Hi, I have a mk2 Skoda octavia. I want to know what the top two buttons on the heater control panel are for (pictured)

Its the two buttons which have the orange lights on....

I know the bottom ones are for the center dashboard vents and for the foot well. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks

One on the left " Recycle " one on the right  "Screen Vents and Top Front Vents" 

27 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

One on the left " Recycle " one on the right  "Screen Vents and Top Front Vents" 

 

Oh ok..... what does the recycle one do?

3 minutes ago, mk2octavia said:

 

Oh ok..... what does the recycle one do?

 

It recycles the air in the car to help warm the air quicker or keep bad smells out.

9 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

It recycles the air in the car to help warm the air quicker or keep bad smells out.

 

Thanks for the help. I understand it now 

So how do you turn the air conditioning on? As their is no button for it.....

Did the car come with an owners manual...

 

http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/mini-apps/owners-manuals/octavia-1z

Edited 14 December, 20178 yr by brad1.8T

11 minutes ago, brad1.8T said:

Did the car come with an owners manual...

 

http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/mini-apps/owners-manuals/octavia-1z

 

No owners manual with the car

33 minutes ago, mk2octavia said:

 

No owners manual with the car

My gift to you is the link in my previous post.

 

these vehicles have features that you'd never even think to ask a question about - most of them are in that manual.

1 hour ago, mk2octavia said:

So how do you turn the air conditioning on? As their is no button for it.....

Turn the centre rotary switch clockwise to tub the climate control on, it also turns the fan speed up, there is is an AC button i think in the left hand rotary switch which turns the aircon on or off (heater will work with the AC turned off) in the right hand rotary switch is the auto/econ switch's, when there turned on they go orange. The rotary's control temp, the also a dual switch so the 2 work independantly. Thats from memory but it might have some of the switches wrong as it 10 months since i had my pre FL elegance.

Select the temperature you want with the right hand rotary control (should also set the temp on the left hand one if it hasn't been touched). If it's saying "HI" then it's on max so you want to turn it left. If the left temperature doesn't follow, turn that down to the same value. Inside the right hand knob there are two buttons "Auto" and "Econ". Turn "Auto" on and "Econ" off. Don't touch the central dial or any of the buttons you showed in the picture. The car should then manage the temperature and fan itself and turn the aircon on when it thinks it's needed.

 

Your Octavia has the higher spec. It has "Climate Control" rather than "Air conditioning." This is why the controls are different than cars with standard aircon. With aircon, you turn it on manually then adjust the controls to get the temperature you want. With climate control, you select the temperature you want and the car decides how to achieve it. So, if you select 19C and go out during the day and it's 25C out, it will kick the aircon in to get the temperature down to 19C. If you don't touch any controls and then go out in the cold when it's 10C, the car will disengage the aircon and turn the heater on to get the temperature to 19C.

Edited 14 December, 20178 yr by Papfox

1 hour ago, Papfox said:

Select the temperature you want with the right hand rotary control (should also set the temp on the left hand one if it hasn't been touched). If it's saying "HI" then it's on max so you want to turn it left. If the left temperature doesn't follow, turn that down to the same value. Inside the right hand knob there are two buttons "Auto" and "Econ". Turn "Auto" on and "Econ" off. Don't touch the central dial or any of the buttons you showed in the picture. The car should then manage the temperature and fan itself and turn the aircon on when it thinks it's needed.

 

Your Octavia has the higher spec. It has "Climate Control" rather than "Air conditioning." This is why the controls are different than cars with standard aircon. With aircon, you turn it on manually then adjust the controls to get the temperature you want. With climate control, you select the temperature you want and the car decides how to achieve it. So, if you select 19C and go out during the day and it's 25C out, it will kick the aircon in to get the temperature down to 19C. If you don't touch any controls and then go out in the cold when it's 10C, the car will disengage the aircon and turn the heater on to get the temperature to 19C.

In auto mode the AC will stay on regardless of outside tempreture, you have to turn that off. All climate control systems work this way, as the Air con does what it says it conditions the air. It controls the heat by using a coolant control valve inside the heater matrix.

 

the "econ" switch allows the AC to cut in and out intermittantly to save fuel.

 

Even on manual aircon you can leave it switched on and turn the heater on hot or cold.

Thanks everyone! That clarifies everything for me now 

My gift is information also. Carefully pry off the top half of the inner bit of the middle round dial and cut this bit off...

 

Voila, one on/off button!

 

You are welcome.