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Yeah, good idea. It really was very useful. Not having a rear wiper will be something I miss, as it's not just about rain.

I disagree. The rear wiper washer on my previous Octavia was very effective in cleaning the rear windscreen. It certainly keep it clean when we were in France in the summer when it got all dusty.

I picked up my new Octavia last week and only today when I was driving in the rain did I realise it didn't have a rear windscreen wiper! All my other Octiavias did, so it didn't even occur to me that I need to "opt in". If it's free, why don't they just make it standard? I've never had to worry about rain repllent, but I will now need to do some investigation on things like gtechniq.

My dealership updated my infotainment software a couple of weeks ago and I assumed it was the latest version, but reading the above posts, it doesn't seem to be... Device part number: 5E3035816H Hardware: H56 Software: 1896 Display unit/control panel hardware: H44 Display unit/control panel software: 2088 Navigation database; 22.1 Media Codec: 3.1.4 Since the update, my sat nav hasn't loaded at all (I've using my android phone instead) and it hasn't stopped the "pop pop SOS" error. The system doesn't restart itself though. I wonder why we all have different software versions.

Find this thread quite late. I've driving my First Edition since 2020 and by and large quite happy with it. But the SOS popping and then crashing is very annoying. I checked my softward version and it showed 1688! More interestingly, both Display Unit/control panel hardware and software are "Unknown"., but I see above that other people's have numbers and letters. BTW, I have taken my car to France the last two years, and throughout the 2 weeks there, the system never popped one. Soon after I drove off the ferry at Portsmouth and got on the A3, it popped and the SOS error appeared!

1941?! Mine is 1668, which may explain why the SOS popping happens quite frequently and that the infotainment system has crashed a couple of time in the last few weeks.

My Octavia is 70 plate and a 1st Edition. I just checked the software version and it was 1668! Perhaps that explains why the SOS is popping quite often and crashed a couple of time in the last few weeks. I've booked it in for the oil service and a software update in 2 weeks' time. Hopefully, it will solve some of the issues...

Hello! Looks like I'm the first one to reply. The warning light started to appear about 6-8 months ago but it wasn't on permanently. Since a lot of such warnings come on and off for no aparent reason, I have been ignoring it. However, it is now appearing everytime I start the car and is staying on. At the same time, I am also getting stop/start error messages. I don't know if the two are related. The manual said that "a noticeable reduction in engine performance may occur." But I haven't really noticed. My car is due for a services in a couple of months, so I might wait until then. In the meantime, has the issue in your car been sorted out?

Hi Sneal, I scrolled through everything but Settings wasn't one of the options. There wasn't anything "simple" like Display.

Hello. Someone else on a different thread also suggested this, so I tried it this afternoon. Nothing! I scrolled through the whole lot, but to display the trip distance on the virtual cockpit wasn't one of the options. Perhaps my model doesn't have it, which I find frustrating and odd. Wouldn't you think that's basic info when driving? I thought my car was quite well equipped being a First Edition with electronic adjustable seats, etc.

Hello. Someone else on a different thread also suggested this, so I tried it this afternoon. Nothing! I scrolled through the whole lot on the right and on the left but there was nothing to display the time or trip distance on the virtual cockpit. Perhaps my model doesn't have that facility, which I find frustrating and odd. Wouldn't you think that's basic info when driving? I thought my car was quite well equipped being a First Edition with electronic adjustable seats, etc. Any idea about having the time shown on the virtual cockpit?

Yes, she keeps asking me the same question, too. I don't use voice command much, so perhaps she is feeling left out...

Hello fellow Octavia Owners, I have a 2020 First Edition of the Mk IV. Tw yearson and I am still trying to figure this out. Is there a way to have the time and distanced travelled displayed on the dashboard, or the "Drive Information System"? I have seen photos of dashboard where the time is shown above the speedometer on the classic display. The distance travelled is somewhere on the bottom. It was easy with my MK II Octavia to "reset the clock" at the beginning of each journey; just pressed the button. Not so easy now. I know you can see distance travelled, fuel consumption, etc by scrolling through the display, but all the info disappears, so I believe, if the car is parked for more than 2/3 hours. Not much use if you are doing a road trip. Thanks in advance.

Yes, I have that, too on my First Edition. But I think the data is wiped if the car is switched off for more than 2 hours. So, if you are on a road trip, and visit a site for a few hours, the distance you have travelled so far will not be there when you return to the car, which is a pain. I have also seen photos of people's dash board which display the distance travel on the dash itself. I haven't managed to work out how to have that displayed.

Lucky you. My dealer doesn't know why it keeps happening. I can live with the error message, but when it makes the sat nav goes haywire, that's when I get annoyed. I mentioned it when I took the car in for another software update but they said they couldn't find any errors on the system. They told me if it happens again, I should drive to my nearest dealer so that they can record any faults showing and report it to Skoda. I mean, honestly...!