2016 SKODA SUPERB phone

■Touchscreen tone - Switch on/off audible tone when touching the screen
■No navigation sound during call
- Switching on / off the nav. announcements dur-
ing a telephone conversation (does not apply to Infotainment Bolero)
Screen settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

Tap →
screen
.
■
Screen off (in 10 seconds)
- Enable / disable the automatic power off function
■
Brightness:
- Adjusts the brightness of the screen
■
Touchscreen tone
- Switch on/off audible tone when touching the screen
■
Animation when finger near screen
- 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 towards 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 Infotainment is switched off
Time and date settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
time and date
.
■
Time source:
- Time source settings: manual / GPS (applies to Infotainment Co-
lumbus, Amundsen)
■
Time:
- time settings
■
Summer (DST)
- Switches the summer time setting on/off (applies to Infotain-
ment Columbus, Amundsen)
■
Automatic summertime
- Turn on / off the automatic switch to daylight saving
time
■
Time zone:
- Choice of time zone
■
Time format:
- Specify the time format
■
Date:
- Date settings
■
Date format:
- Setting the date format
Setting the Infotainment language
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Language
.
›
Select the Infotainment language.
In some languages, after selecting the function surface
Female
and
Male
are dis-
played for the choice of voice prompts for Infotainment.
Note■ When a language is selected which does not support voice control, Infotain-
ment will indicate with a message on the screen.■
The messages are generated by Infotainment. Flawless clarity (e.g. road or
city name) cannot always be guaranteed.
Additional keypad language settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Additional keypadlanguages
.
In this menu, a keyboard language set can be added to allow the entering of
characters other than those in the currently selected language (function sur-
face ).
Unit settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Units
.
■
Distance:
- Distance units
■
Speed:
- Speed units
■
Temperature:
- Temperature units
■
Volume:
- Volume units
■
Consumption:
- Consumption units
■
Pressure:
- Pressure units for tire pressure
Setting data transfer
An active data transfer allows data transfer between Infotainment and the ex-
ternal device (e.g. MirrorLink ®
application) or the operation of some Infotain-
ment functions using the application of the external device (e.g. ŠKODA Media
Command).
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Mobile device datatransfer
.
■
Activate data transfer for ŠKODA apps
- Turning data transfer on and off
■
Use apps to operate::
- Setting Infotainment operation via the external device
applications (applies to Infotainment Columbus) ■
Deactivate
- Deactivate Infotainment operation via an external device
■
Confirm
- Infotainment operation with required confirmation
■
Allow
- Infotainment operation without required confirmation
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Voice control settings›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

Tap →
Voice control
.
■
Example commands (Infotainment system)
- Switch on/off the menu display contain-
ing basic voice commands when voice control is activated
■
Voice control session start tone
- Switch on/off the audible signal when turning on
the voice control
■
Voice control session end tone
- Switch on/off the audible signal when voice con-
trol ends
■
Input tone in voice dialogue
- Switch on/off the audible signal for the voice input
■
End tone in voice dialogue
- Switch on/off the audible after the voice input
Safe removal of the external device
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

Remove safely
and
select the external device to be removed.
Reset to factory settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Factory settings
.
In this menu, all or only chosen settings can be restored.
Bluetooth ®
Settings
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap
→
Bluetooth
.
■
Bluetooth
- Switch on/off Bluetooth ®
function
■
Visibility:
- Switch on/off the visibility of the Bluetooth ®
device for other Blue-
tooth ®
devices
■
Name:
- Changing the name of the Bluetooth ®
unit
■
Paired devices
- Display the list of coupled Bluetooth ®
devices
■
Find devices
- Searches for available Bluetooth ®
devices
■
Bluetooth audio (A2DP/AVRCP)
- Turn on/off the ability to connect a Bluetooth ®
audio device (e.g. MP3 player, tablet etc...)
Wireless settings
Applies to Infotainment Columbus, Amundsen.
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface
 Tap
→
WLAN
.
■WLAN - List of available hotspots of external devices
■WLAN
- Turn on / off Infotainment wireless
■
WPS Quick Connect (WPS button)
- Establishing a secure connection to the hot-
spot of the external device using WPS (applies to Infotainment Amundsen)
■
Manual settings
- Setting the parameters for search and connection to the
hotspot of the external device ■
Network name
- Enter the Hotspot name
■
Network key
- Setting the access password
■
Security level:
- Adjustment of security
■
WPA2
- WPA2 security
■
WPA
- WPA security
■
No security level
- No coverage (without required entry of the access pass-
word)
■
Connect
- Connection establishment
■
Search
- Search / Restore the list of available hotspots
■
Mobile hotspot
- Setting Infotainment hotspot (in the functional surface the
symbol is  displayed with the number of connected external devices)
■
Mobile hotspot
- Turn on / off Infotainment hotspot
■
WPS Quick Connect (WPS button)
- Establishing a secure connection to the Info-
tainment hotspot via WPS (applies to Amundsen)
■
Hotspot (WLAN) settings
- Setting the parameters for the connection to Info-
tainment hotspot
■
Security level:
- Setting the connection security
■
WPA2
- WPA2 security
■
WPA
- WPA security
■
No security level
- No coverage (without required entry of the access pass-
word)
■
Network key
- Entering the access password
■
SSID: ...
- Name of the Infotainment hotspot
■
Do not send network name (SSID)
-Turn Infotainment hotspot visibility on/off
■
Store
- Storage of Infotainment hotspot parameters
Network settings
Applies to Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card inserted in the external
module.
›
Press the  button, then tap on the function surface

→
Network
.
■
Network settings
- Data connection settings of the associated telephone serv-
ice provider (APN settings) ■
Access point name: ...
- Setting of the access point name
■
User name: …
- Setting of user name 
133Infotainment settings - Columbus, Amundsen, Bolero

Telephone menu settings›
In the Telephone main menu, tap on the function surface 
.
■
Hands-free
- Switching a call to the Telephone / back to Infotainment (the
menu item is displayed during a call)
■
Select Telephone
- Search for available Telephones/list of paired Tele-
phones/select Telephone
■
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth ®
settings
■
User profile
- user profile settings
■
Manage favourites
- Set the function surfaces for your favourite contacts
■
Mailbox number:
- Enter the Telephone number of the mailbox
■
Network selection
- Select the telephone service provider of the SIM card in-
serted in the external module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the
SIM card slot in the external module)
■
Priority:
- Select the priority of telephone services of the SIM card inserted in
the external module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card
slot in the external module) ■
Automatic
- Depending on the telephone service provider
■
Telephone call
- telephone calls are preferred
■
Data transfer
- A data connection is preferred
■
Sort by:
- Arrangement of the Telephone contact list
■
Surname
- Arrangement by contact surname
■
1st name
- Sort by contact's first name
■
Profile Name:
- Rename the profile of the SIM card inserted in the external
module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card slot in the ex-
ternal module)
■
Import contacts:
- Import Telephone contacts
■
Select device contacts
- Open the coupled Telephones menu (applies to Info-
tainment Columbus with the SIM card slot in the external module - if the
SIM card is inserted in the external module)
■
Select ringtone
- Selecting the ring tone
■
Reminder: remember your mobile phone
- Turn on/off the warning mode before
forgetting the Telephone in the vehicle (if the Telephone was connected to
Infotainment)
■
Show pictures for contacts
- Switch on/off the display of the image assigned to
the contact
■
Conference call
- Activates/deactivates conference calls
■Call settings - Setting the Telephone features of the SIM card inserted in the
external module during a call (applies to Infotainment Columbus with the SIM
card slot in the external module)
■Hold call:
- Switch on/off the display of the option for answering an incoming
call during a call, determining the current divert setting
■
On
- Turn on the display
■
Off
- Turn off the display
■
Request status
- Checking the settings of the SIM card function
■
Send own number:
- Setting the Telephone number display for the call recipi-
ent ■
On
- Turn on the display
■
Off
- Turn off the display
■
Network dependent
- Telephone service provider dependent display
■
Request status
- Checking the settings of the SIM card function
■
Delete calls
- Deleting the selected type of call carried out using the SIM card
inserted in the external device (applies to Infotainment Columbus with the
SIM card slot in the external module)
■
All
- Delete all calls
■
Missed calls
- Delete list of missed calls
■
Dialled numbers
- Delete outgoing calls
■
Received calls
- Delete list of received calls
■
Text message settings:
- Text message setting of the SIM card inserted in the ex-
ternal module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card slot in the
external module)
■
Standard account
- Setting for the use of text messages on the SIM card or the
connected telephone
■
No standard account
- Without priority (selection of the SIM card or the con-
nected telephone required)
■
SIM
- A list of text messages on the SIM card
■
MAP
- A list of text messages of the connected telephone
■
Service centre number:
- Setting the number of SMS services of the telephone
service provider
■
Store sent text messages
- Enable / disable the storage of the text message on
the SIM card
■
Period of validity:
- Adjustment of the period in which the telephone service
provider will try to send the text message (for example, when power is off.)
■
Delete text messages
- Delete the data stored on the SIM card text messages
■
All
- Delete all text messages
■
Inbox
- Delete the text messages received
■
Outbox
- Delete draft text messages
■
Sent
- Delete sent text messages 
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■Telephone Interface “Business” - Turn on / off the Telephone function of the ex-
ternal module (applies to Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card slot in
the external module)
■Use SIM card only for data connection
- turn on - Activating only data services / To
turn off - Activation of data and telephone services of the SIM card inserted
in the external module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card
slot in the external module)
■
Network:
- Set the Telephone service provider network of the SIM card inser-
ted in the external module (valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM
card slot in the external module) » page 133
■
Pin settings:
- Set the pin code of the SIM card inserted in the external module
(valid for Infotainment Columbus with the SIM card slot in the external mod-
ule)
■
Automatic PIN entry
- Enable / disable the storage of the PIN code of the SIM
card
■
Change PIN
- Change the PIN code of the SIM card
■
Add PIN 2.
- Enter the second PIN code of the SIM card (when the function
Automatic PIN entry
is on or when the SIM card supports another Telephone
service provider)
■
Diverting calls
- Setting diversion of incoming calls (valid for Infotainment Co-
lumbus with the SIM card slot in the external module) ■
All calls
- Forward all incoming calls
■
If engaged
- Forwarding incoming calls during a telephone conversation
■
If not available
- Forwarding the incoming calls when the vehicle is outside
the reach of the telephone service provider signal
■
If no answer
- Redirecting incoming calls when the incoming call is not an-
swered
SmartLink menu settings
›
In the SmartLink main menu, tap the function surface
 .
■
Enable data transfer for ŠKODA apps
- Turning data transfer on and off for ŠKODA
applications
■ MirrorLink® - Settings of the system MirrorLink ®
■
Screen orientation:
- Setting screen orientation
■
Landscape
- Width display
■
Portrait
- Height display
■
Rotated 180 degrees
- Turn on / off the 180 ° inversion
■
Allow MirrorLink® notification to be shown
- Turn on / off the display of messages
of MirrorLink ®
applications in the Infotainment screen
Navigation menu settings
Route options
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface 
Tap →
Route op-tions
.
■
Suggest 3 alternative routes
- Switch on/off the menu for alternative routes (eco-
nomical, fast, short)
■
Route:
- Setting the preferred route
■
Most frequent routes
- Show/hide the menu of the most frequent routes in the
split screen
■
Dynamic route
- Switch on/off dynamic route recalculation due to TMC traffic
reports
■ 
Avoid motorways
- Switch on/off the non-use of motorways in the route cal-
culation
■ 
Avoid ferries and motorail trains
- Switch on/off the non-use of ferries and mo-
torail trains in the route calculation
■ 
Avoid toll roads
- Switch on/off use of toll roads for the route calculation
■ 
Avoid tunnels
- Switch on/off use of tunnels for the route calculation
■ 
Avoid routes requiring toll stickers
- Switch use of routes requiring toll stickers
on/off for route calculation
■
Show available toll stickers
- Selection of countries for which a valid toll sticker is
required (routes requiring toll stickers are used for route calculation)
■ 
Include trailer
- Turn on / off the setting to take a trailer into account for
route calculation » page 191
Map
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface

→
Map
.
■
Show road signs
- Switch on/off the display of traffic signs
■
Lane guidance
- Display of lane guidance on/off
■
Show favourites
- Switch on/off the display of favourites
■
Show POIs
- Switch on/off the display of POIs
■
Select categories for POIs
- Selection of the displayed category for POIs
■
Show brands for POIs
- Switch on/off the company logos available for the POIs
shown
Manage memory
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface

→
Manage memory
. 
137Infotainment settings - Columbus, Amundsen, Bolero

■Sort Contacts: - Setting the arrangement of the Telephonebook
■By surname
- Sorting by the contact surname
■
By first name
- Sorting by the contact first name
■
Define home address
- Enter the home address
■
Delete My POIs
- Deleting own POI categories (Personal POI)
■
Update "My POIs" (SD/USB)
- Import / update your own POI categories (Personal
POI)
■
Import objectives (SD / USB)
- Import destinations in vCard format
■
Delete user data
- Delete user data (by pressing the function surface
Delete
and
confirm the deletion) ■
Last destinations
- Delete the last destinations
■
Dest. memory
- Delete the stored destinations
■
Routes
- Delete saved routes
■
My points of interest (Personal POI)
- Delete the custom POIs
■
Entered cities
- Delete the history of places already entered via the address
■
Home address
- Delete the stored home address
■
Flagged destination
- Delete the flagged destination
■
Waypoint tour
- Delete items in the Waypoint mode menu (Applies to Info-
tainment Columbus)
■
Most frequent routes
- Deletion of the most travelled routes
Nav. announcements
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface
 Tap
→
Nav. an-nouncements
.
■
Volume
- Volume control of the nav. announcements
■
Entertainment fading (nav. announce.)
- Setting the fading of the audio volume (e.g.
radio nav. announcements
■
Nav. announcements:
- Setting the playback method of nav. announcements
■
Comprehensive
- All nav. announcements
■
Brief
- Short nav. announcements
■
Congestion only
- Only nav. announcements when a route is changed
■
No navigation sound during call
- Enable / disable non-playback of nav. announce-
ments during a telephone call
■
Note: “My POIs”
- Turn on/off an audible indication when approaching a custom
POI (if supported by the imported custom POI) (applies to Infotainment Co-
lumbus)
Top speeds
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface

→
Top speeds
.
The speed limits in the current country are displayed.
With the Note: National border crossed
function switched on, the country-specific
speed limits » page 138, Advanced settings when crossing international bor-
ders are displayed.
Tank options
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface 
Tap →
Fuel op-tions
.
■
Select preferred fuel station
- Select your preferred fuel station brand (the selec-
ted station brand will be displayed in the first three positions of the list)
■
Fuel warning
-Turn on- / Off the display of a warning message with the option
to visit the nearest petrol station when the fuel level reaches the reserve
area
Version information
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the function surface

→
Version informa-tion
.
A list of countries shown, for whom navigation data exists, together with the
date of the last update.
An update of the navigation data can be carried out is by tapping the function-
al surface
Update (SD / USB)
.
The information on updating the navigation data is to be obtained from a
ŠKODA partner or on the following ŠKODA Internet pages.
http://go.skoda.eu/updateportal
Advanced settings
›
In the Navigation main menu, tap the functional surface

→
Advanced set-tings
.
■
Time display:
- Select the time display in the status line
■  - Estimated arrival time at destination
■  - Estimated travelling time to the destination
■
Status line
- Selection of the target type, for which the status line, the route
and travel time are displayed (Here it is also determined which destination
type after selecting 
→
 is displayed in the map)
■  - Route destination
■  - Next waypoint 
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■Kind of stat. list:- Sort types of radio stations in the station list (DAB)
■Global
- alphanumeric station sorting with the filtering ability according to
the transmitted program type
■
Hierarchical
- station sorting according to their assigned parent station
groups (Ensemble) - Tree structure of the list
■
Station logos
- manual management of station logos
■
Delete presets
- Delete the stations stored under preset buttons
■
Advanced settings
- further settings that are different depending on the selec-
ted broadcasting range(FM and DAB)
Advanced Settings (FM)
›
Select the FM band in the Radio main menu and tap on the function surface

→
Advanced settings
.
■
RDS regional:
- Switch on/off the automatic tracking of related regional stations
■
Automatic
- auto-selects the station with the best reception at the moment.
If you lose reception in the given region, Infotainment will automatically set
another available region.
■
Fixed
- Maintains the selected regional station continuously. When the sig-
nal is lost, another station must be set manually.
■
Alternative frequency (AF)
- Search for alternative frequencies of the station cur-
rently being played to on/off
■
Radio Data System (RDS)
- enable/disable RDS function (receiving additional in-
formation from the station) 1)
■
Sort stations:
- Sort types of radio stations in the station list (FM)
■
Group
- Sort by transmitted program type
■
ABC
- Alphabetical order according to station name
Advanced Settings (DAB)
›
In the Radio main menu, select the DAB range and tap on the function sur-
face 
→
Advanced settings
.
■
DAB traffic announcements
- Turn on / off DAB announcements
■
Other DAB messages
- Switch on/off other announcements (e.g., warnings, re-
gional weather, sports reports, financial news)
■DAB station tracking - Switch on/off automatic DAB station tracking on another
frequency or in other station groups
■Auto. DAB - FM switching
- switches on/off auto-switching from DAB to the FM
frequency band if the DAB signal is lost
Automatic change from DAB to FM
If DAB reception is poor, the device tries to find an FM station.
The station name is followed by ( 
) while the station is being received on the
FM band. When the corresponding DAB station is can be received again, the
system automatically switches from FM to DAB.
If a DAB station is also not available in the FM band due to poor reception, In-
fotainment will be switched to mute.
Media menu settings
›
Tap on the function surface in the Media main menu
 .
■
Sound
- sound settings
■
Mix/repeat inc. subfolders
- Switch on/off the title display including subfolders
■
Bluetooth
- Settings for the Bluetooth ®
function
■
Traffic program (TP)
- Switches traffic programme on/off
■
Activate AUX
- Enables / disables the AUX input
■
Remove SD card safely
- Safe removal of the inserted SD storage card
■
Remove USB safely
- safe removal of external device connected to the USB in-
put
Telephone menu settings
›
In the Telephone main menu, tap on the function surface
 .
■
Hands-free
- Switching a call to the Telephone / back to Infotainment (the
menu item is displayed during a call)
■
Select telephone
- Search for available telephones/list of paired telephones/se-
lect telephone
■
Find
- search for available Telephones
■
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth ®
settings 
1)
Only valid for some countries.
141Infotainment settings - Swing

■User profile - user profile settings
■Manage favourites
- Set the function surfaces for your favourite contacts
■
Sort by:
- Arrangement of the Telephone contact list
■
Surname
- Arrangement by contact surname
■
1st name
- Sort by contact's first name
■
Imp. contacts.
- Import telephone contacts
■
Select ringtone
- Selecting the ring tone
■
Remember your mobile
- Turn on/off the warning mode before forgetting the
Telephone in the vehicle (if the Telephone was connected to Infotainment)
■
Simultaneous calls
- Enable/disable the option to hold two concurrent calls
Radio
Operation
Introduction to the subject
Infotainment 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. 174
Infotainment Columbus, Amund-
sen, Bolero: Main menu radio
(DAB)
Fig. 175
Infotainment Swing: Main menu
radio (FM)
›
To display the main menu, press the  button. 
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Bluetooth®
player
Infotainment allows audio files of a connected Bluetooth ®
player to play using
the A2DP and AVRCP audio profile.
With Infotainment, multiple devices can be paired using Bluetooth ®
, but only
one of them can be used as a Bluetooth ®
player.
Connect /disconnect›
To connect the Bluetooth ®
player with Infotainment- follow the same in-
structions as for pairing Infotainment with a telephone » page 164.
›
To disconnect the Bluetooth ®
player, end the connection in the list of paired
external devices » page 164.
Replace Bluetooth ®
player (applies to Infotainment Amundsen, Bolero)
If you would like to replace a Bluetooth ®
Player which is connected to Infotain-
ment as a Telephone at the same time, then a relevant information message
appears in the Infotainment screen.
›
End the connection to the currently connected Bluetooth ®
player and repeat
the pairing procedure » page 164, Managing paired external devices .
CAUTION
If an external device is connected to Infotainment using Apple CarPlay
orAndroid Auto, then it cannot be connected using Bluetooth ®
.
Jukebox
Only applies to Infotainment Columbus.
In the Jukebox (in the internal Infotainment memory) Supported audio / video
files can be imported from connected external devices.
Import files
›
Tap on the function surface in the Media main menu

→
Manage jukebox
→
Import
.
›
Select the desired source.
›
Select the desired folders or files.
›
Tap on the function surface
 .
Delete files
›
Tap on the function surface in the Media main menu

→
Manage jukebox
→
Delete
.
›
Select the desired folder or files in the selected category.
›
Tap on the function surface

→
Delete
.
Show level of infotainment memory›Tap on the function surface in the Media main menu  →
Manage jukebox
.
It displays information about occupied and free space of the Infotainment
memory and the number of files that can still be imported.
Note
■ Files that have already been copied are recognised and cannot be copied
again (shown in grey).■
It is not possible to copy files while simultaneously playing back audio/video
files in the CD/DVD drive.
WLAN
Applies to Infotainment Columbus, Amundsen.
Infotainment allows you to play audio files from one of the external devices
connected to the Infotainment WLAN.
›
Connect an external device that supports the DLNA (Digital Living Network
Alliance), with the Infotainment WLAN » page 174.
›
If necessary use the UPnP application (Universal Plug and Play) in the con-
nected device, which allows playback to start.
›
Select the audio source  Select
WLAN
.
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