Having spent the last 4 months following and studying this forum, the first month focusing on whether a Yeti was for me and the next 3 reassuring myself that I had made the right decision and arming myself with the a barrage of advice I thought it was time to give something back.

I have now been a very satisfied owner of a SE Plus 1.2 with manual box for all of 5 days, so more experienced users please point out the error of my ways as they will surely arise.

One area I found difficult to come to terms with was the Maxi Dot display and menu system and by the number of views on topics offering assistance on this I am not alone. I hope the following menu map will be of use to some of you, who like me, need a “mental map” of the various options. Please note I do not feel qualified yet to give advice on settings so this is purely a – this is where I found it offering, or more aptly this is where I found the dealer’s settings before I started to destroy them. Obviously cars of different spec will have either more or less options but I assume the structure will be similar.

 

The following uses access via the buttons on the multifunction steering wheel. The buttons as referenced on Page 15 of the User manual and labelled button C and adjustment wheel D. I can only assume their equivalents, button A at end of windscreen lever and a combination of rocker A and button B provides the same functions for those without multifunction steering wheel?

 

With the ignition turned on Press Button C for main menu.

If Radio/Navigation not on then: MFD (Multi Functional Display): Phone (Maybe): Settings are the options.

If Radio/Navigation is on then: MFD (Multi Functional Display): Audio: Navigation: Phone (Maybe): Settings are the options.

 

Taking the Settings menu first which can be accessed by scrolling down with the Adjustment wheel D and then Pushing down Adjustment wheel D briefly while Settings is highlighted.

The following options will be available:

 

Settings Menu -

 

Assistants –

                        PDC (Park Distance Control)      

                                    Volume Rear   Frequency Rear

 

Language –

Self explanatory but not if not set in your preferred tongue, but if you got this far you should be OK - scrolling down with the Adjustment wheel D and then Pushing down Adjustment wheel D briefly while required language is highlighted

 

MFD (Multi Functional Display) –

 

On my vehicle the following were displayed and all ticked – scroll to the appropriate option with the Adjustment wheel D and then Pushing down Adjustment wheel D briefly to remove or insert a tick to enable viewing or not viewing – see later – MFD option.

 

Travel Time

Current Consumption

Av. Consumption

Distance

Av. Speed

Oil Temp

Speed Warning

 

Convenience –

 

                        ATA Confirm (audible signal for anti-theft alarm system)

                        Central Locking          

Auto Locking – Maybe more useful in Johannesburg but option for automatically locking doors when reaching a certain speed eg (15mph)

                                    Auto Unlocking

                                    Door Unlock

                                                All doors (all doors in one click key fob)

Single door (drivers door only on first click of key fob, rest on second click)

                                                Vehicle Side (as above but 2 doors (I assume))

                        Window Op.

                                    Off (I assume this is the hostage taking setting)

                                    All

                                    Driver

 

                        Mirror Adjust

                                    Individually

                                    Both

 

                        Factory Settings (Get out of jail free card for all the convenience settings)

 

Light and Vision

(There are more in here for Elegance and L&K models as I suspect for many of the others)

 

Daytime Lights (Fog lights on during the day or not)

Rear Wipe (Rear wiper auto wipe on some front wiper settings or not)

Lane change flash (If you want shorthand change of lane facility)

Factory Settings (Get out of jail free card for all the Light and Vision settings)

 

Time

(For setting and option 24hr or am/pm)

            Hours

            Minutes

            24hr

            Daylight Saving (have read somewhere it needs Sat Nav link but not sure)

 

Winter Tyres

I have read enough about this topic on this forum to know this is best left to they that know so here are the options without comment.

 

            Active

            + 5mph

            - 5mph

 

Units

(Place a tick alongside your preference)

            Temp

                        C

                        F

            Consumption

                        Litre/1000km

                        Km/L

                        Mpg (UK)

                        Mpg (US)

 

Service

I have info only but I would guess using VCDS would provide for fixed or variable settings.

            Info

 

 

Factory Settings (Get out of jail free card for all the Settings settings)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MFD (Multi Functional Display) Menu

 

It is important to remember that there are two sets of data in this menu (3 if you count the live current data)

1 – Data pertaining to Recent/Single Trip

2 – Data pertaining to Total Trip Memory

(Both of these may be reset by various parameters and/or actions found in the manual.)

 

If from the main menu you scroll to highlight MFD with the Adjustment wheel D and then Pushing down Adjustment wheel D briefly the last visited data display will reappear.

Using the Adjustment wheel you can scroll through to display all the items ticked in the Settings Menu:

Travel Time*

Current Consumption

Av. Consumption*

Distance*

Av. Speed*

Oil Temp

Speed Warning

 

There may well be a further one Range – displaying the distance the residue of fuel will provide for.

 

When the * settings above are displayed a number 1 or 2 is shown in the top right of the screen. This relates to the data as defined in 1 and 2 above.

While one of these settings are showing pushing down Adjustment wheel D briefly will switch to the other saved data set which will appear as you scroll through.

Speed display option - The fact that the alternate speed appears in Km/hr and would be preferred in M/hr has appeared many times - it appears that it is not changeable without a VCDS via settings which include Australia as country, although there maybe an alternative now but NOT I fear via preset menu system as like what this is describing.

 

Audio Menu

 

This reflects the current selected Media be it MP3, Radio, CD etc.

Selecting this menu will display current selection eg Radio 4 The archers, Nina Simone track etc.

Be careful in your use of the scroll button here as it can race through your selection. A more sedate method may be to use the up and down arrowed buttons on the left of the steering wheel.

 

Navigation Menu

 

Reflects Navigation.

 

Phone Menu

 

Shows any phones that are linked – my particular phone is comparably basic but it linked via Bluetooth seamlessly and reconnects in the background on reentry. The following are the Menu options I am offered but voice control is my favoured luxury (novelty) so bypasses their use.

 

                        Phone Book

                                                All contacts

(if this is selected you can scroll through with D button to required name)

                        Call Register

                        Mobile Box

 

I think that covers most, and I hope this is of help to fellow new owners and maybe relieves some of the questions to the more experienced – although the latter are never grudging in their willingness to offer advice.

Peter

Wow!  Five days?  You have been busy!  Enjoy the Yeti...

What an excellent write-up, but can I correct you on one point:

 

Daytime Lights (Fog lights on during the day or not)

 

It isn't the fog lights that are on, but the DRL's. If you look carefully at the lights you will see that they are actually split into 2 sections. The smaller, upper section is the DRL, and the lower section the fog lights. They have seperate bulbs.

As I am in the same position as you, having just acquired my brand new Yeti, I find this post brilliant and very helpful indeed. Thank you!

What an excellent write-up, but can I correct you on one point:

 

Daytime Lights (Fog lights on during the day or not)

 

It isn't the fog lights that are on, but the DRL's. If you look carefully at the lights you will see that they are actually split into 2 sections. The smaller, upper section is the DRL, and the lower section the fog lights. They have seperate bulbs.

You certainly may - thank you for the correction and information. 

First rate analysis and a great help to the likes of myself - inquisitive but too lazy to do the research.

Thanks again.

Shanco

Very helpful post, I assume there is nothing in the manual about it then which I find weird.

Very helpful post, I assume there is nothing in the manual about it then which I find weird.

Pleased you found it helpful. The manual does indeed cover it, but as with many manuals they are written by people who have a fair degree of working knowledge of the system. This, of course, is important but with awareness comes assumptions of knowledge that the new user has yet to acquire. I thought it may be useful to offer something from the complete new user perspective as I say in my original post it offers no expertise just, hopefully, a mapping reference to the options (found on my SE+). Indeed most of the content was gleaned by sitting in the car, ignition on and manual in hand much to the amusement of the neighbours who are more used to seeing me puzzling over a Haynes manual for a 1995 Vauxhall!

Auto locking isn't just for Johannesburg.

Lots of reports at people opening doors at lights to steal valuables like handbags, laptops, mobiles, sat nav whilst stopped at junctions.

Nice post

Auto locking isn't just for Johannesburg.

Lots of reports at people opening doors at lights to steal valuables like handbags, laptops, mobiles, sat nav whilst stopped at junctions.

 

Indeed - I enable auto-locking on any car that has it - that includes my Yeti and Audi A1.  It unlocks itself when you stop the engine anyway, or in the case of a significant accident.

Very good way of showing the information as a visual "mental map".  

You have the same spec that I had on my previous yeti & I had no problems with it during the two years that I had it.

Only changed it because I wanted an Automatic. Happy motoring!

Nice work!

 

Here is what the Winter Tyres setting will do: If set to active a warning sound will sound and a message in the MFD will show up when reaching the defined speed. This is purely a warning that a certain speed has been reached and nothing else. I guess it is called Winter tyres because the winter tyres can have lower speed rating than the standard tires.Of course this can be used regardless of the tires fitted to the car.

 

 

Here is what the Winter Tyres setting will do: If set to active a warning sound will sound and a message in the MFD will show up when reaching the defined speed. This is purely a warning that a certain speed has been reached and nothing else. I guess it is called Winter tyres because the winter tyres can have lower speed rating than the standard tires.Of course this can be used regardless of the tires fitted to the car.

Thank you for the info - unlike you, living where I imagine winter tyres are part of life I reside in the balmy south of England so am hopeful that winter tyres are a wheel too far, but I have no doubt I will try out the above just because I can. 

You have the same spec that I had on my previous yeti & I had no problems with it during the two years that I had it.

Only changed it because I wanted an Automatic. Happy motoring!

Thank you - so far, very good - if not excellent - first new car ever but it has made the wait worthwhile.

Pleased you found it helpful. The manual does indeed cover it, but as with many manuals they are written by people who have a fair degree of working knowledge of the system. This, of course, is important but with awareness comes assumptions of knowledge that the new user has yet to acquire. 

 

Yes, that says it all to me. Despite being 70 and having had many vehicles,  I find some manuals quite tricky to fathom out. 

We have just taken delivery of our Yeti Drive 1.2 DSG and I am still trying to find out why we seemingly have no rear wiper function at all. I've done everything it tells me to do in the manual, but zilch. So I'm wondering if the rear wiper/wash system has inadvertantly been disabled? Front wipers/ washers all fine, but the rear isn't playing ball.  The fuse is ok so I'm at a loss to understand  it. 

I like the auto lock feature.  We had a spate in North Devon of people stopping cars on SWMBO's route to work and then trying to open doors, get in or steal things from seats.  I'd always say lock the doors, she would always forget, so I'm happy in the knowledge she's that little bit safer.

 

Furryfriend, have you been having a bit of a holiday or just a nap?

I hate the lane change flash, or I think called a convenience setting in my car. Touch the indicator stalk without locking into position and it goes three indications. I immediately panic and try to cancel which then results in the other side if the car flashing, then repeat until you remember the feature is active. First thing I found and disabled. I prefer to be in control of this and decide how many indications to give woithout locking the stalk into position.

2 hours ago, FurryFriend said:

Pleased you found it helpful. The manual does indeed cover it, but as with many manuals they are written by people who have a fair degree of working knowledge of the system. This, of course, is important but with awareness comes assumptions of knowledge that the new user has yet to acquire. 

 

Yes, that says it all to me. Despite being 70 and having had many vehicles,  I find some manuals quite tricky to fathom out. 

We have just taken delivery of our Yeti Drive 1.2 DSG and I am still trying to find out why we seemingly have no rear wiper function at all. I've done everything it tells me to do in the manual, but zilch. So I'm wondering if the rear wiper/wash system has inadvertantly been disabled? Front wipers/ washers all fine, but the rear isn't playing ball.  The fuse is ok so I'm at a loss to understand  it. 

 

Well done for reopening a thread nearly 4 years old!

 

Re you rear wiper "problem". You cannot disable the rear wiper, so that suggests there is a fault somewhere, or you are doing something wrong, so a couple of questions:

How old is the car?

How are you turn the rear wiper on?

Thanks for this. Mystery solved 

The car is brand new. When we got it, we transferred a large box from our old car with our travel kit (tools, water, oil, dog leads.... All sorts. 

My wife said.... I wonder if the box is preventing the tailgate from closing 100% as it should. So I've just been down, moved the box and THAT was exactly what the problem was. All working now, so very happy. Might help someone else anyway. Off to get a smaller box later! 

Edited 22 March, 20179 yr by FurryFriend

Hint #1953.

Look at the door display that appears between the speedo and rev counter. If a door, hatch or bonnet isn't shut properly it shows up as "whitish" in the display.

You will also find that the alarm flash doesn't occur if they aren't shut properly.

Rear wiper setting stops the wiper working when you select reverse 

Just brilliant! Fedup, Thank you very much.