Our Bolero radio is a pain for cancelling traffic announcements. I understood that to cancel an announcement one can press the screen cancel; all well and good but not safe. Alternatively one can press the up or down arrow on the left side of the steering wheel next to the roller volume adjustment. Whenever I do the latter, 70% of the time the radio channnel changes up or down. My dealer said some time ago that this was a known fault and a software update is required. That update was carried out at the last service but the problem continues. Hopeless and infuriating! Anyone else experiencing this problem?

Also - the rear Skoda badge had the whiteworm problem; this was changed at the last service and now within 4 months the new badge is going the same way? Never had this with any other car badge! Does the badge just keep getting changed until the warranty expires??

No. Why is it so dangerous to touch the cancel button?

Yes. Mine are about to be changed again.

I just push in the left scroll button twice. That cancels it.

Or I press cancel on the (Columbus screen) or deactivate.

This is for an Elegance with BT.

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Our Bolero radio is a pain for cancelling traffic announcements. I understood that to cancel an announcement one can press the screen cancel; all well and good but not safe.

You can pretend it doesn't have a touch screen, and just press the TP button once to cancel the currently broadcast announcement. It's easier much easier to locate a physical button by touch alone than trying to stab at the right point on the screen with no tactile feedback.

No. Why is it so dangerous to touch the cancel button?

Yes. Mine are about to be changed again.

I guess 'dangerous' was the wrong word. On my Mercedes one click of a button on the steering wheel and the TP is cancelled straight away every time. The arrows on the steering wheel on the Yeti should cancel a TP but it really is hit & miss.

You can pretend it doesn't have a touch screen, and just press the TP button once to cancel the currently broadcast announcement. It's easier much easier to locate a physical button by touch alone than trying to stab at the right point on the screen with no tactile feedback.

Yes, I guess that is a better alternative to touching the screen, as you say.

Inspired by this thread I experimented the other day. I put on the TP and waited for an announcement. When the announcement started I stabbed at buttons on the steering wheel to see what happened. Using this time-honoured experimental design I reached the following conclusion:

In my 2012 Skoda Yeti SE 2.0 CR TDi (140) 4x4 with standard Bolero fitted, you can cancel the traffic announcement by pushing the 'source' button on the right-hand steering wheel spoke. This is the one with a circle made of arrows and is usually used to cycle between radio and 'media' sources. One push of this shuts the TA up but leaves it enabled.

Our Bolero radio is a pain for cancelling traffic announcements. I understood that to cancel an announcement one can press the screen cancel; all well and good but not safe. Alternatively one can press the up or down arrow on the left side of the steering wheel next to the roller volume adjustment. Whenever I do the latter, 70% of the time the radio channnel changes up or down. My dealer said some time ago that this was a known fault and a software update is required. That update was carried out at the last service but the problem continues. Hopeless and infuriating! Anyone else experiencing this problem?

Also - the rear Skoda badge had the whiteworm problem; this was changed at the last service and now within 4 months the new badge is going the same way? Never had this with any other car badge! Does the badge just keep getting changed until the warranty expires??

Did Skoda actually source a better quality badge for replacement, if so they have obviously not cured the problem, or the dealer fitted an old stock one as the replacement. Either way not good for you, time to contact Pastyboy and replace with the new style Gel bage me thinks.

Thanks Weasley, I shall remember that!

Inspired by this thread I experimented the other day. I put on the TP and waited for an announcement. When the announcement started I stabbed at buttons on the steering wheel to see what happened. Using this time-honoured experimental design I reached the following conclusion:

In my 2012 Skoda Yeti SE 2.0 CR TDi (140) 4x4 with standard Bolero fitted, you can cancel the traffic announcement by pushing the 'source' button on the right-hand steering wheel spoke. This is the one with a circle made of arrows and is usually used to cycle between radio and 'media' sources. One push of this shuts the TA up but leaves it enabled.

Well done! Never tried that button - it does work without changing the radio channel up or down. Thanks!

If in doubt, read the manual.... it's all described in there!

Edited 12 March, 201313 yr by speedsport

Alternatively one can press the up or down arrow on the left side of the steering wheel next to the roller volume adjustment. Whenever I do the latter, 70% of the time the radio channnel changes up or down.

My Yeti doesn't have the channel selection button, it has a phone button in the same position. I played with the system today and discovered I could reliably cancel a traffic announcement by doing a long press on either of the up or down arrows on the left side of the steering wheel next to the roller volume adjustment. Although the manual indicates a short press will do the same thing, more often than not, it ends up changing the channel.

My Yeti doesn't have the channel selection button, it has a phone button in the same position. I played with the system today and discovered I could reliably cancel a traffic announcement by doing a long press on either of the up or down arrows on the left side of the steering wheel next to the roller volume adjustment. Although the manual indicates a short press will do the same thing, more often than not, it ends up changing the channel.

That does work, but I found that it was not reliable. The only one that works 100% of the time for me is the source button on the RHS of the steering wheel (or of course the TP button onthe radio itself).