NormanE

My mistake and big typo. The car was first registered in March 2024 and apparently used by Skoda to train technicians to work on the electronics, and it had only 25 miles on it when I bought the car in September 2024. The fact that the electronics had been worked on was revealed when East Yorkshire Retrofit Solutions installed my reversing camera and found that access screws under the dashboard had been removed and replaced. Everything I want now seems to be working, so I am inclined to leave it alone. P.S. A big recommendation for East Yorkshire Retrofit Solutions, who did a great job in installing and setting up the reversing camera.

As the car is 1994 and the updates are performed automatically I am not sure if I can even do a factory reset, or whether the updates are actually themselves a reset to current factory specification.

Yes, it is 1989. I have found out that if I touch the screen at the correct point between the camera view and the other view, and swipe right I get the full screen camera view back. I now need to make that the default. I still don't know why the car did an ET, and phoned home.

Whilst in France last week my car received an infotainment update, The car is a 2024 Octavia Vrs diesel hatchback, with a reversing camera retrofitted by East Yorkshire Retrofit. After the update two odd things happened. Firstly the reversing camera did not work at all the first time I reversed the car after the update. Then it worked, but instead of the full screen showing the camera view, it is now two thirds camera view and one third a top-down outline of the car with curved lines showing the steering angle. I can still select normal or wide angle view, but the split screen remains. I want the full screen view back. Anyone know how to do that? The other oddity is that three times the system made a phone call to Skoda for no known reason.

I am sorry you have had the experience as well as me, even though it is good to know that I am not alone in this. I must admit that the first time there may have been a small change of level in the road, but the other day there was nothing as I was careful to avoid a drop-off at the edge of the road and the rest was quite level.

No acoustic warning, nothing on the screen, just a sudden stop with a bang, and so immediate that I thought I must have hit an unseen solid object, or that the car had engaged park whilst moving. I am quite used to the warning sound when I am parking and get close to something. I routinely deactivate the dangerous "lane assist" every time I start the car. I don't want to deactivate the warning sound which can be quite useful if there is an obstruction that is too low to see. As for the Park Pilot function, I have never looked, but I don't think my car has it, despite there being a marked switch below the screen. I learned to parallel park long before such aids existed.

I have a 2024 Octavia Vrs diesel. Last year I was in France approaching one of the free ferries over the river Seine, downstream of Rouen. I took a wrong turn and had to reverse, then go slowly forward to get to the correct lane. At only about 2 or 3 mph the car came to a sudden violent stop accompanied by a bang. I thought I had hit a hidden obstruction and got out to look. Absolutely nothing, the car had just autonomously and violently braked to a stop with nothing in front of it. Tonight, whist driving very slowly to park the car it did it again, just as violently. The car I was parking behind was at least 6 feet away, and there were no obstructions on the road that I could see when I got out of the car. Is this an autonomous braking system, and can it be turned off? It would be dangerous if it braked that hard at any greater speed.

My strange issue with the Viofo dashcam has been resolved. The company were very helpful. Power proved to be no problem, but the odd issue of the memory card working perfectly well recording, and playing back if the card was left in the camera and the camera was connected to the PC, but not if the card was put into a USB card reader persisted. Formatting the card in the camera did not help. My Windows 11 and Linux PCs could not read it or format it. Rufus and Mini Tool Partition Wizard both reported the 256GB card as only 8GB! To clear all my test footage I formatted the card in the dashcam for probably the 5th or 6th time, and made a short test film. This time the card played back from the USB reader. Rufus now reported it as 256MB. Mini Tool, now showed 232.19GB formatted as exFAT. All correct and everything now works. Things I like about the Viofo dashcam are its small size, very clear Video footage, and the fact that power is taken to the GPS unit which is stuck to the windscreen, whilst the camera can be detached. The latter is very useful if you visit Portugal where dashcams are illegal.

It is not a playback issue, The movies play back perfectly if I leave the card in the camera and connect that to the PC, but if I remove the card and put it in a card reader neither Windows nor Linux PCs can even find a recognised file system on the card.

The dashcam is actually working fine, the issue is that the memory card can only be read from the dashcam itself. If removed and put in a card reader connected to a PC (Windows or Linux) or inserted directly into a built-in card reader in a linux laptop, it cannot be read and Windows 11 cannot format it either, and gives a message that the volume does not contain any recognised file system. Viofo are looking for a solution. The obvious inference from the symptoms displayed is that Viofo formats the card in a way that only it can read and translate to Windows readable files.

Before even buying the cable, I had a hunt and found a very short USB-C to Female USB-A Cable and connected that to a USB-A to USB-C cable about 30cm long and that setup works without any slack cable, and the socket stuck to the plastic cover over the car's radar with stick on Velcro. The dashcam works very well, but to view the videos on a PC I have to take the dashcam out of the car and connect it by USB cable. If I just take out the memory card and put it in a card reader, Windows does not recognise it and says it has no recognised file system, and will not format it either. It clearly is formatted by the dashcam, though in what file system I cannot tell. Tried on two different Windows PCs. and one LInux

Thank you for that. I now have the dashcam and have tested it using my phone charger cable, which does power it. A USB-C to USB-A dongle with a short USB-A to USB-C cable looks like a much better idea. I will have to be careful because the USB-C socket in the car is an odd one that does not take the plug in very far. A heavy adapter could easily shake loose. I might have to secure it in place. I think I will try a cable like this first. 18 inch size. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/389792812574?var=657081959012

Most have parking mode, including the Viofo one that I have bought, if you hardwire from the fusebox. This is what I have ordered as I don't want the wiring complication of a rear camera, but do want a 4K picture from the Sony Starvis2 sensor. https://viofouk.co.uk/product/viofo-a119m-pro-4k-hdr-voice-control-dash-camera-with-sony-starvis-2-sensor-super-night-vision-ultra-fast-wi-fi-6-precise-gps/

I have not used Halfords for fitting, but they seem to do a fair number of jobs so they are probably OK. It is best to get it done professionally if cables have to be run up a windscreen pillar where there is an airbag. Hard-wiring is fairly easy, it's the risk of interfering with an airbag you need to avoid. It is that risk that has led manufacturers to fit USB ports at the top of the windscreen.

That is just it, My Halfords dashcam worked perfectly connected USB-C to USB Mini. The problem is Viofo being unsure whether their dashcam will work from an ordinary USB-c to USB-C cable. I have only removed the old Halfords dashcam because the phone ap that you use with it no longer works and cannot be updated or reloaded.