I need a manual for the Climate Control and have found this site which on the face of it appears to be an official Skoda site but, looking at the URL I wonder if it is. If not then I am not inclined to trust it unless, for example, verified by members of Briskoda.net.

https://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/octavia-mk2/heating_ventilation_air_conditioning_system/heating_air_conditioning/air_conditioner/climatronic_air_conditioner_with_automatic_regulation_part_1/function_of_the_control_and_display_unit_for_air_conditioner/climatronice87_with_climatronic_control_unitj255_as_of_my_09_(cw_45/

Thanks in advance for any helpful comments.

4 hours ago, FlyByMe said:

on the face of it appears to be an official Skoda site

Not at all.

 

It is copied directly from info on official sources such as erWin Skoda though, within which a small fee for an hour's access unlocks a vast database of downloadable pdfs if you go via the individual vehicle information tab.

 

Thank you very much, Wino, for your comment and suggestion. However, to my mind 7 euros (currently £5.88) for an hour's access is not a 'small fee' and the escalation of cost could easily be quite large if one needed to keep returning to the site.  Is there really no other source of useful information please?  I am surprised that Skoda has such a what I perceive as mercenary approach to supporting their vehicles' owners. I am just moving on a BMW and there is an immense amount of free supporting information available for those vehicles.

Just use the workshop manuals.com site then; same info, just without working hyperlinks etc. and with a generous supply of pop-ups.

Why would you need to keep returning to erWin if you've downloaded the pdfs?

 

Edited 30 December, 20214 yr by Wino

Thanks, Wino. Well, if the PDFs cover sufficiently wide bases, which for me would also  include finding, for example,  out why the CD Multichanger is not being recognised by the CR 1Z0035156G RADIO TOUCH SCREEN HEAD UNIT 421 then obviously for some £6 a go that is a better option.

You're possibly better off asking for help in the appropriate subforum on here, to be honest.

The official manuals are not that nicely written, although they do cover absolutely everything, but in many different documents.  I wouldn't have a clue where to start to look for answers to your 'for example' issue above, but someone on here probably will have some good suggestions, and may even have had and solved that exact problem.

 

 

Thank you very much, Wino for all your helpful comments and suggestions. 

Will indeed see what can be turned up from Briskoda.net. In fact have already put in a thread, ( https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/500230-octavia-audio-unit-cd-issues/ ) but have had no response so far but, that was not specifically on the Multichanger issue.

On 30/12/2021 at 09:02, FlyByMe said:

 the escalation of cost could easily be quite large if one needed to keep returning to the site

Just buy an hours subscription, enter your VIN and download EVERY file offered to your hard drive - then you have all the documents for your vehicle.

 

Total cost? €5.88 per vehicle.

Many thanks, PetrolDave. Given that one can d/l everything offered that is obviously the best route.