When the family and I go on longer journeys I try to make everyone comfortable the two little ones in the back with a dual dvd player which plays seperate movies and for the wife normally something like a gardening or supernanny dvd on on the columbus which I move the sound to her side of the car in the settings and do the software disablement on the motion sensor , which works but has its failings when you alter the climate control or anything as it reverts back to the draconion YOU CANNOT WATCH THIS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION stopping is not always possible on a motorways journey to reset

it.I looked around and bought a Xcarlink bypass cable to disable the sensor for good it arrived quickly enough off Ebay and after a small fight with the interior trims it was fitted,on reconnection it says the normal I want a radio code which involved a phone call to caffyns in kent who tried to help but did not keep records of codes as it has to go to a Skoda agent get plugged in and talk to a computer in the main factory (Great i thought) which they offered to do , however I did not relish the 130 mile drive so i declined graciously.Time to call a favour I phoned a customer of mine who runs a Skoda dealership in isleworth and within half a hour its plugged in but it cant read the ecu the lead blocks this function so we whip the unit out get the serial number enter it wrong and get a code then lock the unit (Great and other phrases come to mind) after re-entering the correct serial number I have the code and leave my helpfull motor trade friends and wander back to my garage .You leave it now for a 1 hour countdown before you can enter the code again which worked I am pleased to say

Now the dvd function works when in motion with this lead fitted but you loose the dial out and receive function on your phone and the reverse sensor display flashes on for a micro second when you engage reverse then disappears leaving just the audible sound so a bit of a major loss i feel and even though I tried different dip switch settings its not fully compatable with the columbus so I advise anyone to give this option a miss and use the bypass button trick until I discover another method which I will update you all on

P.s this one is being returned for a refund from a honest E bay seller

Peter

Edited 23 August, 201015 yr by Pete-n

When the family and I go on longer journeys I try to make everyone comfortable the two little ones in the back with a dual dvd player which plays seperate movies and for the wife normally something like a gardening or supernanny dvd on on the columbus which I move the sound to her side of the car in the settings and do the software disablement on the motion sensor , which works but has its failings when you alter the climate control or anything as it reverts back to the draconion YOU CANNOT WATCH THIS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION stopping is not always possible on a motorways journey to reset

it.I looked around and bought a Xcarlink bypass cable to disable the sensor for good it arrived quickly enough off Ebay and after a small fight with the interior trims it was fitted,on reconnection it says the normal I want a radio code which involved a phone call to caffyns in kent who tried to help but did not keep records of codes as it has to go to a Skoda agent get plugged in and talk to a computer in the main factory (Great i thought) which they offered to do , however I did not relish the 130 mile drive so i declined graciously.Time to call a favour I phoned a customer of mine who runs a Skoda dealership in isleworth and within half a hour its plugged in but it cant read the ecu the lead blocks this function so we whip the unit out get the serial number enter it wrong and get a code then lock the unit (Great and other phrases come to mind) after re-entering the correct serial number I have the code and leave my helpfull motor trade friends and wander back to my garage .You leave it now for a 1 hour countdown before you can enter the code again which worked I am pleased to say

Now the dvd function works when in motion with this lead fitted but you loose the dial out and receive function on your phone and the reverse sensor display flashes on for a micro second when you engage reverse then disappears leaving just the audible sound so a bit of a major loss i feel and even though I tried different dip switch settings its not fully compatable with the columbus so I advise anyone to give this option a miss and use the bypass button trick until I discover another method which I will update you all on

P.s this one is being returned for a refund from a honest E bay seller

Peter

If you look on youtube there is a film on there somewhere under the VW code for the unit, which tells you how to bypass that very thing !

The dvd in motion devices work by blocking the canbus signals getting to the headunit. So if you fit one anything that relies on canbus will not work, and this includes the navigation part of the columbus, which relies heavily on canbus signals from the road wheels to calculate its position. With one of these fitted, you will jump along the road as the columbus only uses the GPS data periodically to check it is where it thinks it is, relying on the wheel sensors in between. Also affected will be the parking display, the Bluetooth phone system and display of climatronic data.

You can connect external monitors to the columbus and mount these on the rear headrests, the video output to these devices is not affected and will remain on, even when in motion and will be easier to see by your rear seat passengers.

I thought it you press the voice control button and then the tone button it will disable the shut off feature until you restart the car. Some kind of test mode or something I think.

I thought it you press the voice control button and then the tone button it will disable the shut off feature until you restart the car. Some kind of test mode or something I think.

For the override to work

1. The dvd must be playing, not just the menu.

2. The car must be stationary.

3. Touching any control after this including volume resets DVD/motion over-ride. It does work though within these limitations. My wife has watched a multi dvd series between Brisbane and Sydney