HI, I have owned a Fabia SDi (2001) for just over a month now and would like to swap out the cassette deck for my Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB54.

My experience from fitting this to another car is that with the adaptors you can buy, the wire for "speed adjusted" volume is not connected, I had the pin details for my last car so I connected this myself. Is it available on a pin with my Fabia?

If I don't use an adaptor will it work any way?

Also do you think I will need to swap the ignition and perm wires around?

And is there a display dim connection also?

Thanks for any help.

this may help

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/ice-security-insurance/ice-iso-connections/47926/?highlight=radio+iso+plug

Thanks, I think it helps. I have pin 1A on my stereo as GALA but I had it listed as Anti-theft Alarm on the Skoda, which I don't have fitted.

Does the link that you have provided overide what is described at www.fabia-vrs.com/carkit.htm as mine is a classic not a vrs?

The pin outs on the Symphony player should be all the same.

I'm not sure that the one posted above is Symphony.

No it is not a symphony, but aren't the pin outs for the Fabia the same no matter what stereo is fitted?

I have had a reply from Skoda, here is the official pin out from them. As to be expeected it is as mentioned in Octygone post, so it confirms Gala is on pin 1 and not anti-theft alarm as for the Symphony.

Radio pin.pdf

Octavia 2 Confort May 2006.

I have read the above and followed the links. Can anyone advise how I get Gala to work please.

My car is fitted with the standard Skoda Car Radio Stream. The handbook says that the “Gala” facility allows the volume to be adjusted automatically according to the ambient noise. Despite having selected it and chosen the largest setting the volume is unaffected. This facility is not shown as an option so it ought to be available?

The dealer claims that the facility comes only if one has the reversing “radar” sensors.

Anyone know if this is correct please?

The volume increases with road speed.

The volume increases with road speed.

and on the highest setting, you should know about it when driving. I had to reduce mine to 4 otherwise the radio was way to loud at 70mph and to quiet around town.

Yes Ok, roadspeed gives the signal. But should my Stream radio have this facility? If so where should I look to start fault finding?

Yes it is governed by road speed, so are you saying that the volume doesn't increase as you get faster? It is a feature of all Stream as far as I know.

It isn't a massive increase.

To be honest it isn't up to you to start fault finding, you will still be in warranty.

I can detect no increase in volume with speed.

The dealer claims that the facility does not exist for my model and that it is only fitted if you have the reversing "radar". He refuses to do anything.

It would be amazed if it had anything to do with the reversing :confused:

On my symphony head unit you press & hold some button, I think it was TA, to switch it into adjustment mode, and you can set the level of GALA you want.

Not 100% on whether this is the same for the Octy but I would have thought that if the option was in the HU it would be accessible. If it is, then it should work. If not, you don't have it

I have altered the setting - it does appear in the menu.

Perhaps there is a disconnect of the speed signal. I am going to grumble again!

Thanks

Gala has been a feature of Skoda HU for years, I don't see why yours would be any different. I don't think it's connected to reversing sensors, that's a seperate feature.