PetrolDave

I think it's already been mentioned that an Amundsen can ONLY read maps from a genuine Skoda SD card...

A Recall is forced on a manufacturer by the relevant country authorities for a serious road safety issue; but Skoda UK, dealers and owners often incorrectly call a Service Campaign a 'Recall'. What is happening at the moment are 'only' Service Campaigns not Recalls.

Then go to the VW map update site https://app-connect.volkswagen.com/mapupdates/car/ , and select 'Golf until 2015' followed by 'Discover Media' then download the Europe maps - they are 100% identical to the Skoda maps (yes I have done a 100% byte for byte comparison).

Yes, both MIB1 and MIB2 Amundsen will only read maps off a genuine Skoda SD card - there are usually plenty on eBay (I've got mine off eBay). It doesn't matter if you get the 5E0 prefix card or the 5L0 prefix card, the MIB1 Amundsen will work with both (I alternate between a 5E0 and a 5L0 card). And the suffix doesn't matter because you can download the latest maps from the Skoda Update Portal by entering your VIN. Currently there are 31 Skoda SD cards on the UK eBay...

In as many cases as possible the VCDS guys use the message from the VAG module (translating if necessary) so I think the finger for this piece of gibberish most likely should be pointed at the VAG software guys.

This ... there will be another one for sale sometime soon that meets your requirements

If they 'get funny about it' then can you really trust them, and would you want to spend your hard earned cash with a seller that gets upset when you ask a reasonable question about how the car has been maintained?

See how the icon is different? The USB pens are treated as a removable hard drive but the SD card isn't - maybe this is the problem?

I've replaced my door warning lights with LED ones, no coding no errors - if you look in the Leuchte channels there is no channel for the interior lights apart from the ambient lighting on FL Octavias.

ALL versions of Ross-Tech cables are licensed for the English version of VCDS, but to use a non-English version of VCDS you must buy the cable from the distributor in the relevant country. So if you buy the cable from the French distributor you can install and use both French and English VCDS, but if you buy the cable from e.g. the UK distributor or Ross-Tech direct then it's only licensed for the English VCDS.

Got a picture of the front you can share (blank out the number plate if you wish)? That will say for sure whether it's a III or IV

Don't think J.R. will go for that option...

Isn't that an Octavia III part number, not an Octavia IV? I thought the Octavia IV was an NX3 (saloon/sedan) or NX5 (estate/combi)?

If your TV has either a 3.5mm audio jack input or a pair of RCA connectors as an audio input then it may be possible to as well as the VGA lead for video use a 3.5mm lead plugged into the headphone output on the PC into those inputs on the TV. A read of the TV manual is a must to determine which audio inputs are live when switched to the VGA video input.

I agree, I couldn't persuade my then local dealer who I bought the car from to do an infotainment update and ended up doing it with help from this website - at least you could do that on an Amundsen MIB1!

According to the Skoda update portal https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/ :

A Vauxhall colour - Caribic Blue

All the VAG cars I've owned since 1999 (8L S3, 8E S4, 8E A4, 8E S4, 8E RS4, 5E Octavia) have had permanent 12V sockets - which I find really useful when taking a coolbox on holiday. One of the first mods (if not the first) I'm going to do on my Toyota Aygo when the weather allows is to change the 12V socket from switched to permanent (and fit a much bigger battery!).

Many probably still will in the mistaken belief that it will speed up their charging.

Some TVs (not sure about yours) have a VGA connector on them for a direct connection from a PC?

Which in the UK isn't how they are wired on VAG cars - they're always live (but I understand that in some other countries they can be changed to ignition switched just by moving the fuse).

Well it works really well for me - before I had the solar charger the battery voltage would be down to 11.6V after a month sitting doing nothing, but with it the battery voltage was 12.6V under the same conditions. So my experience is that the solar chargers DO work despite what the person at your Skoda dealer said.

Chinese potholes are deeper???

I fitted something very similar to this on my previous Citroen C1, just wired in parallel with the existing horn so a short press just sounded the OEM horn but a longer press allowed the compressor to spool up and make a MUCH louder noise! https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-accessories/interior-car-accessories/ring-12-volt-compact-twin-air-horn-242268.html

Read further down the thread (start at page 11) and you will see that a few months ago that changed - they now add a replacement 'Park' microswitch to fix the problem.