2016 SKODA SUPERB ignition

Software updateFig. 12
QR code with reference to the
ŠKODA websites
Part of the device is the installed software.
The software update ensures optimum operation of the device (e.g.. Compati-
bility with new phones, updating the radio station logo).
Current information on the compatibility of external devices can be found on
the following ŠKODAInternet pages. This is done by reading the QR code
» Fig. 12 by the associated application in the external device (e.g. phone, tablet)
or after typing the following address into the web browser.
http://go.skoda.eu/updateportal
▶ To display the software information , press the 
button, then tap on the
System information function surface  Tap on
→
system information
.
▶ To start the software update , tap on the
Update software
function surface in
the displayed menu.
Device on / off
›
To power on/off the device, press .
Automatic Power On of the device
If the device was not turned off with the control switch 
before the ignition
was turned off, it will automatically switch on after the ignition is switched on.
Automatic Power Off of the device
If the vehicle key is pulled out of the ignition lock while the unit is switched on,
the device will switch off automatically.
If the vehicle is fitted with the starter button, the device will switch off auto-
matically after the engine is switched off and the door is opened.
With the ignition off, the device will automatically turn off after about 30 mi-
nutes.
The device turns off automatically under certain circumstances. The device in-
forms of this via a text message on the device display.
Restart the device
If the device does not respond (if it “freezes”) This can be restarted by holing 
for longer than 10 s.
Unit menus
Fig. 13
Overview of the device menu
›
To
display the device menu overview, press the  button.
Overview of the device menu » Fig. 13
Menu Radio » page 21
Menu Media » page 24
Menu Images » page 31
sound settings
Unit set-up » page 16
- Adjusting the vehicle systems (not applicable to Yeti) » page 78
Navigation menu » page 59 (Applies to Columbus, Amundsen)
Menu Telephone » page 39
TV tuner (Applies to Columbus) » page 34
Target-oriented traffic information (TMC) (applies to Columbus, Amundsen)
» page 74
Media Command menu » page 36
Menu SmartLink » page 54
When connecting a supported external device instead of the symbol 
the actual connection is shown instead of a symbol
▶  -
Android Auto

» page 55
▶  -
Apple CarPlay

» page 56
▶  -
MirrorLink®

» page 56
11Introductory information

The selected menu item is with the symbol  provided.
Menu items which can be set by tapping on the respective function surface in
the A
» Fig. 19 area.
Sound settings
The scope of the following menu is dependent on the vehicle equipment with the sound system.
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

Tap.
■
Volume
- Volume settings
■
Announcements
- Adjustment of traffic announcements volume (TP)
■
Navigation announcements
- sets the volume for the navigation announce-
ments
■
Voice control
- volume setting for voice output
■
Maximum switch-on volume
- Sets the maximum volume after switching on the
device
■
Speed-dependent vol. adjustment
- increases the volume as speed increases
■
AUX volume:
- Sets the volume for the device connected through AUX exter-
nal devices
■
Quiet
- low volume
■
Medium
- Medium volume
■
Loud
- High volume
■
Bluetooth audio:
- Volume setting of the external device connected via Blue-
tooth ®
audio profile
■
Entertainment fading while parking
- Lowers the audio volume (e.g. radio volume)
with activated parking aid
■
Entertainment fading (nav. announcements)
- Lowers the audio volume (e.g. radio
volume) in the event of a nav. announcements
■
Bass - Mid - Treble
- setting the equalizer
■
Balance - Fader
- Sets the balance between left and right, front and rear
■
CANTON Equaliser
- Setting the equalizer
■
Individual
- Adjustment of treble, mid and bass
■
Profile
- Setting of the profile (e.g.
Rock
.
Classical
and so on).
■
CANTON optimisation
- Setting the optimum room sound perception
■
All
- Optimising the sound for the entire vehicle interior
■
Front
- Optimising the surround sound for the front seats
■
Driver
- Optimising the sound for the driver
■
CANTON surround
- Setting the surround sound levels in the area (“-9 ”Stereo /
“+9”full surround)
■
Subwoofer
- Subwoofer volume settings
■ŠKODA Surround - Turn surround sound on/off (Cannot be used in Radio mode)
■Virtual Subwoofer
-Turn virtual subwoofer on/off (Cannot be used in Radio
mode)
■
Sound Character
- Select the sound character (applies to Yeti)
■
Surround
- Optimising the sound for the room (applies to Yeti)
■
Sound focus
-Setting the optimum room sound perception
■
All
- Optimising the sound for the entire vehicle interior
■
Driver
- Optimising the sound for the driver
■
Touchscreen tone
- Switch on/off audible tone when touching the screen
■
No navigation announcements during call
- Switches on or off the navigation
prompts during a telephone conversation
Screen settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→ Tap
screen
.
■
Switch off screen (in 10 seconds)
- Enable / disable the automatic power off func-
tion
■
Brightness:
- Adjusts the brightness of the screen
■
Touchscreen tone
- Switch on/off audible tone when touching the screen
■
Proximity sensor
- Turn the proximity sensors on/off (When the function is on,
e.g. Navigation will be shown in the main menu when moving a finger to-
wards the bottom bar with the functional surfaces on the screen)
■
Show clock in standby mode
- Time and date displayed on the screen when the
ignition is switched on and the unit is switched off
Time and date settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap
→
Time and date
.
■
Clock time source:
- Setting the time source: manual,GPS (applies to Columbus,
Amundsen)
■
Time:
- Time settings
■
Summertime
- Activate / deactivate summer time (applies to Columbus,
Amundsen)
■
automatically adjust DST
- Turn on / off the automatic switch to daylight saving
time
■
Time zone:
- Select the time zone
■
Time format:
- Set the time format
■
Date:
- Date settings
■
Date format:
- Set the date format 
17Device operation and settings

Up to 20 external devices can be paired with the device. After reaching the
maximum number, the pairing of the next external device will replace that of
the device that has not been used for the longest period of time.
A connection with a telephone that is already paired does not require coupling. It is enough to find the telephone that has been coupled in the list of coupled
phones and make the connection.WARNINGPair and connect a telephone to the device only when the vehicle is at a
standstill - there is risk of accident!
conditions for coupling
Fig. 38
QR code with reference to the
ŠKODA websites
The telephone can be coupled with the device under the following conditions.
The ignition is switched on.
The Bluetooth ®
function of the device and the telephone is switched on.
The visibility of the device and the telephone is switched on.
The telephone is within range of the Bluetooth ®
signal of the device.
The telephone is compatible with the device.
There is no external device connected to the device using Apple CarPlay ™
.
The pairing can be initiated from the device or from the telephone.
During the pairing and connection process, information messages are dis-
played in the device screen and the telephone screen. These messages must
be observed and if necessary confirmed (e.g. enabling the contact import or
connecting the Bluetooth ®
player etc).
By reading the QR code » Fig. 38 using the associated application in the exter-
nal device (e.g. phone, tablet) or after typing the following address into the
web browser, information about the compatibility of phones and updates are
available for Bluetooth ®
device can be displayed.
http://go.skoda.eu/compatibility
Pairing and connection process
Pair the telephone with the device
›
Search available Bluetooth ®
devices in your telephone.
›
Select the device (name of the device 
→
Bluetooth
→
Name:
).
›
Confirm or enter the PIN code to confirm the pairing.
The Telephone is connected to the device or merely paired, depending on the
number of already connected external devices and the use of the SIM card in-
serted in the external module (applies to Columbus).
Pair the device with the telephone
›
If there is no telephone connected to the device, then press the  button
then tap the function surface
Find telephone
.
›
or: If a telephone is to the device, then tap the function surface in the phone
main menu 
→ Tap
Find telephone
.
›
or: If a SIM card with activated telephone services is connected to the exter-
nal module, then in the main menu phone the functional surface
 Tap
→
Findtelephone
.
›
Select the desired telephone from the list of selected external Bluetooth ®
devices.
›
Confirm the PIN code (enter and confirm if necessary to confirm the pairing.
If external Bluetooth ®
devices are already connected to the device, then dur-
ing the pairing and connection process messages and options for the possible
connection type (e.g. replacement of the connected external Bluetooth ®
de-
vice) are displayed.
Possible connection types for phones, for the SIM card in the external module
if necessary » page 40.
43Phone

Hotspot (WLAN) and data connection
Hotspot (WLAN)
Introduction to the subject
Applies to Columbus, Amundsen (not applicable to Yeti).
WLAN can be used to connect to the Internet, to playback audio files in the menu media or for operating the device using an application in the external
device (e.g. ŠKODA Media Command).
The requirement for the WLAN function is the ignition is switched on. After
switching on the ignition, the last-used WLAN connection appears.
It is possible to connect up to 8 external devices on the device hotspot and at
the same time to connect the device to the Hotspot of other external devices.
Applies to Columbus: If there is a SIM card with active data services in the ex-
ternal module, or if there a connection to the telephone via Bluetooth ®profile
RSAP, it's not possible to connect to the external device hotspot.
connect an external device to the hotspot (WLAN) of the device
Device hotspot on / off
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap
→
WLAN
→
Mo-bile hotspot
→
Mobile hotspot
.
Set device hotspot
▶ Press the 
button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap
→
WLAN
→
Mo-bile hotspot
→
Mobile hotspot
.
▶ Setting required menu items the following menu.
■
Security level:
- Setting connection security
■
Network key
- Entering the access password
■
SSID: ...
- Name of the device hotspot
■
Do not send network name (SSID)
-Turn WLAN hotspot visibility on/off
▶ Tap the functional surface
Save
to save the parameters of the devices hot-
spot.
Connect ▶ Enable the Wi-Fi in the external device and search for any available hotspots
▶ Select the device hotspot (if necessary enter the required password).
▶ Confirm the connection establishment.
Establish secure connection using WPS (applies to Amundsen) ▶ WLAN in device on.
▶ Press the 
button, then tap on the function

Tap →
WLAN
→
WLAN
→
WPS Quick Connect (WPS button)
.
▶ Turn on the option to connect to the device hotspot using WPS.
Connect device to the hotspot (WLAN) of the external device
Fig. 53
List of available wireless networks: Columbus / Amundsen
›
To Turn on / off the device WLAN press the button , then the functional
surface →
 Tap on
→
WLAN
→
WLAN
→
WLAN
.
Show Available Hotspots
▶ Press the 
button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap on
→
WLAN
→
WLAN
1)
.
With WLAN activated, a list of available hotspots with the following informa-
tion and functional areas is displayed » Fig. 53.
Searching for available hotspots
Turn the device WLAN on/off
Manual hotspot search and connect
Automatic connection of the secured connection to the hotspot via WPS
(applies to Amundsen) 
ABCD1)
As long as the device is connected to the hot spot of the external device, its name is displayed in this
functional surface.
52Hotspot (WLAN) and data connection

Disconnection (appears with active connections)
Settings for the menu SmartLink » page 55
Connection set-up ▶ Connect the external device via a connecting cable to the USB input » Own-
er's Manual .
▶ In the main menu SmartLink Choose the connected external device and the
type of communication system if necessary » Fig. 55 - 
.
Return to the main menu of the active connection from another device menu
(E.g. From the Radiomenu)
▶ Press the button 

→ active connection ( 
/ 
/ 
).
Disconnection
▶ To end the connection, in the main menu SmartLink the functional surface 
Interface » Fig. 55 -
 .
▶ or Disconnect the device from the USB input.
If the connection was ended by pressing the function surface  From the main
menu SmartLink , it is necessary to re-establish the connection when the ex-
ternal device is connected again.
If the connection was terminated by disconnecting the cable from the USB
port, then the last active connection is shown in the main menu when the ex-
ternal device is reconnected.
Settings
›
In the SmartLink main menu, tap on the function surface
 surface.
■
Activate data transfer for ŠKODA apps
- turn on/off the data transfer for the con-
nected device for ŠKODA applications
■ MirrorLink® - Settings of the communication system MirrorLink ®
■
Screen orientation
- Setting the screen display
■
Landscape
- Width display
■
Portrait
- Height display
■
Turned 180 degrees
- Turn on / off the 180 ° inversion
■
Allow MirrorLink® Notes display
- Turn on / off the display of messages of Mirror
link ®
applications in the device screen
Android Auto ™
Introduction to the subject
The Android Auto ™
connection can be set up under the following conditions.
The ignition is switched on.
The unit is switched on.
The external device to be connected is switched on.
Some applications require the data connection in the connected external de-
vice to be turned on.
If the device is connected to an external device via Android Auto ™
then all the
phones currently connected, as well as the Bluetooth ®
Players are disconnec-
ted. The external device to be connected will automatically establish a new
telephone connection using Bluetooth ®
as a main phone. Connecting an addi-
tional telephone and using telephone services of the SIM card inserted in the
external module is not possible throughout the duration of the connection. A
possible data connection by using the SIM card inserted in the external module
remains operational » page 53.
An external device connected using Android Auto ™
cannot be used as an audio
source in the menu Media.
If route guidance is taking place at this moment in the device, then there is
the option to start the route guidance in the Android Auto ™
application. This is
also true reciprocally.
A list of devices and applications that the Android Auto ™
connection supports
can be found on the ™
Google website. Functionality is not guaranteed outside
of the supported regions.
Main menu
Fig. 56
Android Auto™: Main menu 
55SmartLink

Main menu - functional areas and information in the areaANavigation applications
Telephone applications
Overview regarding current applications, telephone calls, accepted text
messages, tasks in the working directory, weather or similar
Music applications
List of ŠKODA applications
Start the application ▶ Tap on the functional surface of the desired application to launch the appli-
cation.
The symbol appears next to the functional surface in the areaA
 , Then a list
of other applications appears by tapping this function surface again.
Apple CarPlay ™
Introduction to the subject
The Apple CarPlay ™
- connection can be set up under the following conditions.
The ignition is switched on.
The unit is switched on.
The device to be connected is switched on.
The data connection is turned on in the device to be connected.
Voice control is turned on in the device to be connected
If the device is connected to an external device via Apple CarPlay ™
, then the
use of the Bluetooth ®
connection is not possible and the phone menu is not
available. A possible data connection via the SIM card remains operational
» page 53 .
A device connected using Apple CarPlay ™
cannot be used as an audio source in
the menu Media.
If route guidance is taking place at this moment in the device, then there is
the option to start the route guidance in the Apple CarPlay ™
application. This is
also true reciprocally.
A list of devices, supported regions and applications that the Apple CarPlay ™
connection supports, can be obtained from the Apple ™
website. Functionality
is not guaranteed outside of the supported regions.
Main menuFig. 57
Apple CarPlay ™: Main Menu
Main menu - functional surfaces and information List of available applications
Other pages with applications (by running your finger sideways across the
screen or by turning the dial, the next page can be displayed )
Depending on the following type of operation: ▶ Tap - Return to main menu Apple Carplay ™
▶ Hold - Switching on voice control
Start the application ▶ In the main menu of the Apple CarPlay ™
connection select the desired appli-
cation in the field
A
» Fig. 57 .
MirrorLink ®
Introduction to the subject
Fig. 58
QR code with reference to the
ŠKODA websites
The MirrorLink ®
- connection can be set up under the following conditions. 
AB56SmartLink

The ignition is switched on.
The unit is switched on.
The external device to be connected is switched on.
Some applications require the data connection in the connected external de-
vice to be turned on.
If you want to use the menu Telephone, then before establishing the
MirrorLink ®
connection with the telephone then connect the device first via
Bluetooth ®
.
An external device connected using MirrorLink ®
cannot be used as an audio
source in the menu Media.
If route guidance is taking place at this moment using the device, then this is
not terminated by starting the route guidance in the MirrorLink ®
- application.
Read in the QR code » Fig. 58using the respective application on your external
device (e.g. Telephone, tablet) orenter the following address in the web
browser to open the website with supported Mirrorlink ®
applications.
http://go.skoda.eu/connectivity
Main menu
Fig. 59
MirrorLink®: Main Menu
Main menu - functional surfaces and information Return toSmartLink Main menu
Displays a list of running applications with the ability to terminate them
Display the application last shown (as long as the application is running)/
show the display content of the connected external device
Settings of the SmartLink function » page 55
List of applications

AOther pages with applications (by performing a finger movement sideways
across the screen, other pages with applications are displayed)
Application is not certified for use while driving
Operation
Fig. 60
Example of a running application
Start the application ▶ In the main menu of Mirrorlink ®
connection select the desired application in
the field
A
» Fig. 59 on page 57 .
The application starts and the following function surfaces are displayed. Display of functional surfaces below / above
Return to MirrorLink ®
main menu
Hide/ show the functional surfaces ▶ Turning the control knob  Press.
Display of the running application
▶ In the main menu of the MirrorLink ®
- connection, press the function surface

» Fig. 59 on page 57 Tap the application which was last shown is dis-
played.
If you want to display a different application, then the functional surface of the
desired application must be tapped in the main menu of the Mirror link ®
con-
nection
A
» Fig. 59 on page 57 .
Ending the current application
▶ Tap on the function 
→
 surface.
▶ Press the function surface of the desired application with the symbol  sur-
face.
By tapping the function surface
Close all
, all running applications are closed.
B 57SmartLink

Speed limits
With activated function  → Advanced settings
→
Note: national border crossed
dis-
play the country-specific speed limits when crossing international borders.
These speed limits can be displayed by tapping the function surface 
→
topspeed
From the navigation main menu.
Nav. announcements
The device gives out navigation announcements.
The navigation announcements are generated by the device. The flawless
clarity of the message (e.g., road or city name) cannot always be guaranteed.
The last navigation announcement is repeated by pressing the control switch
 Be repeated.
The timing of the navigation message is dependent on the road being used
and travel speed (e.g. on motorways the first announcement will sound for
about 2000 m / 6000 ft before the manoeuvre).
The type of navigation announcements can be set: 
Nav. announcements
.
Most common routes
The unit automatically stores up to three of the most commonly travelled
routes.
A route guidance to one of the stored routes can be started as long as no
guidance or route guidance takes place to one of these routes.
›
to route selection in the additional window, tap the functional surface
Freq.Routes
Tap→
show in map
.
›
Select the desired route.
Then a selected rout is calculated and the route guidance starts.
The menu display in the additional window can be turned on/off in the main menu navigation by tapping the functional surface

→
Route options
→
Freq.routes
.
The stored most frequent routes can be deleted in the main menu navigation
by tapping the functional surface 
→
Manage memory
→
Delete User Data
→
Mostfrequent routes
deleted .
Finish route guidance
The route guidance can be finished in one of the following ways.›
The final destination is reached.
›
In the main menu Navigation by tapping the functional surface

→
Stop guid-ance
.
›
By turning off the ignition for longer than 120 minutes.
Abort route guidance
If the ignition is switched off and on again, then the route guidance is contin-
ued depending on the stop time in one of the following ways.
▶ Within 15 min. - route guidance is continued taking into account the calcula-
ted route.
▶ Between 15 min and 120 min - the screen displays the message
Continue routeguidance?
, after you confirm the message, the route guidance continues using
the calculated route.
▶ After 120 min - the route guidance is cancelled.
Route
Route plan
Fig. 75
Route plan: a route destination / several route destinations
During route guidance, the Route plan (Information about the current route)
can be displayed.
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap on the functional surface
 Tap
→
Routeplan
. 
70Navigation