[Can the steering wheel voice command button be linked to Android Auto instead of Skoda's system]

Not sure if it’s the same with Android but with Apple car play you can use the steering wheel button for both. Press the button and you get Skoda voice control. Press and hold and you get Apple car play with Siri. Might be worth trying press and hold with your Android. 

[Amunsden DAB Icons]

1 hour ago, BoxerBoy said:

But - when I switched off then switched on again, all my efforts had been in vain

Same for me. 

[CarPlay and phone calls]

There may be a better method but I use Siri to control the phone. If you press the voice control on the steering wheel quickly then the standard Skoda voice system kicks in. If you press and hold the voice control button, it activates Siri. That’s how I make my phone calls. 

[OBD 11 Functions listing for 2015 Octy 1.4TSI]

I am very much a beginner with OBD 11 but I have managed to make a few changes to my 2016 VRS using the coding in the VCDS sticky. OBD 11 has a search function in the adaptations and, even though the different elements are not in the same location as on VCDS, I just searched for the words in the sticky thread and changed them once I found them. I have not had any problems with OBD 11 except, as others have suggested, when I tried to use the built in apps. For example, using the app for enabling cornering fog lights only did half the job (inner bulbs only, not outer ones) but using the adaptations listed in the sticky thread worked like a charm. 

[Best lowering springs and wheel spacers for mkIII combi vRS 4x4]

When I specced 4x4 VRS, one of the differences the 4x4 made was that the normal lowered VRS suspension from Skoda could not be fitted and the ride height is the normal one. I was told this was to do with the Haldex diff. The ride height suits me due to the roads I use but I’m curious why Skoda couldn’t lower the suspension when after market kits can. 

[Sasha’s Octavia vRS]

5 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

Aren't 2nd gen compatible with IOS? 

Yes. When I bought the next gen version, they hadn’t sorted out the IOS app other than to use the OBDEleven mini apps. Since then the main app got updated and you can now do adaptations and long coding on IOS. 

[Unfortunately OBDEleven has stopped working]

I have now tried 3 different old Android devices with my OBDEleven NextGen but all of them have resulted in “Unfortunately OBDEleven has stopped working” when I try to connect. I can connect to the OBDEleven dongle with an IOS device so I know it is working but, of course, only some of the functions are available on IOS. The Android devices have ranged from Android 4.4 to Android 9, all with the same result. I have tethered each one to my iPhone so that they have an internet connection. I wondered if I would have a different result if I put a SIM card in the device instead of tethering. 

 

Is anyone able to advise why I always get the same message and, more importantly, tell me how to make it work? I would even buy a cheap Android device if someone can recommend one that will definitely work. 
 

Thank you for your help.

 

 

Dave

[Things worth doing before selling]

Have you asked if you are able to do a voluntary termination? Then you could just hand it back. 

[Controlling radio station line up on steering wheel?]

I’m at work at the moment so can’t check but I think if you go to radio and select the settings button, you can change the setting for “Arrow buttons”. It sounds like you have station list selected. If you change to Preset list it should go through your stored stations. 

[Car key]

Timpson, the key cutting place, do car keys including programming them. Might be worth asking them how much they would charge. 

[Headlight main beam assist. It's pants or is it me?]

I recently enabled this and, after a couple of weeks, turned it off again. Selecting main beam myself is second nature but I found I was having to monitor the assist function in case it didn’t do what I wanted. It’s supposed to help but I found it distracting wondering if it was going to work as I would want it to and intervening when it didn’t. 

[Cornering fog lights]

On 28/12/2019 at 19:39, the_rebel said:

Ok, got it sorted now thanks to another vRS forum 😂

What was the solution?

 

Does anyone else know how I can fix the issue? The outer bulbs are the ones that really make the difference and they are the ones that are missing. 

[Radio logo resolution]

1 hour ago, Jetpac said:

 

Do you get logos for heart 80s and planet rock?

I only get some stations but not all.

I got logos for all stations, some from the file on the Skoda portal and some downloaded from internet searches. However, they don’t all stay and I end up with text on the left and what appears to be a blank black square on the right. From some angles I can just make out the letters DAB in the black square. 

[Cornering fog lights]

How did you fix it?

[Radio logo resolution]

Mine auto generates logos for some but not all stations. I have added the rest from the file on the Skoda Update Portal. For some reason they all stay on some views but not on the station info screen. Channels like Heart dump their logo. If you look really carefully you can just see a dark DAB logo where the radio station logo was. Does anyone know how to stop these logos from disappearing?

[Cornering fog lights]

To be honest I haven’t tried. It was originally done using an app on OBDeleven so it should have been correct. Hatch very kindly advised above that all 4 would need to be coded separately but I’ve yet to find out whether the factory fit cornering fog lights use one of the bulbs or two.

 

I currently have OBDeleven working on IOS as I don’t have an android device yet (I’m open to suggestions of which cheap one to buy) so I can’t do coding until the IOS app is updated. That’s why I haven’t looked at getting both lights to illuminate each side yet. I will buy an android device once I find a cheap one that will do the job then I can look at the coding. 

[Brand New Sportline with Irritating Noise]

I had a creaking noise that sometimes sounded like it was coming from the headlining. I eventually cured it by lowering the backs of the rear seats and then firmly pushing them back into place. Never did work out why it sometimes sounded like it was coming from the roof. 

[Cornering fog lights]

Thank you. I’ll try again!

[Cornering fog lights]

I have had cornering fog lights (among other things) enabled on my 2016 VRS. This was done with OBD eleven. I noticed today that, when the cornering fog light comes on, only the inner bulb of the two lights up. Can anyone with a 2016 VRS and cornering fog lights confirm whether this is correct or whether the outer bulb should come on as well, please?

 

If they should both be on, does each bulb have to be coded individually?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Latest map update omission]

A few years ago, I tried to point out to Tom Tom that the Spanish town of Torrevieja was completely missing from the maps. They said it was due to their map provider not having got round to adding it in yet. When I pointed out that there was evidence that there had been a port had been in that location since Roman times and asked how long they expected the update to take, they gave me my money back!

[Enabling rear lights with DRL]

I am planning to enable (among other things) rear lights with DRLs. In the sticky thread on this site, there is the coding for enabling these “without sidelights, dash illumination, number plate lights etc”. When I requested this change from someone who has done a lot of coding with OBD 11, he put a question on the OBD 11 forum asking how many people had successfully done this coding. Unusually, nobody replied. The Briskoda sticky has this coding listed as tried and tested but I was wondering how many people on here have made this change successfully?

[Octavia 4x4 Snow Reviews?]

We had significant snow two years running. The first year I had the original tyres on and the car took me everywhere I needed to go home including driving around other cars that had been abandoned in the snow. This year I had changed the tyres for Michelin Crossclimate +. The car performed even better and was the envy of other people I work with. I ended up delivering people home from work when their vehicles couldn’t make it. 

[Shake, rattle and roll!]

I had a noise that sounded like a rattle/creak that happened at slow speed. I eventually tracked it down to the catches on the rear seat backs. I lubricated the mechanisms and the noise went away. 

[Glasses opening]

I normally like to keep my glasses in a case but I achieved the same thing by lining the glasses holder in the roof with anti vibration tape. It protects the glasses and also stops them rattling. 

[No luck updating Nav]

At the risk of being too simplistic, have you slid the lock on the SD card into the locked position? This would stop formatting or putting anything onto the card.