calcula-
tion
■ Available toll stickers - Displays the list of roads requiring road tax disk dis-
play
Map
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Map .
■ Day/night: -Selection of map display colour
■ Day - coloured
■ Night - in shades of grey
■ Automatic - Map with light or dark coloured background; the background
changes once you turn on the lights (does not apply to daytime running
lights)
■ Autozoom - Switch on/off the automatic zoom in/out of the map display
while driving » page 47
■ Show traffic signs - Switch on/off the display of traffic signs
■ Select categories for POIs - Select POIs to be displayed in the map from a list
of available POIs (max. 10 POIs) » page 55
■ Show brands for POIs - Switch on/off the display company logos at the POIs
■
Show favourites - Switch on/off the display of favourites
■ Lane guidance - Switch on/off the display of a window with the recommen-
ded lane for complicated intersections » page 58
Fuelling options
›
In the Navigation main menu, press 
Fuel options .
■ Select preferred fuel station - Selects your preferred fuel station brand (the
selected station brand will be displayed on the first positions of the list of
nearest fuel stations found)
■ Fuel warning - Switch on/off the display of the warning message for low on
fuel Warning: fuel tank almost empty. Would you like to find a fuel station
nearby? If the message appears in the unit screen, the system offers the fol-
lowing features: ■ Cancel - Close the window with the warning
■ Find - Search for the nearest fuel station
Navigation announcements
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Nav. announcement .
■ Volume - Set the volume of the navigation announcements
■ No voice guidance during call - Switch on/off navigation announcements
during a telephone call (using a phone connected to the hands-free sys-
tem » page 33 )
Advanced settings
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Advanced setup .
■ Time display: - Select the time to be displayed in the status line
■ Time of arrival - displays the expected time to destination
■ Travelling time - Display the expected travelling time to the destination
■ Status line: Status line - Display information about your selected destination
in the status line ■ Destination - Display information about the length and duration of the
guidance to the destination
■ Stopover - Displays information about the length and duration of the guid-
ance to the stopover
■ Note: national border crossed - Switch on/off the display of the information
window with speed limits when crossing the national border
■ Demo mode - Switch on/off guidance in demo mode 
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■Define demo mode starting point - Enter the starting point for preliminary
route calculation in demo mode
■ Cancel - Cancel the entry
■ Position - Select the current vehicle position as the starting point
■ Address - Select an address as the starting point
Sort contacts, enter home address and delete destinations
›
In the Navigation main menu, press 
Press → Manage memory
■ Sort by: - Sort contacts downloaded from a connected telephone
■ Surname - Sort by contact name
■ Name - Sort by contact first name
■ Define home address - Display/enter/edit the home address
■ Current position. Current position - Set the home address to the current
position
■ Address - Enter a new address » page 52. If the home address has al-
ready been entered, the following is displayed: ■  - Reduces map display
■  - Enlarges map display
■ Edit - Edit the home address
■ Delete user data - Select the data to be deleted (the selected data is deleted
by pressing Delete)
■ Last destinations - Delete the list of last destinations
■ Destination memory - Delete the list of stored destinations
■ Entered towns - Delete the list of entered towns
■ Home address - Delete the set home address
■ Flag destinations - Delete the flag destination
Map operation

Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Introductory information
46
Map display settings
46
Operation
47
Traffic signs
47
First and foremost, pay attention to the safety instructions » page 4 , Impor-
tant notes .
Introductory informationFig. 28
Map display: Main menu
Explanation of graphic
Map
Traffic sign symbol » page 47
Current vehicle position
Status bar » page 45
POI icons » page 55
›
Press .
The last opened navigation menu opens.
If a menu other than the main menu » Fig. 28 is opened, the main menu can be
opened by pressing 
again.
Map display settings
Switch between different navigation map display modes depending on the
context. You can also display a split screen with further navigation information.
›
In the Navigation main menu, press
 the button. A list of function keys is
displayed.
List of function keys 2D - current vehicle position in the 2D map display
3D - current vehicle position in the 3D map display
Destination display in the map (appears after route calculation)
Display of the route to the destination (only displayed after the route
has been calculated)
Change the map display, color or gray-scaleSwitches the split screen on/off in the map » page 47
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Operation
Moving the map
The map can be moved in any direction by touching it with your finger and
dragging it on the screen in the desired direction.
Changing the scale
› with the menu button 2
» Fig. 1
on page 5 ;
› by touching the screen with two fingers and pulling the fingers together or
apart
Function keys and map display symbols
ButtonMeaning

2D map display - the map rotates and the direction of travel
arrow C
» Fig. 28 on page 46 points to the top of screen, or
the north is aligned with the top edge of the screen, and the
arrow
C
shows the direction of travel
3D map view -the direction of travel arrow C » Fig. 28 on
page 46 points to the top of the screen (if the map scale is
larger than 100 km, the map is aligned to the north).By touching, the map is aligned with the vehicle position (for
example, the function key is displayed when moving the map)The number located below the symbol indicates the eleva-
tion a)By pressing the button, the map scale is reduced for a few
seconds and then reset to the original scale (quick view)Display the manually set map scaleDisplay the automatic map scale

Switch auto-zoom on/off during route guidance. Active auto-
zoom is indicated by a green symbol. If Autozoom is active,
the map scale will change automatically, depending on the
driven route (motorway trip: large map scale - city: small map
scale)a)
To display the elevation, the signal of at least five satellites must be received. Also, the route guidance
must not be running in demo mode.
Switch off auto-zoom by touching 
→ 
or off by changing the map scale.
Touch 
(function key highlighted in green) turns the autozoom on again. Au-
tozoom can also be switched on/off in the navigation settings » page 45
Auto-zoom is only functional when the map is aligned with the vehicle position
(the function key with symbol  with the symbol).
Traffic signs
The traffic sign display can be switched on in the unit screen » page 45.
The system provides the option of displaying the traffic signs
B
» Fig. 28 on
page 46 on the screen which are stored in the navigation data of the maps.
If the Traffic signs split screen is not switched on, only one traffic sign is dis-
played on the unit screen.
Switching on the traffic sign display function » page 45.
Only one traffic sign is displayed without the additional signs in the screen
outside the split screen » page 49.
Extra window

Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Menus in extra window
47
Audio
48
Compass
48
Manoeuvre
49
Traffic signs
49
GPS
49
First and foremost, pay attention to the safety instructions » page 4 , Impor-
tant notes .
Menus in extra window
Depending on the context of the selected menus, additional information is dis-
played in the split screen.
Switching on
›
In the Navigation main menu, press .
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Split screen .
The last opened split screen is displayed. 
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Switching off›In the Navigation main menu, press .
or›
in the split screen on 
the button.
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Split screen .
Menus in the split screen
■ Audio - Playback operation of the currently selected audio
source » page 48
■ Compass - Displays the current vehicle location in relation to the compass di-
rections » page 48
■ Manoeuv. - Display of the next or following navigation announcement (ma-
noeuvre) » page 49
■ Traffic - Display of traffic signs which are stored in the navigation data of the
maps » page 49
■ GPS - Displays the geographical coordinates of the current vehicle loca-
tion » page 49
Audio
Fig. 29
Split screen: Audio
In the Audio split screen, the playback of the currently selected audio source
can be operated » page 21.
Description of the function keysButtonActionFunction
PressChanging the station
/Press
Play / pause: Playback is paused at the cur-
rent location and the symbol changes to 
-
Playback continues after re-tapping the play
from this point

Press briefly (with-
in 5 seconds of the
start of playback of the track)
Plays the previous track from the start
Press briefly
(5 seconds after
the start of play-
back of the track)
Plays the current track from the startPress button for a long period of time a)Fast-reverse of the trackPress brieflyPlays the next track from the startPress button for a
long period of time a)Fast-forward of the track
a)
The longer the button is pressed, the faster the fast forward/reverse.
Compass
Fig. 30
Split screen: Compass
The
Compass split screen displays the current vehicle position in relation to
the compass.
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ManoeuvreFig. 31
Split screen: Manoeuv.
The next or following navigation announcement (manoeuvre) is displayed in
the Manoeuv. split screen.
Displayed information: › Direction of the navigation instruction;
› Street name or street number of the current position;
› Street name or street number of the displayed navigation instruction;
› Distance to the city with the following navigation instruction including nu-
meric indication of the remaining distance or graphically with decreasing bars
of the navigation instruction.
Traffic signs
Fig. 32
Split screen: Traffic signs
The Traffic signs split screen displays traffic signs.
Up to three traffic signs and three additional traffic signs can be displayed.
If the message No traffic signs available. is displayed in the split screen, the
navigation data did not recognise any traffic sign or you are outside the range
of the navigation data.
Further information » page 47.
GPS
Fig. 33
Split screen: GPS
The GPS (Global Positioning System) split screen displays information on the
current geographical position of the vehicle.
Displayed information
■  - Longitude 1)
■  - Latitude 1)
■  - Elevation 2)
■ Satellites: - Number of received/available satellites
1)
In order to display the information regarding the geographical longitude and latitude of the current vehi-
cle position, the GPS signal has to be received from at least three satellites.
2)
To display information about elevation above sea level of the current vehicle position, the GPS signal of
at least five satellites must be received. Also, the route guidance must not be running in demo mode.
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Navigation
New destination entry
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Destination entry options
50
Address
50
Map
51
First and foremost, pay attention to the safety instructions » page 4 , Impor-
tant notes .
Destination entry options
Fig. 34
Destination entry options
Explanation of graphic
Address » page 50
POI » page 53
in the map » page 51
Select the menu with the option to enter a destination » Fig. 34.
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Options →
 the button.
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ New dest./stopover → Options →
 the button.
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Other POIs → Options →
 the
button.
ABCMake sure that the destination has been entered correctly, for example, by
checking that the destination is displayed in the map. Some names of places
and other destinations can occur at several places.
Address
Fig. 35
Destination entry by address
Explanation of graphic Country
City / town
Street
Enter building number (the function key is enabled only after the street
has been entered)
Enter junction (the function key is enabled only after the street has been
entered)
Return to the higher-level menu
Delete characters in the entry lines
Switch to letters » page 8
Switch to special characters
Input a junction (crossroads)
Confirmation of text entered into the entry line
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Options → Address button.
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ New dest./stopover → Options →
Address .
or 
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›In the
Navigation main menu, press  → Other POIs → Options → Address .
Some address positions are already pre-filled with the data of the last destina-
tion.
The pre-filled positions can be adjusted by touching the item and then adjust-
ing it in the input screen » page 8.
To start navigation, you need to enter country, city and street.
The information is entered step by step in individual input screens.
When entering the street, instead of a street name, it is possible to select the centre of the entered city by touching Centre. Then it is no longer necessary to
enter the house number or junction.
Both the house number and also a further address supplement in the form of a number can be entered. The system displays a list of destinations found from
combinations of the two numbers.
If the entered house number was not found, a menu opens to clarify the desti-
nation:
■ No house number - Enter an address without a house number and display a
menu with destination details
■ Nearest house number: - Confirmation of the proposed house number
■ Enter junction - Open a menu with junctions with the selected street
If the address is entered correctly, destination details are dis-
played » page 60 .
Map
Fig. 36
Destination entry in the map
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Options → On map .
or›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ New dest./stopover → Options →
On map .
or
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Other POIs → Options → On map .
Entry on the map is also used for entering the search area for POIs » page 53.
›
In the Navigation main menu, press

→ Other POIs → Search area → Se-
lect on map → Edit .
The destination can be entered on the map by using the GPS coordinates or
the crosshairs » Fig. 36.
GPS coordinates
The destination can be entered through the degrees of latitude and longitude
(GPS coordinates).
By pressing the function button with the degree of latitude or longitude for
the location, a menu appears with the specification option. Use the function
keys with the symbol /
 . Touching the screen outside of the function but-
tons calls up a basic menu for entering the location on the map.
The crosshairs move to the coordinates entered, which allows for checking of
the destination entered.
Crosshairs
The crosshairs show the position of the address which was previously entered.
The desired destination can be set by dragging your finger over the map to the
centre of the crosshairs.
The contact point is moved into the crosshairs through the finger movement
and at the same time the degrees of latitude and longitude are adjusted to the
point entered.
The symbol  displays the current map scale. This can be changed while the
entry is being made » page 47.
The bottom of the screen displays the address or the longitude and latitude of
the selected item.
Confirm destination
Confirm the destination by touching OK. Then the following items are dis-
played: 
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