Took delivery of my new Karoq a few days ago (MY21). Lovely car but a few initial observations

 

Surprised to find out I don't need a cable for Android Auto (Samsung Galaxy S10+) so I just put the phone on the wireless charging pad.

 

Still no joy getting a user profile setup and Skoda Connect activated. I have a Skoda account I setup online via my PC and I've logged in the app on the phone with this account, entered the VIN, the app instructs to go into the car will all the keys and go through the 'become a primary user'. If I enter the login details and press login it says it can't load the profile, if I click register it gets stuck at the Activating screen.

 

Went out for it's first drive today and randomly a message popped up on my screen saying the SOS was activated. I took this as it had been pressed somehow so I pressed it to hopefully cancel but no police or ambulances turned up so it must have just become available lol, it also now has a green light next to it. Start stop also started to work.

 

I didn't realize the keys also store some 'profile' info. I was sat in the car, moved the drivers seat into my position, locked and unlocked the car but must have used a different fob (I have 3), and the drivers seat moved back to its default position with me on it.

 

Will try to fit my dashcam tomorrow, does anybody know the best route to run a cable from front to back as I have a rear cam as well?

 

Is there anything specific about running the car in, I'm just driving gently at the moment but it's a DSG so it kind of does it's own thing?

Welcome to the Karoq.

 

You can set the keys so they have different settings stored for them, if you have the 'Personalisation' option. This lets each key be set up for a different driver (but they may need to have their own profile set up for the car. Full details are in the manual (I have set my keys to be the same as my wife only uses her key to open the car if she gets back to it before me!)

 

For running in, I use the following guidance (for a petrol car):

 

Brake pads do not brake efficiently when new as their outer surfaces have to be worn in, so drive very carefully and allow for a greater braking distance than normal during the first 125 miles.

 

Tyres do not grip well when new either, so corner gently for the first 300 miles.

 

The car engine’s oil consumption and performance during its life is influenced by your driving style during the first thousand miles. So for the first 650 miles, never exceed 4,500 rpm, and avoid the use of Sport mode or full throttle. These restrictions can be gradually eased over the next 350 miles.

 

Depending on your driving style and operating conditions, the engine can consume up to half a litre of oil over the first 650 miles, and consumption can be higher than normal over the first 3,000 miles.

 

In practice I am also using the Eco driving mode to restrict any tendency on my part to accelerate too hard.

 

Chris

I had the same issue with the Skoda Connect Last night. My advice try again later as it seems to take a while to activate. I finally got passed the loading screen with the ignition on but engine off this afternoon. 

OK so I got a step further this morning. I managed to get it to sync my profile so it now knows who I am. Also when trying to become the primary it got to the point of asking me to hold down a button on the keyfob. Sadly I didn't have all the fobs on me at the time as I was fitting my dashcam so I locked the car to go inside to get all the fobs. Since then I cannot get back to that stage, it sits at a loading screen. I tried deleting the profile and adding me again but same thing happened. I will just let it cook a for a bit longer and try again this afternoon maybe its downloading something.

 

As for the USB in the rear view mirror option, sadly it doesn't seem to be a permanent live (unless you can switch it in the infotainment somewhere?). Modern dash cams have parking modes but require a permanent live and rely on lack of movement to detect when it should switch to parking mode.

 

Android Auto is really aggressive with Wi-Fi control, not sure if this is the car or the phone but when I'm sat in the car and I want to connect to the dash cam Wi-Fi after about 5 seconds it forces the phone to switch back to the car. Even if I tell it to 'dont autoswitch'  it does anyway lol.

We also have the USB-C by the RVM, and it too is not permanently live. I've looked high and low in manuals and the infotainment but can't find an option that turns the socket to permanently live. So it looks like the parking mode on the dashcam will not be available 

4 hours ago, FireBIade said:

OK so I got a step further this morning. I managed to get it to sync my profile so it now knows who I am. Also when trying to become the primary it got to the point of asking me to hold down a button on the keyfob. Sadly I didn't have all the fobs on me at the time as I was fitting my dashcam so I locked the car to go inside to get all the fobs. Since then I cannot get back to that stage, it sits at a loading screen. I tried deleting the profile and adding me again but same thing happened. I will just let it cook a for a bit longer and try again this afternoon maybe its downloading something.

 

Again mine did the same. I tried again the next day and it worked. FYI you will need to visit your dealer with your licence for the door unlock/lock features.

28 minutes ago, steven2e0cnd said:

Again mine did the same. I tried again the next day and it worked. FYI you will need to visit your dealer with your licence for the door unlock/lock features.

Yeah just got back in and tried again and managed to get past the loading screen and onto the fob presses which is now all done and the app is working all bar the lock unlock feature. Just need to go and register with my local dealer as my service partner then get them to enable this option, happy days

3 hours ago, VRT24 said:

We also have the USB-C by the RVM, and it too is not permanently live. I've looked high and low in manuals and the infotainment but can't find an option that turns the socket to permanently live. So it looks like the parking mode on the dashcam will not be available 

 

That's a shame, it would have been really nice to have that there. I can kind of understand why they don't do it, you have to really trust your dashcam not to overheat and set your car on fire.