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

30 Unlocking and locking
Note
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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
battery.
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If it is still not be possible to unlock or lock the vehicle with the remote control
even after replacing the battery this means that the system has to be synchronised
 page 35.

Electronic immobiliser

The electronic immobiliser prevents the vehicle being operated by an
unauthorised person.
An electronic chip is integrated in the head of the key. The immobiliser is deacti-
vated with the aid of this chip when the key is inserted in the ignition lock. The elec-
tronic immobiliser is automatically activated when you withdraw the ignition key
from the lock.
Note
It is only possible to start the engine of your car with a Genuine Škoda key with the
matching code.

Child safety lock

The child safety lock prevents the rear door from being opened from
the inside.
Fig. 23 Child safety locks on the rear
doors
The rear doors are equipped with a child safety lock. You can switch the child safety
lock on and off using the vehicle key.
Switching child safety lock on
– Use the vehicle key to turn the slit in the rear door to the left in the direction of
 fig.
the arrow 23.
Switching child safety lock off
– Use the vehicle key to turn the slit to the right against the direction of the arrow.
So long as the child safety lock is switched on it is not possible to open the door
from the inside with the door opening lever. In this case the door can be opened
only from the outside.

Central locking system

Description
Unlocking or locking the vehicle causes all doors to be unlocked or locked at the
same time by the central locking system. The boot lid is unlocked when opening. It
can be opened by pressing the hand grip above the licence plate  page 33.
Operation of the central locking system is possible:
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from the outside using the vehicle key  page 32,
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using the button for the central locking system  page 32,
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by using the remote control  page 35.
Indicator light in the driver's door on vehicles without anti-theft alarm system
After the car is locked, the indicator light flashes after 2 seconds.
After the car is locked with the deactivated safe securing system, the indicator light
flashes only after 30 seconds.
Indicator light in the driver's door on vehicles with anti-theft alarm system
After locking the vehicle the indicator light flashes for 2 seconds fast, then more
slowly.
If the vehicle is locked and the safe securing system  page 31 is not operating, the
indicator light in the driver door flashes for about 2 seconds fast, goes out and starts
to flash slowly after about 30 seconds.