Just downloaded the current brochure and I notice there is no longer any mention of rSAP or a list of compatible phones. It just refers you to the dealer for a list.

Has the GSM III module been changed already????

My Scout was made last week, will be here in 2 weeks and i will check is it the GSM III or III+

Finally got a build date from my dealer today - build date is week 18 so build in the next 14 days!

That'll make it about 12/13 weeks from order to delivery mid may. Will be interested in seeing whether the Bolero's different.

Edited 26 April, 201016 yr by foregonereality

It wont be different. The changes only come in from Wk 22.

Still not managed to find any info about the Scout LED's. Anyone else had any luck ?

Bit of a bump for this thread. I still have time to amend my order for the LED's if they exist. Anyone heard ?

This sounds like it should please a number of iPhone users:

Octavia MY11

SOPCW22/10

New GSM III + functionality

• HFP -Hands Free Profile, now possible to connect almost all commercially available mobile phones

(rSAP is not necessary)

• A2DP - Audiostreaming (music via Bluetooth in full quality, from phone, MP3 player, notebook or PDA)

1. Enhanced voice control

2. Reading text messages

3. Reading phonebook

• Detection of requested name and assign it to a stored contact (it is not necessary to pre-record the

name)

NB - Lists of compatible phones will be distributed as and when we have received

them from the factory

This is taken from the Skoda MY11 overview for the Octavia (it also applies to the Superb as well).

Hi Guys,

I am on the point of ordering a new VRS DSG, and want the bluetooth. As I am currently an iphone user I asked my dealer to investigate the above post to establish whether the module will be open to virtually all phones as indicated. As yet, he has been unable to confirm one way or another, and the info he currently has is that it will not be compatible. I have written an email to Skoda direct asking for clarification, however still await a reply.

Has anyone any further info? VAG seem to have really shot themselves in the foot over this.

Edited 18 May, 201016 yr by mitch5075

I have sent an email to my dealer for some info as I ordered a Scout on Friday, will keep you posted if I hear anything.

Update for Gaz in case my other post gets burried. My Scout will now have the LED DRL's fitted. Cost £285 - the VAT.

I've just visited the brochure section again & the April 10 version is back, however what I have noticed is the appearance of a double dagger symbol, which indicates stock vehicles only, so I think we can expect to see a new brochure soon with an updated engine range & different specifications to take into account the changes from Wk22, such as the CR engines.

I've just visited the brochure section again & the April 10 version is back, however what I have noticed is the appearance of a double dagger symbol, which indicates stock vehicles only, so I think we can expect to see a new brochure soon with an updated engine range & different specifications to take into account the changes from Wk22, such as the CR engines.

I downloaded the bochure back in April and I've just compared with current. They seem to be identical, the double daggers were indicating stock cars when the brochure first came out. So I'm not sure that one can read much into that regarding 2011 MY spec changes.

As we are now in week 22 and the cars are being built, it's pretty poor that Skoda haven't updated the info. I've got a car that I ordered in mid April, scheduled for week 32, and I don't know if I need to tweak the options to maintain the spec I want.

I downloaded the bochure back in April and I've just compared with current. They seem to be identical, the double daggers were indicating stock cars when the brochure first came out. So I'm not sure that one can read much into that regarding 2011 MY spec changes.

As we are now in week 22 and the cars are being built, it's pretty poor that Skoda haven't updated the info. I've got a car that I ordered in mid April, scheduled for week 32, and I don't know if I need to tweak the options to maintain the spec I want.

How do you find out?

I ordered mine on the 5th of May. I am presuming that there are no extras that I am not aware of, and will be very angry if I find that things change.

Just had an email from the dealer to say week 25 build plus 3 weeks for delivery to UK.

At least we know the order has been processed now

ACSC:)

Update for Gaz in case my other post gets burried. My Scout will now have the LED DRL's fitted. Cost £285 - the VAT.

Thanks Nick, I still had not heard from my dealer, it will be interesting to see when they actually get in touch!

Please find below the response I received from Skoda Customer Service today regarding an Octavia Scout scheduled for build week 26:

"Thank you for your email dated 24 May 2010, regarding your new car order.

I can confirm that from build week 22 all Octavia Scouts will be made with the new CR engine and will have the daylight running lights. There is no need for you to contact your Retailer as this has been instigated by the factory.

Thank you for contacting Skoda Customer Services."

:yes:

Please find below the response I received from Skoda Customer Service today regarding an Octavia Scout scheduled for build week 26:

"Thank you for your email dated 24 May 2010, regarding your new car order.

I can confirm that from build week 22 all Octavia Scouts will be made with the new CR engine and will have the daylight running lights. There is no need for you to contact your Retailer as this has been instigated by the factory.

Thank you for contacting Skoda Customer Services."

:yes:

Ahh... Interesting. I'm guessing the daylight running lights will not be the LED ( £285 ) ones replacing the foglights.

Looking at it again it looks like the standard daylight running lights will be dipped beam ? I would not fancy my Xenons been on all the time. Will they just have an extra standard bulb for the DRL's or will the DRL's be like having the sidelights on ?

Glad I went for the LED's now.

As we are now in week 22 and the cars are being built

I thought we were only in week 21??!!!

Yes this is week 21

definately week 21, my car is hopefully now no longer a factory parts stack and now a vRS CR DSG Estate in Anthracite grey

Week 21 or 22? Outlook says this is Week 22, but see my earlier posts about the lack of international agreement on when week number starts. So Skoda use a different week numbering to Microsoft. There is no right or wrong, but lots of people on this forum like me have mistakenly looked in Outlook to figure out week numbers.

Can anyone give conclusive information on MY11 specs? The brochure on the Skoda UK website has been changed and says it covers MY11 - but none of the specs listed in this thread have been reflected in the brochure. DRLs on Scouts - not a mention, MFSW for Elegance - silent on that too.

Edited 26 May, 201016 yr by David P

http://www.epochconverter.com/epoch/weeknumbers.php

http://www.epochconv...weeknumbers.php

This is the same as Google Calendars Week Numbering then.

Thanks for the confirmation of the Skoda week numbering. Very timely because this morning my dealer emailed to say my car has been rescheduled from week 32 to week 22, and it will be built next week.

In about 4 weeks time I'll be able to say exactly what 2011MY means for an Elegance estate 1.4TSI with DSG. I think that all it means is a self-cancelling main beam stalk (useful feature, standard on Saab 900s from the 1970s onward). Confusion reigns over MFSWs (yes/no, manuals/DSGs), but the dealer has confirmed the my car will have a leather wheel which matters more to me than extra buttons. And the style of the alloys? That's anyone's guess too - the brochure still says Crateris.

Edited 27 May, 201016 yr by David P

Thanks for the confirmation of the Skoda week numbering. Very timely because this morning my dealer emailed to say my car has been rescheduled from week 32 to week 22, and it will be built next week.

In about 4 weeks time I'll be able to say exactly what 2011MY means for an Elegance estate 1.4TSI with DSG. I think that ll it means is a self-cancelling main beam stalk (useful feature, standard on Saab 900s from the 1970s onward). Confusion reigns over MFSWs (yes/no, manuals/DSGs), but the dealer has confirmed the my car will have a leather wheel which matters more to me than extra buttons. And the style of the alloys? That's anyone's guess too - the brochure still says Crateris.

Wow thats excellent news. My Scout is down for week 31. Somehow I think it will also be week 31.....

Thanks for the confirmation of the Skoda week numbering. Very timely because this morning my dealer emailed to say my car has been rescheduled from week 32 to week 22, and it will be built next week.

In about 4 weeks time I'll be able to say exactly what 2011MY means for an Elegance estate 1.4TSI with DSG. I think that all it means is a self-cancelling main beam stalk (useful feature, standard on Saab 900s from the 1970s onward). Confusion reigns over MFSWs (yes/no, manuals/DSGs), but the dealer has confirmed the my car will have a leather wheel which matters more to me than extra buttons. And the style of the alloys? That's anyone's guess too - the brochure still says Crateris.

Self cancelling main beam stalk? What do you mean by that? Every car I've had (including 2 Saabs) I've had to switch main beam off myself...

Self cancelling main beam stalk? What do you mean by that? Every car I've had (including 2 Saabs) I've had to switch main beam off myself...

Not seen the Skoda implementation yet, but on the Saab (classic 900 model before GM turned it into a Vectra in a posh frock) the main beam stalk worked as "pull, pull", and toggled the main beam on and off. However whenever you switched the headlamps on, they always came on in low beam. One of the reasons for this was that the Saab headlamp switch could be left in the "on" position all the time, the lights were ignition controlled and when the ignition was off all the lights were off (there was a separate position for parking lights). In northern european countries drivers often wanted to have headlamps on no matter what time of day, so this meant that they just left the switch on the on position, but the main beam reset itself whenever the ignition was switched off.

Advantages: can't switch lights on and dazzle people by accident; position of stalk relative to wheel remains consistent.

In the pre-CAN days it was an expensive solution because it required latching relays and more complex wiring. So the cheap mechanical push-pull switch was used by many. But before the GM takeover the Saab engineers built cars that suited their intelligence rather than their profits.

VW used to have a pull-pull main-beam stalk, but as it was mechanical rather than eletric; whilst it kept the stalk-wheel distant constant it couldn't do the trick of re-setting to low beam when the lights were turned on.

Lots of very clever touches on the old 900 twenty five years ago, some have taken years to become standard, e.g.

daylight running lights, extra bulbs in the side lights that came on when reverse was selected (a component of the cornering fog lamps these days), self-cancel main beam, wide angle edge to door mirrors, pollen filter, side-impact door beams, whip-lash absorbing seat mechanism, heated seats, headlamp cleaning - all standard on the base model

Edited 28 May, 201016 yr by David P