Child Safety Lock; Central Locking System - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

CAUTION
Pay attention to the correct polarity when changing the battery.
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The replacement battery must have the same specification as the original bat-
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tery.
For the sake of the environment
Dispose of the used battery in accordance with national legal provisions.
Note
The system has to be synchronised, if the vehicle cannot be unlocked or locked
with the remote control key after replacing the battery

Child safety lock

The child safety lock prevents the rear door from being opened from the inside.
The door can only be opened from the outside.
You can switch the child safety lock on and off using the vehicle key.
Switching child safety lock on
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Use the vehicle key to turn the slit in the rear door in the direction of the ar-
row » Fig. 10.
Switching child safety lock off
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Use the vehicle key to turn the slit to the right in the opposite direction to the
arrow.
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Using the system
» page 36.
Fig. 10
Child safety locks on the rear
doors

Central locking system

Introductory information
When using the central locking and unlocking system, all the doors and the fuel
filler flap are locked or unlocked at the same time (if it was not set differently in
the menu point Settings - Convenience of the information display). The boot lid is
unlocked when opening. It can be opened by pressing the hand grip above the li-
cence plate » page 38.
Operation of the central locking system is possible:
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with the remote control key
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with the central locking button
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from the outside using the vehicle key
Indicator light in the driver's door
After locking the vehicle, the warning light flashes for around 2 seconds in quick
succession, afterwards it begins to flash evenly at longer intervals.
If the vehicle is locked and the safe securing system
the indicator light in the driver door flashes for about 2 seconds fast, goes out
and starts to flash evenly at longer intervals after about 30 seconds.
If the indicator light first of all flashes fast for about 2 seconds, afterwards lights
up for about 30 seconds without interruption and then flashes slowly, there is a
fault in the system of the central locking or in the interior monitor and in the tow-
ing protection monitoring » page
Convenience operation of windows
The windows can be opened and closed when locking and unlocking the vehi-
cle » page 41.
Individual settings
Opening a single door
This selection function makes it possible to only unlock the driver's door. The oth-
er doors and the fuel filler flap remain locked and are only unlocked after being
opened again.
Automatic locking and unlocking
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All the doors and the boot lid are locked automatically once the car reaches a
speed of about 15 km/h.
» page 35;
» page 34;
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» page 33 is not operating,
37. Seek help from a specialist garage.
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