In the jumbo box, there is a strange plastic handle that you can pull up and down, just near the MP3 jack. Anyone any idea what it does?

I'm assuming it is switch to make the box cooled from the air con, maybe?

Your assumption is correct.

You answered your own question, shortest thread ever !!

or heat if you have warm air .

It opens a flap from the air duct that supplies the vent in the rear seat area.

It doesn't work particularly well unless the vent to the rear seats is also open as it seems to require a passing flow of cool (or hot) air from which to blead off a supply into the box.

Incidentally, I have to say that the jumbo box is a piece of rather poor design, given the way it prevents the centre rear seat from folding forward properly. I would have thought that a better solution could have been found so that you get a useable flat floor right across the car (which I assume varients without the jumbo box do get).

It opens a flap from the air duct that supplies the vent in the rear seat area.

It doesn't work particularly well unless the vent to the rear seats is also open as it seems to require a passing flow of cool (or hot) air from which to blead off a supply into the box.

Incidentally, I have to say that the jumbo box is a piece of rather poor design, given the way it prevents the centre rear seat from folding forward properly. I would have thought that a better solution could have been found so that you get a useable flat floor right across the car (which I assume varients without the jumbo box do get).

Do what?!

The flap is to allow the flow into the jumbo box - I use it fairly frequently to keep cans cool when the AC is on.

The rear centre seat is the only one that touches it initially and once you finish opening it fully by moving the little 'legs' it doesnt interfere with the jumbo box or vents at all, giving a nice flat floor to use. Its all in the manual.

Edited 24 September, 201015 yr by FocusZtec

Pardon my rudeness, but why don't people read the flipping handbook!!

Pardon my rudeness, but why don't people read the flipping handbook!!

I haven't checked on this particular subject but the handbook misses out a number of small issues, maxidot explanations for one are very vague, and so we are left wondering what certain things do. It covers the big items okay but not the little things.

Also there are times when an issue nags at you, sat day dreaming at work for instance, and you are not near to your car to read the handbook. To pass the time you post a thread and away you go.

Pardon my rudeness, but why don't people read the flipping handbook!!

Pardon my rudeness, but why don't people read the flipping handbook!!

Is this not the British male way? Who reads instructions these days? Or Maps?

Pardon my rudeness, but why don't people read the flipping handbook!!

Well, I couldn't see mention of this in there in my cursory look through the handbook, and to be honest I've got better things to do than trawl through the maze that is the user manual trying to find out the answer to something so trival. Instead I thought I'd reach out to the friendly (or not, it seems in your case!) Briskodians. Sorry if that causes you irritation.

Edited 24 September, 201015 yr by mwas123

Well, I couldn't see mention of this in there in my cursory look through the handbook, and to be honest I've got better things to do than trawl through the maze that is the user manual trying to find out the answer to something so trival. Instead I thought I'd reach out to the friendly (or not, it seems in your case!) Briskodians. Sorry if that causes you irritation.

Don't you feel that the irritation is caused by people who do not read the handbook? It is provided to guide owners through the detail of what is quite a complex car. (especially the electronic extras)

My irritation is the lack of good explanations for (for example) the Maxidot display and what it does. A recent post asked what the Comfort setting did - now that is not in the handbook.

I think everyone learns from these questions and/or finds out something they did not know about their Yetis. So keep 'em coming. It might be a stupid question to some, but won't be to all.

I think everyone learns from these questions and/or finds out something they did not know about their Yetis. So keep 'em coming. It might be a stupid question to some, but won't be to all.

Agree; whole point of a forum like this one is to help each other out with things that were unsure of, no matter whether its published in a dark corner of a manual or not

Not always the clearest of documents these owners handbooks anyway, particularly as it's probably been translated from a Czech or German original.

TP

Do what?!

The flap is to allow the flow into the jumbo box - I use it fairly frequently to keep cans cool when the AC is on.

The rear centre seat is the only one that touches it initially and once you finish opening it fully by moving the little 'legs' it doesnt interfere with the jumbo box or vents at all, giving a nice flat floor to use. Its all in the manual.

Why the sarcasm? As I said, the handle does indeed lift open a flap that lets cold, or hot, air into the Jumbo box from the duct that normally supplies the rear seat area. Nothing funny about that!

As for the centre rear seat, please tell me where in the handbook it tells you the tip the seat as you describe. As Skoda have designed it, it most definately does hit the jumbo box module when you tip it forward. Yes, at your own risk you can make it sit more upright by unlocking it from the bottom mounting rail, but this is not what Skoda intended and could lead to it being thrown around inside the car in the event of an accident, with risk of injury to front seat passengers. The handbook (or at least my copy of it) does not suggest doing this and infact gives very little detail at all about folding the centre rear seat.

Edited 26 September, 201015 yr by speedsport

Just remove centre headrest and leave in the rear foot well, it cant go anywhere then, the seat stops it from going anywhere maybe with yeti seats fold different ?

Edited 26 September, 201015 yr by bluvrs2

Just remove centre headrest and leave in the rear foot well, it cant go anywhere then, the seat stops it from going anywhere maybe with yeti seats fold different ?

Thanks for the thought, tried that already but unfortunately, removing the headrest makes no difference!

FocusZtec's idea of detaching the centre seat & resting it in place is the only way to get the seat to sit properly, but then it is not restained, as mentioned above. Looking at the mounting brackets, it's the sort of thing that Skoda could have solved fairly easily by fitting a second receptacle on the seat bracket so that it sat properly on the mounting rail. Alternatively, the Jumbo box could have been made to encroach slightly less onto the rear footwell, though you'd have thought that someone would already have considered that!

Edited 26 September, 201015 yr by speedsport

I'm pleased I am not the only one who can not crack the rear middle seat issue. I have tried following what people suggest but I can not get it to fold vertically as the two other seats do. I agree the design of this, or more to the point the jumbo box, is a weak spot but I guess that is part of fitting everything into a restricted space.

I'm pleased I am not the only one who can not crack the rear middle seat issue. I have tried following what people suggest but I can not get it to fold vertically as the two other seats do. I agree the design of this, or more to the point the jumbo box, is a weak spot but I guess that is part of fitting everything into a restricted space.

But it must be possible somehow. These are the original official Skoda pictures of a car with a Jumbo box. The seats are all folded forward at the exact same angle...

Showing Jumbo box:

Showing folded seats:

So it must be possible or are they doing camera trickery here?

Edited 27 September, 201015 yr by 900000

1 Vote from me for camera trickery

It does stand properly on its rubber feet that the side seats don't have. Just unclip the catches with the squab raised to get access and it stands like in the photo between the other seats. It cant go forward as there are seats and the box in the way, and can't fall back as the elastice strap holds it. I don't see what the ibig ssue is.

It does stand properly on its rubber feet that the side seats don't have. Just unclip the catches with the squab raised to get access and it stands like in the photo between the other seats. It cant go forward as there are seats and the box in the way, and can't fall back as the elastice strap holds it. I don't see what the ibig ssue is.

Well explained. +1