Hi - anyone able to answer this one?

GSM III phone preparation is in the options list I have seen but no mention is made of the phone cradle that charges the phone (as shown in the GSM II pictures in the Skoda Auto brochure and in the Accessories brochure).

Does this cradle/adapter come as standard with the preparation?

If not does anyone have any idea what the extra cost is for adding it ?

It could well be a Bluetooth solution.

In general the cradles available from the VAG group are woefully out of date by UK standards.

Thanks VRStu - a colleague has the incredibly-expensive Audi equivalent on his A4 complete with cradle for his phone and a mounting adapter that the phone sits in for charging. it operates via bluetooth with the car ICE/maxidot system and the cradle only really allows phone to be mounted and to charge.

With the pix in the brochure I was wondering if the Superb2 system was similar 9altho all the pix relate to a GSM 2 kit and I have not yet found that in the options list at all !

There are currently the parts available to incorporate bluetooth into the Octavia II and Columbus. It gives you full telephone functionality via the Columbus - I suspect that is what will be seen in the Superb.

Both GSMII and GSMIII kits are available for the new Superb, but the GSMII is not currently available in the UK.

GSMII is a totally bluetooth kit, but does not provide any of the nice touchscreen functionality for phonebook or dialling that GSMIII does. For this reason, you can get cradles with the GSMII, as you need to use the phone for this functionality.

Given that Skoda UK is not planning to sell the GSMII kit, I doubt if they will be selling the cradles either.

If you know the option/part code for it, they might be able to get you one, but you'd need to ask a dealer.

Bagpuss.

Thanks Bagpuss that clarifies it a lot. One question - I assume with the touchscreen functionality you can answer, dial and hang up from the radio system? (sorry if daft question - have no experience of capabilities of modern integrated GSM car systems).

In which case I assume wouldn't need to spec the upgrade from std m/f s-wheel to the one with the additional phone button ?

Thanks Bagpuss that clarifies it a lot. One question - I assume with the touchscreen functionality you can answer, dial and hang up from the radio system? (sorry if daft question - have no experience of capabilities of modern integrated GSM car systems).

In which case I assume wouldn't need to spec the upgrade from std m/f s-wheel to the one with the additional phone button ?

With the GSMIII kit, then everything is touchscreen driven. You can access your speed dials, address book, call history, missed calls all from the touchscreen. This assumes a compatible phone, but most now support the RSAP or UHV profile that the Superb uses (even the iPhone, and it's bluetooth support is crap).

For more information, here is a link to complete Skoda Columbus manual. This should answer all your questions:

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(Thanks to dimor from the VWNavi forum for the scan).

Bagpuss.

Thanks again - do you know if the Bolero touchscreen system supports same phone features? I would imagine it does

Thanks again - do you know if the Bolero touchscreen system supports same phone features? I would imagine it does

As far as I can tell, the Bolero supports everything that the Columbus does. The features that have been removed are DVD playback (as it only has a CD slot), hard drive for MP3/map storage and navigation.

It still looks a very good unit though.

Bagpuss.

Forgot to mention one more difference. The Bolero has an integrated 6 CD changer, so you don't need to order the external changer (unless you want to). The internal changer is also MP3 capable, where the external one is not.

Bagpuss.

Can somebody help me? I cann't to undestand reading all documents by Superb New. Will work my Asus P750 with GSMIII preparation? It has not rSAP profile but I want look information about calls on maxi-dot and bolero.

Your Asus comes with WM6, so therefore should support rSAP.

In the bluetooth control panel, you should find a tab with entries for 'remote SIM access'. If you set this to on, it should work just fine with the new Superb.

If you handset is carrier branded e.g. Orange, Vodafone, etc. then you may find they have turned rSAP off in the firmware. You can re-enable it with some registry tweaks.

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Bagpuss.

Does the rSAP function enable acces to SIM card contact entries or to the phones address book also?

From what I understand, rSAP simply allows the car kit to access the authentication information in the SIM, such that the car kit can connect to the network using it's own GSM radio (bypassing the phone completely).

For phonebook access etc., then the car kit uses the bluetooth phonebook profile.

Bagpuss.

Your Asus comes with WM6, so therefore should support rSAP.

In the bluetooth control panel, you should find a tab with entries for 'remote SIM access'. If you set this to on, it should work just fine with the new Superb.

If you handset is carrier branded e.g. Orange, Vodafone, etc. then you may find they have turned rSAP off in the firmware. You can re-enable it with some registry tweaks.

Thank you. I didn't find any tab with entries 'rSap' in the bluetooth control panel. And my phone not branded. :( I try to find some entries in regestry...

Thank you. I didn't find any tab with entries 'rSap' in the bluetooth control panel. And my phone not branded. :( I try to find some entries in regestry...

It's not called rSAP in Windows Mobile. You need to be looking for an entry that is something like 'Remote SIM Access'. It will have a tickbox next to it. Simply tick the box, and it should work.

Bagpuss.