Lanstrom

Thanks for the info. I will do a factory reset on it to see if that helps but if not then will take it to the dealers.

Oh thanks. Not seen those before. I'll have to get one

Went on holiday over the weekend. The sat nav was working ok but then suddenly lost track of itself and the display said I was driving in the sea. I tried a reset of the infotainment (holding down the power button for 10 seconds) but it didn't help. In the end I had to turn the whole car off and lock/unlock it for it to reset. The following day I was heading home and all was good until it suddenly froze. Then it just kept saying recalculating route and in the end after rebooting it (including pulling into to a layby to turn car off/on) I got really annoyed with it all and plugged my phone in and used Android Auto which worked perfectly for the remaining 2 hour drive. The display on the digital cockpit was still coming up with all sorts of random stuff including saying part of the motorway was a 5MPH limit. It never did get its bearings again. It has done this a few times now. Is it a known issue ? I could do a map update but I don't think that would fix it as it couldn't even decide where it was. Cheers.

I liked the way all my previous Skodas had hidden SD slots so I could load a card up with songs and leave it in. My Scala only seems to have 2 sockets in the front and I find it looks crap having a USB drive hanging out one of the sockets especially since I have to use an adapter with the USB-C sockets. Have you found a tidier way to play music ?

The problem is that Google Assistant doesn't seem to work unless the phone is plugged in. I'm not sure if there is a way to make it work as that would be very useful.

Thanks. That's very interesting and could explain why the web site said it was included. It's actually something we had on the Octavia that we part-ex'd and was something that was used that's why we asked for it on the new car.

It says "Function not available" when the button is pressed. I wonder if a 3rd party can turn the function on. Skoda says it can't be added after the car leaves the factory which is really stupid.

UPDATE: If I plug the phone into a USB socket and then long-press the voice button then I can use Google Assistant. Just wondering if this can be done wirelessly now as I don't want to have to plug the phone in each time.

Ordered a Scala with the Voice Control (£25) as an extra but the dealership told me I don't need to add it as its included with the SEL model (he did show me the screen of his ordering page that says the Amundsen unit comes with it) and so I thought nothing more of it until I picked the car up to find it is NOT included and now after 13 weeks of messing around with Skoda Customer Services they tell me it cant be retrofitted which amazed me considering the button is on the steering wheel and it obviously links to the headunit so I cant see why it cant be software updated. Anyway I am now taking out a court case against the dealer for miss-selling the car but meanwhile ... What I want to be able to do is voice control the phone into making and sending a text message. Can you guys think of another way of doing this now I cant just press the button on the steering wheel ? I have seen a 3rd party Google Assistant thing that plugs into the USB socket but this isn't ideal :( Thanks.