PetrolDave

The timing belt isn't the only belt, there's also an auxiliary belt that drives e.g. alternator - has that been eliminated as a possible cause of the 'screaming' noise?

Both sizes are shown as temporary spare wheels because they will (in most cases) not be the same size as the normal wheels on the car and you will be limited to 50mph for 50 miles when either is fitted. In most cases the normal wheel/tyre combination will not be 205/60 R16 so the 205/60 R16 is NOT a full size wheel. The 125/70 R18 is shown as a space saver because (obviously) of the much narrower wheel and tyre, note that the 205/60 R16 is NOT called a space saver

+1 The handbooks are generic and cover all options, even those not fitted to every car or in every country.

So let's be clear here - Skoda have changed the belt spec 3 times, but how many times has the belt physically been changed on your car?

That's not correct, it doesn't mean fiddling with another device - you connect your iPhone or Android phone using a USB cable before driving off and then the phones navigation app appears on the cars infotainment screen and is controlled from the cars infotainment screen. This is what I do on my Toyota Aygo - can't do it on my Octavia as it has a MIB1 Amundsen which doesn't support either CarPlay or Android Auto (but VAG have stopped issuing map updates so I'm stuck with 2020/21 maps for as long as I own the car it seems) but at least postcode entry works.

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Seems this thread has got owners of both Amundsen (Kachaka) and Columbus (DanielIPT) posting in it - which is very confusing!!!

Two separate Toyota dealers have allowed me to drive a demonstrator during lockdown (just bring it back within an hour they said), didn't even ask for the keys of my car.

For the MIB1 & MIB2 map updates are twice a year according to the Skoda Update portal (weeks 25 and 45), can't comment on MIB3 map updates though... https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/

If you have an Amundsen then you MUST use a genuine Skoda SD card for the maps, the Amundsen (MIB1 and MIB2) will not recognise any other SD cards as map cards.

That's a silly restriction in the built-in Windows format program not actually required by FAT32 (which can support drives up to 16TB IIRC), so I use a third party SD formatter program.

I format the SD card I use to FAT32, but I don't think that will make any difference. Do the files that don't play have any 'unusual' characters in the file names, or have unusually long file names? Re artist pictures - some ripping programs embed the album art in the MP3 files. I use Windows Media Player which doesn't so I add them using a program called MP3tag.

Corrected that for you - with smaller wheels the tyre profile usually needs to be larger (it's specified as a percentage of tyre width) to maintain the overall tyre diameter. The general 'rule of thumb' is that it should be within 2% of the original. There are plenty of online tyre calculators which will allow a comparison between the original wheel/tyre size and those being considered, I usually use this one

Their assumption seems to be that nobody will use their nav since "everyone has a smartphone" and hence will use either Google or Apple Maps?

Same here. On my RS4 the PS4s were the only tyres that gave good wet & dry grip without a harsh ride and lasted more than 15,000 miles.

At least could cook lots of steaks by burning £100M

As pab567 says the files are exactly the same, so there's nothing to be gained.

I thought I'd 'scripted my V8 itch' when I got an Audi B6 S4 (4.2 V8) in 2003 but when the B7 RS4 came out in 2006 I had to have one. The S4 was too 'nice' and only made 'delicate' V8 sounds but the RS4 in Sport with the exhaust valves open, with a non-resonated Milltek exhaust and a remap sounded like I wanted a V8 to sound. Sadly retirement in 2016 meant the fuel bills of the RS4 were no longer affordable (22mpg average) hence the Octavia!

That's not my experience, none of the PDF documents I have downloaded from erWin are locked in any way and are openable using all the PDF readers I have tried.

@Klario - please can you use a smaller text size, your messages are so long they scroll off to the right and are a PITA to read.

If there's no way to see the tyre pressures and temperatures then it's 99% likely to be the ABS wheel speed based TPMS - and if those can't be seen even with a diagnostic tool then it's 100%. I say 99% because an Audi B7 RS4 I used to own had sensor based TPMS but didn't show pressures/temperatures on either the infotainment or the instruments (Audi couldn't be bothered to write firmware).

Depends how much pressure the SMMT and car manufacturers put on the UK Government.

Interesting interview with Domagoj Ducek (Head of BMW Design) here in which he says: