Sounds like a blown fuse if the aux is not working - Skoda replaced mine foc at last service when I pointed it out.

Should charge from USB, took me ages to realise that when you switch the infotainment unit off it stops charging, thought I had a dodgy cable that cut out for no reason. iPhone 4 stays at 100% when using satnav like Waze, no problems just annoying you have to remember to turn the volume down of the radio rather than switching the unit off

Delboy, which phone do you have ?

As others have said I think this is normal because the USB port has limited current.

 

With my phone Samsung S3, it will "just about" maintain the charge of the phone but it definately wont charge it.

If the phone battery is completey dead, the USB port cannot provide enough current to charge the battery & boot the phone.

 

Its not ideal, but as AndyVee said, its meant to be a "media interface".

The brochure says it should charge!

The brochure says a mp3 player will charge if you read it, not a phone.

Or is that wireless charging of an iPhone happening there?

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Most advanced phones can pull 700-800 mA p/h if you have the Bluetooth on for streaming audio and are using the phone as a navigation device with the GPS on and all data radios.   Even the best 1-2 amp chargers will struggle to charge the phone in these scenarios.   But, 500 mAh will do nicely to charge any phone (I measured the draw at 5.26v unplugged and plugged into my phone 4.8v supplying around 560 mAh).    If you have a 1/3 full battery which is around 2500 mAh capacity it will take around 2 hours to fully charge the phone if you don't use it at all.  It would be nice to see Skoda adopt a USB3 interface for the higher power supply.   It would also be very cheap and easy to fit a wireless charging area in the cubby hole in the console with the sliding lid. 

OP - you don't have a Swing head unit by chance? Not the new silly touchscreen model, the old one with buttons.

 

Imagine my dismay when I plugged my phone into the 'USB' port of my day old Skoda Octavia and having it not charge. The Skoda dealer advised it should charge, and so did the national distributor (Volkswagen, here in Australia). After much prodding and poking behind the dashboard the local distributor shyly admitted that this particular model of head unit will not charge a phone contrary to what is stated in the brochure.

 

All is not lost thought. I was curious how much power the 'USB' port actually put out, so I purchased a USB power meter off eBay. Less than A$10 delivered. It showed me that the port was able to supply around 900 mA to power my phone. The best bit about this little device is that I can actually charge my phone through it while connected to the strange 'USB' port in the Skoda.

 

So I just leave the USB power meter permanently connected. Works for me. Next time I won't trust the salesman or the brochure.

OP - you don't have a Swing head unit by chance? Not the new silly touchscreen model, the old one with buttons.

 

Imagine my dismay when I plugged my phone into the 'USB' port of my day old Skoda Octavia and having it not charge. The Skoda dealer advised it should charge, and so did the national distributor (Volkswagen, here in Australia). After much prodding and poking behind the dashboard the local distributor shyly admitted that this particular model of head unit will not charge a phone contrary to what is stated in the brochure.

 

All is not lost thought. I was curious how much power the 'USB' port actually put out, so I purchased a USB power meter off eBay. Less than A$10 delivered. It showed me that the port was able to supply around 900 mA to power my phone. The best bit about this little device is that I can actually charge my phone through it while connected to the strange 'USB' port in the Skoda.

 

So I just leave the USB power meter permanently connected. Works for me. Next time I won't trust the salesman or the brochure.

 

 

That's what I use too, they're very useful for telling which cables are naff.  Some cables support 6-900 mAh charging and some (on the same USB port) only supply 4-500.  Odd, it must be something to do with the way your phone is recognising the port.

That's what I use too, they're very useful for telling which cables are naff.  Some cables support 6-900 mAh charging and some (on the same USB port) only supply 4-500.  Odd, it must be something to do with the way your phone is recognising the port.

If you only want charging you can buy usb cables with the data pins shorted. This tells your device that it's connected to a charger and it can draw a higher current.

I never knew such a gadget existed. I've just bought Pune off eBay. Awesome!

If you only want charging you can buy usb cables with the data pins shorted. This tells your device that it's connected to a charger and it can draw a higher current.

 

I forgot that. Good idea to try and use a power only USB cable to see if that helps.  I have just bought a 'fancy' cable from Amazon for data and power and my Andoid and Windows phones both pull 800-900 mAh from a 1.5 Amp wall socket, whereas some cables (data or power only mix) only pull 400 mAh from the same charger.  It seems there are differences to some of these cables. 

Although my car isn't here yet, I got a Skoda SE hire car for a day a month ago, it kept my iPhone 6 juiced up for sat nav on the way to where I was going. It also charged my iPhone 5S (work phone) on way back. :-/

I'm guessing some phone use a lot more current than others from reading this.

iPhone 6 (and the 5s before that) with every system turned on (wifi, Bluetooth and GPS) will still charge quite quickly while also being used as Sat Nav.

IPhones are definitely more battery efficient than most high spec current lollipop android phones. I have an HTC one m8 and a work iPhone and the iPhone battery life is massively better. The gps I use on the iPhone lasts much longer off charge than using Google maps or waze on the HTC

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Android auto still uses Bluetooth for the phone. I've had no issues with it so far.

I thought I needed to connect via cable to use Android Auto. Are you saying that once Bluetooth has been connected that I can use Android auto?

I thought I needed to connect via cable to use Android Auto. Are you saying that once Bluetooth has been connected that I can use Android auto?

Unfortunately not. You still need to connect to usb to use android auto. But android auto still uses Bluetooth for the phone functions.

Unfortunately not. You still need to connect to usb to use android auto. But android auto still uses Bluetooth for the phone functions.

Sorry I'm a little confused. Which functions ? " android auto still uses Bluetooth for the phone functions functions"

I figured the standard phone / text functions via Bluetooth weren't related to AA.

The phone functions (making calls, receiving calls) use the standard Bluetooth connection from the car (I suppose it saves head unit manufacturers duplicating something that already works) all the google maps, music, Google now functionality works through the USB connection.