chrismaidstone

Beadles skoda Maidstone seem friendly enough, got some good reviews online and they're my closest so might see what they have in stock.

Dont suppose you have a link to that thread please?

Great, thanks for the responses, I was leaning towards having it but this has made up my mind. Just one more question though, is it easy to have one fitted to a car that didn’t have it as an option to start with??

Thanks Offski, will do a bit of a background check on the dealers first, just thought Skoda approved used would offer a 12 month warranty as standard so a bit more protection against something going wrong.

Hi all, looking into a used Octavia mk3 estate and wondered what owners opinions are of the variable boot floor. Do you find it useful/practical at all or is it just an unnecessary extra? I like the look of it as it raises the floor up to meet the rear seats better when they are folded down so would possibly make life easier for me to load things as will be using the vehicle for work but in the real world does it make things any more practical or reduce useable space at all? Thanks, Chris.

Hi, I am a returning member, (used to own a 2011 fabia vrs) I bought a van for work that I am now selling and am looking into the Octavia estate from 2015 onwards. My budget is probably absolute top end about £9500 so can get decent spec sub 60k miles from an independent used dealer but a little less for your money from Skoda main dealer. I was just wondering what people’s opinion was about buying direct from Skoda as opposed to an independent, what extra you can expect from Skoda in terms of aftercare and warranty etc and do you think it’s worth going for a lower spec or paying slightly more to buy from Skoda direct? Thanks in advance for your help, my previous experience of this site has been excellent so I know you won’t let me down!

I will have a check but I'm sure its quite up to date. I will post on here when i do. I will also try the lower 2gb SD card and see if thats the issue

Version C if that means anything to you. The SD card is also 8gb. Is that too big? I read somewhere that it should work with 8gb or less. I would like to use the biggest possible really.

Has anyone else experienced any problems with the SD card on an RNS-510? I keep getting an error message saying "SD Card Error, please check SD Card" I have formatted the card as instructed by how to guides on the internet and have even played around with formatting it differently with the same result. Does anyone know what my problem could be? The music files on the card are also in Mp3 format.

Hi Gizmo, I may need your help with the VCDS. When would be a good time for you? I'm not around this weekend but am in the evenings next week if thats good for you? If not I can wait until you are free. Thanks, Chris.

It used to work in my old skoda and display track info but that had controls on the steering wheel so not sure if it is due to the van not being coded for that. I checked the connection for the light and there is power to it as i checked it with a volt meter. and i checked the contacts in the light and they show voltage too. its puzzling me as both the cab light and the light in the storage bay aren't working but have power going to them. May be an idea to get it on vcds and pin point the error.

I tried to PM you last week, not sure if you got it but i have got the bluetooth installed now and it works fine through the head unit. There are a couple of things that don't work like seeing the track name displayed on the head unit and being able to skip through tracks on the head unit. Is this where the re coding using vcds would help? I am a total novice with this sort of thing so excuse my ignorance. I also have a "lighting error" dash warning light on as my interior lights aren't working (think i did something when installing the microphone) would this need to be cleared for the lights to work again as i have checked the fuse and changed the bulbs and they still don't work. Thanks again for your help on this, like i said i don't know much about how all this works.

yeah, Hawkinge is good for me. Just have to arrange when is good for both of us if thats ok with you. I haven't installed the bluetooth yet but will be doing it this week so i'll let you know when i have. Ill post on here. Thanks. How much do you want for doing it?

Hi, just wondered if there was anyone who could help me out. I am retrofitting bluetooth to my VW Caddy (I know its not a Skoda but its the same VCDS system, just in the process of selling my fabia vrs) and was wondering if any VCDS owners in Kent or nearby could help with coding it to the van as it isn't activated as far as I know. Am obviously willing to pay a small fee if need be. Any help is massively appreciated.

Thanks guys that helps. Just need to find out where to put the module in the van and a guide on how to install it. I have a good idea of how to do it but just a few bits i need to understand a bit better. If you know of any guides then i would be grateful.