Mantis1955

@SteveTheElder Thanks for that, appreciate your time 👏 Now I’ve got the app working, it actually lists all the paid functions and what they do. Care Connect is only £36 and there’s a 3 month free trial anyway. I just can’t understand why I was disabling things I didn’t have to begin with…

Thanks for that, appreciate your time 👏 Now I’ve got the app working, it actually lists all the paid functions and what they do. Care Connect is only £36 and there’s a 3 month free trial anyway. I just can’t understand why I was disabling things I didn’t have to begin with…

More questions 😂 I tried altering the privacy settings to “share” as I read somewhere it would enable stuff. However I instantly got an email saying a long list of things had been disabled (honk and flash etc but basically everything). I then toggled the 4 privacy modes and got emails showing different subsets of the first list being disabled, but there’s no way I can get anything saying any functions have been ENABLED again. I’m now wondering if the reason is that I have to pay for Care Connect (is this worthwhile, and do others use it). The app shows Infotainment Online must have been included as it expired in January 2024 when the car was a year old. But I’m assuming that the previous owner never subscribed to anything else.

It doesn’t let you do that, just presents a QR code to download the app. However I created a new account and it worked 😇 Now a couple more questions: Apart from getting my name on the dash, what other benefits are there (apart from the paid extras which don’t really appeal anyway)? And I tried to add my wife as a user but I assume she needs an account first, as it just asks for a login?

That’s an idea…

Fuse trick didn’t work. Factory reset didn’t work either. I suppose I should contact Škoda. Maybe I’ll try creating another account on the app with a different email. The infotainment says I can change password in the app but I don’t see any setting for this.

I’ve just bought a used Octavia 4. How do I know which one I have? The manual seems to have identical pages for both systems. Or is it just an upgrade from Bolero to Columbus if you install maps? I have maps btw.

Excuse my ignorance, I’ve only had the car 4 days. 1989 is the car software right? And I’ve got media codec 3.1.4 if that helps.

I can try that in the morning (but the manual says 15 is not used). I don’t understand the other bit.

I’ve just bought my 4th Octavia, a 2022 2.0L. My wife persuaded me to change although I thought at age 70 my 2014 model with 155000 miles would see me out 😇 Reading this forum i see how much things have moved on which is a bit daunting. My car did a software update as soon as I bought it (not an approved used Skoda, I didn’t think the dealer on my last car did anything to earn my repeat business so i bought it from Cinch as my daughter had a good experience with them). Anyway my query is that i can’t actívate the car (which may not be a big deal anyway as I’m not sure what the benefits are). I downloaded the app and registered but when i try to actívate the car using the same login détails, it just comes back with “incorrect username or password”. The ‘forgot password” option doesn’t work either. So I’ve done a couple of hundred miles on a short break this week and I’m pleased with the car but using the infotainment as a Guest. Thought I’d ask here first although the app has a contact number for support.