Wife’s car, Octavia Mk4 hatch, but I’m curious. In the overhead display, to the left of the passenger airbag warning, is a lit yellow symbol. Looks like binoculars or an open car door or something, with the word OFF. I haven’t a clue what it means. Pressing it turns off the light but it still reads ‘off’. I’ve searched this forum, I’ve googled it, (reverse image search, lens, the lot) but I can’t find anything except a reference to ‘Active Driving Display’, which may or not be attached to that symbol. If that means a HUD, then the car doesn’t have one. Anyone enlighten me? I need to know or I can’t sleep. Thanks.

Edited 9 October, 20241 yr by RichardB53

It means the interior lights won't come on when the doors are unlocked.  It's actually a button, touch it to change state.

 

It's operation is explained in the owners manual.

Edited 9 October, 20241 yr by Neily03

Yes it is in the Manual - but  a magnifying glass is needed to spot the symbol.

 

Thank you! Makes perfect sense now.

6 minutes ago, DerekU said:

Yes it is in the Manual - but  a magnifying glass is needed to spot the symbol.

In my defence, the paper manual isn’t great, and I can’t make sense of the infotainment version. 
 

Thanks, very helpful.

On this subject, the other week I was sitting in the car having turned it off but with the radio still on. After a while the interior lights turned off, but no amount of clicking the lights themselves or that button on the overhead display could get them to turn on again. I could hear the clicks from the system when I clicked the buttons. They turned on when I opened the door, but I could not do this until I had finished listening, because it would have turned the radio off.

 

I don't know if this was a one-off or expected behaviour. I have not sat in the car long enough after turning off the ignition to test it again.