Good afternoon, and this is a somewhat "Urgent" request for info as the car is "going back" very soon!

 

Just over a month ago somebody rear-ended the Octy on the A30 - not much damage and should be back from the repairers on Thursday/Friday, but in the meantime I have the above Octavia estate as a courtesy car.

 

Being (too!) curious, I connected my new phone (Moto G30 - very nice, so far!) to the infotainment system and VERY STUPIDLY gave it access to the contacts on that phone .

 

The car will be going back in the next few days, and I really want to delete that connnection AND all my contact numbers that are now on that system.

 

I downloaded the "relevant (NOT) vehicle info from the Europcar website but that's of absolutely no use at all - therefore can anyone tell me how to delete all that stuff pronto?

 

BTW: seems like a lot of the previous renters never tried/managed to do that - there's at least 6 oid phone connection names showing!

 

Thanks in advance

 

PS

This is the first time I've driven any Octavia later than my old Mk II, and it's "quite nice" but not actually "as nice" as I hoped it would be, e.g.:

- the driver's seat doesn't seem to slide back as far as that in my Mk II (that's important to me because of an arthric knee)

- infotainment system only gives the mpg figures after you stop & switch OFF (if there's a way to get the figures on the move, I haven't found it yet, but I've been ill for a few days and didn't drive the car)

- the "stop start" was a bit annoying until I figured out how to restart the engine quickly

- no spare wheel, tool kit (or even a warning triangle!)  or rear compartment false floor, but I suppose that's "normal" nowadays, especially on a low spec rental vehicle

- don't know if this one has the rear torsion beam or IRS but would be curious to find out (this being a 1.6l vehicle and thus slightly above the "1.5l & below" category that appears to have the beam, as discussed in another thread) - as I'm not about to get "down and dirty" with this vehicle (personally, I suspect that it does have a torsion beam)?

 

Edited 4 May, 20215 yr by jeallen01

Sorry I can't help with your phone problem but your Mk2 wouldn't have had a warning triangle as standard either.

Just now, john999boy said:

Sorry I can't help with your phone problem but your Mk2 wouldn't have had a warning triangle as standard either.

Thanks - and I've had the Mk II so I long that I forget whether it did or it didn't have the triangle (but I suspect that it was there because it DID come with the correct First Aid kit and false floor)

Navigate to the Bluetooth settings menu, there you can delete any paired devices such as your phone.

 

Not knowing what specific car/infotainment you are looking at, but probably MENU>SETTINGS>BLUETOOTH

Thx, and that seems to begin to tie up with what I found elsewhere later:

 

"Did you mean: A7 Octavia Amundsen Infotainment Navigation.pdf

Infotainment Navigation Amundsen Owner's ... - Skoda Auto

https://ws.skoda-auto.com › Data › A7_Octavia_A...

PDF

Chapters, table of contents and subject index. The text of the Owner's Manual is divided into relatively short sections which are combined into easy-to-read ..."

 

I will be trying that out tomorrow, but, however, what it doesn't include is any confirmation that deleting the phone's BT contact from the infotainment system ALSO deletes the actual contact numbers that appear to have been accessed when I (STUPIDLY!) agreed to allow  that access.

 

I say that because, on Page 43 of that downloaded pdf, it says that the Phone Book has up to 2000 free memory locations for imported phone contacts and each contact can contain up to 5 telephone numbers!!! Page 43 then explains how to use the Phone book and how it updates each contact, but doesn't tell you how to delete a contact!!!

 

That sounds to me like a breach of the UK & EU General Data Protection Regulations!

Well you could always take the nuclear option.

 

Do a factory reset.

 

MENU>SETTINGS>FACTORY SETTINGS

 

 

1 hour ago, xman said:

Well you could always take the nuclear option.

 

Do a factory reset.

 

MENU>SETTINGS>FACTORY SETTINGS

Thx for reminding me about that option, and I might have to do just that - well, after all, it's a rental vehicle and so "who would know?" (and quite a few previous renters might even, although actually never-knowing, "thank me"!) !

Hi , without your phone the system wont have access to your contacts. The next user may see DAVE'S PHONE but as Dave isnt there and his phone isnt there. The next person wouldnt see your contacts. Well this is the way it used to work , who F-in knows what the VW software is doing. Probably selling your data to a Mumbai call centre. Hello my name is William and i'm calling you today about your internet problem!!!!  

Bit manual (and not very practical if you have loads of contacts) but does the version you have allow you to display contacts and fling them away by swiping each one to the side.  
 

You could at least delete your family ones if you have to many

 

Update

 

Thanks for all the suggestions and, well, it actually proved quite easy when I followed the instructions in the guide that I downloaded on Tuesday, and that allowed me to specifically delete ALL the stored BT phone links and ALL my stored contacts - so that worry was resolved in a fairly simple way

 

BTW w.r.t. the hire car:

- I did take a quick look under the rear of the vehicle and it does have a torsion beam as opposed to IRS, so it looks like "torsion beam on 1.5l & below.. " statement should be expanded to include the 1.6 TDI versions.

- This morning I realised the door mirrors don't appear to have as wide a viewing angle as those on my own Octy because the mirror pods don't seem as wide on the Mk IV (on my Octy, I increased the viewing angle by fitting the driver's door mirror glass from an LHD vehicle, and that did really make an improvement)

- I think the lower engine stabilizer is already showing signs of wear (at 21k miles!) because there are signs of transmission shunt at times

Edited 6 May, 20215 yr by jeallen01