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I'd say that this is abnormal. I have mine at 3 for a few minutes to get them warm but thereafter have to bring the temperatures down as it is uncomfortably warm. m.
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I ordered my S2 L&K with the space saver wheel - and was very glad of it when I managed to drive over a metal strip which shredded one of my tyres beyond repair. In rural southern Italy. On a Friday night. Before a three day weekend. Getting a replacement tyre was a challenge (in fact impossible). Having unloaded the fully laden car, I was very surprised to find that the standard 18" Sirius fitted the spare wheel well just fine, albeit with the tyre deflated. When I finally sourced a replacement tyre (in Athens) I got the fitters to try the wheel + inflated tyre in the well and it fitted fine... hence I've now replaced the space-saver with a fifth Sirius.
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Superb / Octavia / Elegance Difference
Mark S Morley replied to shezza's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
They were fitted to L&K models (certainly pre-facelift) when the auto-dimming rear-view mirror was specified. This wasn't mentioned in the specification anywhere: just what they turned up with. m. -
Stuart, Just a data point in case it's helpful. I experienced the same problems as you with stability when moving from the "B" module to the "D". With the "B" my various Samsung devices (S3/S4/Note 8.0) would be reasonably stable with rSAP but would bug out occasionally and would drop back to HFP until the phone was rebooted. When I upgraded to the "D" unit in order to use the hot-spot I experience much the same problem with the device disconnecting after about 30 seconds. I had previously use the Android-rSAP application https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android_rsap.rsap which replaces (or provides) the rSAP protocol on rooted devices. On a whim, I decided to try this again, having not needed it since running my Galaxy S2 and, impressively, it works flawlessly. It is rock-solid now on my current phone (Galaxy Note Edge) which bodes well for the Note 4 and has worked perfectly with both KitKat (4.4.4) and Lollipop (5.0.1) versions of Android. With respect to the phonebook problems, I had endless problems with partial or missing contacts until I installed this app (from the same developer) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android_rsap.irmc which does the same thing for the PBAP bluetooth profile - although IIRC this app doesn't require the phone to be rooted. Hope this helps, m.
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Mirror fold when locking ?
Mark S Morley replied to ric04vrs's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
Mine stopped working this afternoon: the solution (found on here some years ago) was to reset the window position sensors by running all of the electric windows down and up to their full extent. Thereafter the folding mirrors were restored... m. -
Superb in China (LED rear lights)
Mark S Morley replied to 2fast4u's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
I'll put some up at the weekend - once I've taught my 11 year old which buttons and pedals to press to get the different lights to show. On second thoughts, teaching him to use a camera might be a better plan m. -
Superb in China (LED rear lights)
Mark S Morley replied to 2fast4u's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
I did say I'd report back when they arrived. A combination of excess work, not to mention the fact that SuperSkoda failed to ship them when promised, has meant that I haven't done so until now. I've had them fitted now for a fortnight and I'm pretty happy with them. The brake lights are, indeed, slightly illuminated but as far as I'm aware the fog light (singular) is not. They did warn me prior to (finally) dispatching them that they'd had a number of complaints and that for an RHD car I might have to reverse the control modules from their left and right markings (I didn't). The descriptions of the partially illuminated brakes sound rather worse than it actually is and I'm perfectly happy driving around with them without worrying about being pulled over for showing odd lights. Installation was rather more awkward than the SuperSkoda video suggested. Everything is plug-and-play, no problems there, but getting the magnetic control module into the void through the aperture is difficult, even for my small fingers. A little bit extra length on the cables would have made this so much easier. I certainly think that getting them back out again would be very difficult without unscrewing the magnetic part, at the very least. Anyway, I think the lights look great, day and night, and have added LED indicators to them. I also have a pair of LED reversing bulbs which I'll fit when I've got time. All I need now is LED indicators for the front... :sun: m. -
Tag on heated windscreen
Mark S Morley replied to Brockysuperb's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
The black dappled area above and behind the mirror is where you need to mount these boxes if you have a heated windscreen. I have both Liber-T (France) and Telepass (Italy) tags fitted here and they work fine. m. -
Goodyear Eagle Assymetric 2
Mark S Morley replied to JakeBlade's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
Yes, it seems much better than those on the SC2s. I've only managed to kerb a wheel once (Channel Tunnel transporter) since having the Good Years. Previously I managed to kerb them regularly - turns out Dartmoor granite is quite unforgiving as a material for kerbstones Or maybe I'm just a better driver now m. -
sd card organisation
Mark S Morley replied to jamiebeveridge's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
As promised: the format of a WPL file that will work with the Columbus - either from the root of the SD card or the HDD. The text in the title tag is shown on the Columbus when broswing through the playlist. While playing the playlist, the "Mix" option randomly selects from all the tracks in the file. <?wpl version="1.0"?> <smil> <head> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 12.0.7601.17514"/> <meta name="ItemCount" content="19"/> <title>Playlist for Skoda Columbus</title> </head> <body> <seq> <media src="Music\Dir1\Dir1\Track 1.mp3"/> <media src="Music\Dir1\Dir1\Track 2.mp3"/> <media src="Music\Dir1\Dir1\Track 3.mp3"/> <media src="Music\Dir2\Dir1\Track 1.mp3"/> <media src="Music\Dir2\Dir1\Track 2.mp3"/> </seq> </body> </smil> Hope this helps, m. -
Goodyear Eagle Assymetric 2
Mark S Morley replied to JakeBlade's topic in Skoda Superb Mk II (2008-2015)
Yes, I've done about 11,000 on mine so far - with 7-8mm left all round. Definitely quieter than what the car arrived with - and better wearing: I think the originals were Continental SC2 - but can't remember. Much better grip, especially in the wet, and the car feels much more settled in cornering - purely subjective, of course. Can't comment on the snow performance in Devon :-) -
I'll second this: Having gone through a pair of "no-name" OBD2 adapters off eBay, I bit the bullet and went for the ScanTool version. It just works. It plays very nicely with Torque, using the maximum symbol throughput as well as the battery-saving mode so that it can be plugged in permanently. Wow... can't believe how much the prices have come down. At least if my wife looks it up, now, I'm likely to survive m.