2016 SKODA SUPERB manual radio set

Table of Contents
Important information about this Owner's
Manual3
Explanations and further information
4
Abbreviations
Introductory information
Important notes
6
Device overview
7
Device operation and settings
Device operation
12
Voice control
14
Device settings
16
Radio
Operation
21
Settings
23
Media
Operation
24
Audio sources
26
Pictures
Image viewer
31
Video DVD
Video player
32
TV tuner
TV function
34Media Command
Using the system36
Phone
Introductory information
39
Pair and connect
42
Use the SIM card in the external module
45
rSAP
46
Telephone functions
46
Text messages (SMS)
50
Hotspot (WLAN) and data connection
Hotspot (WLAN)
52
data connection
53
SmartLink
Introductory information
54
Android Auto ™
55
Apple CarPlay ™
56
MirrorLink®
56
Navigation
Introductory information
59
Search for destination and enter
60
Import my destinations
64
Map
65
Route guidance
68
Route
70
Waypoint mode
72Traffic reports74
Settings
76
Vehicle systems
CAR - vehicle setting
78
Adjustment of the heating and cooling system
82
Index
2Table of Contents

Search
While entering characters, a search is made for corresponding entries.
The entry such as a telephone contact to be searched for must be entered
along with the special characters (diacritics).
By tapping on the function surface 
a list of matching entries opens. If less
than 5 entries were found, a list of the found entries opens automatically.
Operating using an application in the external device
Applies to Columbus, Amundsen (not applicable to Yeti).
Several device functions can be operated using an application in the supported
external device.
›
Enable the data transfer in the device. To do this, press  and then tap on

→
Data device transfer mobile
→
enable data transfer for ŠKODA Apps
.
›
Release the device operation using the application. To do this, press  and
then tap on  Tap
→
Data transfer mobile devices
→
Operation using Apps:
→
Con-firm
/
Allow
.
›
Connect the equipment to an external device via WLAN » page 52.
›
In the external device, install an application for the device operation (e.g.
Start ŠKODA Media Command).
Note
The description of the device operation ŠKODA Media Command is part of the
application.
Voice control
Introduction to the subject
Fig. 17
Voice mode: Main menu
Some equipment functions can be operated by using voice commands.
The voice control system can be used either by the driver or by the front pas-
senger.
The voice control is available in the following menus » Fig. 17.
▶ “Navigation”
▶ “Telephone”
▶ “Radio”
▶ “Media”
Voice commands that can be issued, are indicated during voice control in “quo-
tation marks”.WARNINGdo not use the function of the phone voice control in an emergency . Your
voice commands may not be recognized in such situations. The telephone
connection may not be established or the connection may take too much
time to complete. The emergency number should be dialled manually!
CAUTION
The messages are generated by the device. The flawless clarity (e.g. road or
city name) cannot always be guaranteed.
Voice control on / off
Switching on
›
Press the key  on the device.
›
or
: Press the button 
on the multifunction steering wheel.
Switching off
›
Press the button  twice on the device.
›
or
:Press the button 
twice on the multifunction steering wheel.
›
Or Issue the voice command“ End voice control”.
14Device operation and settings

NoteDuring voice control, no navigation announcements and traffic announce-
ments are played.
voice commands
Requirements for optimum voice command recognition
▶ Speak with a normal tone of voice without intonation and excessive pauses.
▶ Avoid bad pronunciation.
▶ Close the doors, windows and sliding roof, in order to avoid disturbing envi-
ronmental influences on the function of the voice commands.
▶ You are recommended to speak louder at higher speeds, so that the sound of
your voice is not drowned out by the increased ambient noise.
▶ During voice control, limit additional noise in the vehicle, e.g. passengers
talking at the same time.
Voice commands can be used anytime during voice control.
Voice commandFunction“ Back ”Return to the previous menu“Help ”reproducing and displaying possible voice com-
mands
Voice commands that can be used while browsing the list entries.
Voice commandFunction“ Next page ”
Browse menu / list / directory
“Previous page ”“First page ”“Last page ”
Correction of a voice command input
A voice command can be corrected, modified or re-entered by pressing the
button 
or the icon key
 Operated on the multifunction steering wheel.
However, this is only possible as long as the symbol  appears on the screen.
You do not have to wait until the voice command is recognized by the device.
Stop/restore voice command input
Stop
This allows you more time for the voice command input.
The process for voice command input can by turning the dial  Be stopped.
When stopping, the symbol changes from 

.
Restore
The procedure for voice command input can be restarted in one of the follow-
ing ways.
▶ By tapping on the function interface 
.
▶ By pressing the button 
on the device.
▶ By pressing the icon key 
on the multifunction steering wheel.
Device settings
Configuration wizard
Fig. 19
Configuration wizard
The Configuration wizard is automatically displayed if there are at least two
non-selected menu items after turning on the device, or if a new user account
in personalisation is selected.
Disable the automatic display of the Configuration wizard by tapping the func-
tion surface
Don´t show again
.
›
For manual display , press the  button, then tap the function surface Con-
figuration wizard  Tap
→
Configuration wizard
.
The Configuration wizard allows you to set the following menu items in se-
quence.
Designation of personalisation user account » Vehicle - Owner's Manual
Time and date format (not applicable to Yeti)
Storing the radio stations with the currently strongest reception signal in the first memory group of each individual broadcast area
Pairing and connecting a phone to the device
Home address (applies to Columbus, Amundsen) 
16Device operation and settings

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

Radio
Operation
Introduction to the subject
The device allows analogue radio reception of FM and AM frequency ranges as
well as DAB digital radio reception.
CAUTION
■ For vehicles with window antennas do not stick foil or metal coated stickers
to the window - Radio signal reception could be affected.■
Car parks, tunnels, tall buildings or mountains can interfere with the radio
signal even causing it to fail completely.
Main menu
Fig. 20
Radio: Main Menu (DAB)
›
To display the main menu, press the  button.
Main menu » Fig. 20
The selected radio station (description or frequency)
Radio Text (FM) / Description of the group (DAB)
Preset station buttons for favourite channels
Choice of radio range (FM / AM / DAB) Choice of storage group for the preferred station Changing the station
List of available stations
Manual / semi-automatic station search
Radio text display and images presentation (DAB)
Menu Settings Radio
ABCDE Information symbol in the status lineSymbolMeaningTraffic signal is available Traffic signal is not available RDS function is switched off (FM) AF Alternative frequency is switched off (FM)Signal is not available (DAB)
If the displayed station name continuously changes (dynamic text), then it is
possible to fix the current text by holding your finger on the device screen in
the station name area. By holding your finger in the area of the station name
again, the station name is displayed in its entirety again.
DAB main menu display
In DAB broadcasting, the display of additional information and images (Slide-
show) is possible as long as the currently tuned station is broadcasting this in-
formation.
The display variant can be selected from the menu that appears as follows. ▶ In the Radio menu press the function surface in the
DAB
area
 surface.
Search stations and select frequency
Find stations
›
Tap on the Radio main menu function
 or
 surface.
Depending on the setting 
→
Arrow buttons:
will set an available station from
the Stations list or a station of the current broadcast range on the Stations
buttons .
Select frequency
›
To display the value of the currently chosen frequency, tap the functional
surface in the Radio main menu
 surface. To
return the controller
 Press.
›
To
set the desired frequency value , tap the function surface
 Tap and the
slider or the functional surfaces 
 Use.
Scan through the stations one after the other (SCAN)
The function scans through all the available stations in the current frequency
range in succession, for a few seconds each.
›
To start/finish the automatic play of the available stations, press the func-
tion surface in the Radio main menu
 Tap
→
scan
.
›
To to end autoplay, tap the functional surface
 surface.
21Radio

List of available stationsFig. 21
Example, the list of available stations: FM / DAB
›
To display the list of available stations of the currently selected broadcasting
area, rotate the controller in the Radio functional surface
 surface.
›
To
play , tap on the function surface of the desired station.
›
To Sort (FM) the stations by name, group or genre, tap on the functional sur-
face
A
» Fig. 21 » .
Information symbols
SymbolMeaningRadio station, which is stored under a preset buttonCurrently played stationsTraffic information station(e.g.) Type of program being broadcast (FM)(e.g.) Type the regional broadcast (FM)Signal reception is not available (DAB)The station reception is not secure (DAB) (applies to Amundsen,
Bolero)Transmitter with image broadcasting (DAB)
Update list
Depending on device, the station list will be updated as follows:
frequencyColumbusAmundsen, BoleroFMautomaticallyautomaticallyAMmanuallymanuallyDABautomaticallymanually▶ to manually update the functional surface  » Fig. 21 surface.
CAUTION
To sort the stations according to genre, the RDS and AF functions must be
switched on. These functions can be set in the radio main menu in the FM band
by pressing the functional surface 
→ Advanced settings
are on / off.
Station buttons for your favourite stations
Fig. 22
Station buttons
For each field of broadcasting, there are station buttons available to store
each station
A
That are split into groups of three
B
» Fig. 22 .
›
To save a station on the main menu Radio , hold down the desired function
surface
A
until an acoustic signal sounds.
›
To save a station in the station list , keep the function surface of the desired
station held down, and then tap the desired station button.
If a station is saved on an already assigned station button, this station button
will be overwritten.
Station logos
Channel logos are stored in the device memory which are assigned automati-
cally by the device when storing the stations under preset buttons.
assign station logo automatically
›
to Disable / Enable in the radio main menu, tap on the functional surface 
Tap →
Advanced settings
→
Automatic storage of station logos
.
Assign station logo manually
›
Tap on the Radio main menu function 
→
Station logos
.
›
Tap on an occupied station button and select the data carrier (SD card, USB).
›
Search for and select the desired station logo on the respective data carrier. 
22Radio

Remove channel logo manually›Tap on the Radio main menu function  →
Station logos
.›
Tap on the station button from which you want to remove a logo.
Update station logos
Current information on the on available software, the components of which
are also station logos, can be found on the following ŠKODAwebsite.
http://go.skoda.eu/infotainment
Note
■ The following image formats are supported: jpg, gif, png, bmp.■We recommend a resolution of up to 500 x 500 pixels.
TP Traffic programme
›
To switch on/off the traffic monitoring in the main menu Radio, tap on the
function surface 
→
Traffic programme (TP)
.
During a traffic announcement, it is possible to cancel the current announce-
ment if necessary by deactivating the traffic monitoring.
Note
■ Should this station not transmit traffic reports or the signal is not available,
then the device automatically searches in the background for another TP sta-
tion.■
During playback in menu Media or a station in the AM radio range, traffic
news is received from the previously selected FM radio range.
Settings
Settings for all broadcasting areas
›
Tap on the Radio main menu function 
surface.
■
Sound
- sound settings
■
Scan
- Auto-play all available stations in the current frequency band, each sta-
tion for around 5 seconds
■
Arrow buttons:
- setting the function of the station change (function surfaces 
 )
■
Preset list
- Change between stations stored under the preset buttons
■
Station list
- Change between all available stations of the selected broad-
casting range
■
Traffic programme (TP)
- Switches TP traffic programme on/off
■Delete presets - Deletes the preset buttons
■Station logos
- manual assignment /removal of station logos
■
Radio text
- Switching the text display radio (valid only for FM and DAB) on and
off
■
Advanced settings
- further settings that are different depending on the selec-
ted broadcasting range(valid only for FM and DAB)
Advanced Settings (FM)
›
Select the FM band in the Radio main menu and tap on the function surface
 Tap →
Advanced settings
.
■
Auto-save station logos
- Automatic storage of the station logos
■
Region for station logo
- Clarification of the station logo region
■
Automatic frequency control (AF)
- Search for alternative frequencies of the station
currently being played to on/off
■
Radio Data System (RDS)
- enable/disable RDS function (receiving additional in-
formation from the station)
■
RDS Regional:
- Setting of the automatic change to a regional related stations
with stronger reception signal
■
Fix
- Turn off the automatic change
■
Automatic
- Switching on the automatic change
Advanced settings (DAB)
›
In the Radio main menu, select the DAB range and tap on the function sur-
face  Tap
→
Advanced settings
.
■
Auto-save station logos
- Automatic storage of the station logos
■
DAB traffic announcements
- Switch on/off DAB traffic announcements
■
Other DAB announcements
- Switch on/off other announcements (e.g., warnings,
regional weather, sports reports, financial news)
■
DAB - DAB station tracking
- Switch on/off automatic DAB station tracking on an-
other frequency or in other station groups
■
Automatic DAB - FM switching
- Switch on/off auto-switching from DAB to the FM
broadcasting range if the DAB signal is lost
■
L-band
- Enable / disable the availability of L-band
DAB station tracking
When a DAB transmitter is a part of several broadcast stations and if the cur-
rent station group is not available on any other frequency, then when the sig-
nal is poor, the same station will be searched in another channel group. 
23Radio

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