System Settings - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

The auxiliary heating (parking heating) warms up the coolant by combusting fuel
from the vehicle tank. The coolant warms up the air, which (if the blower speed is
not set to zero) flows into the passenger compartment.
Auxiliary ventilation
The auxiliary ventilation enables fresh air to flow into the vehicle interior by
switching off the engine, whereby the interior temperature is effectively de-
creased (e.g. with the vehicle parked in the sun).
WARNING
The auxiliary heating must never be operated in closed rooms - risk of poi-
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soning!
The auxiliary heating must not be running during refuelling - risk of fire.
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The exhaust pipe of the auxiliary heating is located on the underside of the
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vehicle. Therefore, if you wish to operate the auxiliary heating, do not park the
vehicle in such a way that the exhaust gases from the auxiliary heating can
come into contact with highly flammable materials (e.g. dry grass) or easily in-
flammable substances (e.g. spilt fuel).
Note
If the auxiliary heating runs, the fuel consumption comes from the vehicle tank.
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The auxiliary heating automatically controls the filling level in the fuel tank. If only
a low quantity of fuel is present in the fuel tank, the function of the auxiliary
heating is blocked.
The exhaust pipe of the auxiliary heating, which is located on the underside of
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the vehicle, must not be clogged and the exhaust flow must not be blocked.
If the auxiliary heating and ventilation is running, the vehicle battery discharges.
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If the auxiliary heating and ventilation has been operated several times over a
longer period, the vehicle must be driven a few kilometres in order to recharge
the vehicle battery.
The auxiliary heating only switches the blower on, if it has achieved a coolant
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temperature of approx. 50 °C.
At low outside temperatures, this can result in a formation of water vapour in
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the area of the engine compartment. This is quite normal and is not an operating
problem.
After switching off the auxiliary heating, the coolant pump runs for a short peri-
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od.
The auxiliary heating and ventilation does not switch on or comes on, if the ve-
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hicle battery indicates a low loading state
tion.
» page 175, Automatic load deactiva-
The auxiliary heating (parking heating) does not switch on, if the following was
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shown in the information display or before switching off the ignition: Please re-
fuel!
The air inlet in front of the windscreen must be free of ice, snow or leaves in
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order to ensure that the auxiliary heating operates properly.
So that warm air can flow into the vehicle interior after switching on the auxili-
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ary heating, you must maintain the comfort temperature normally selected by
you, leave the fan switched on and leave the air outlet vents in an open position.
It is recommended to put the air flow in the position  or .
Direct switching on/off
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First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 92.
The auxiliary heating (auxiliary heating and ventilation) can be directly switched
on or off at any time using the button
conditioning system, on the operating part of the Climatronic system or via the ra-
dio remote control » page 94.
If the auxiliary heating and ventilation is not switched off earlier, it switches off
automatically after the set operating period, in the menu Running time has ex-
pired.

System settings

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First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 92.
Only one programmed pre-set time can be active.
Fig. 91
Button for direct switching on/
off of the auxiliary heating (aux-
iliary heating and ventilation) on
the operating part of the air con-
ditioning system
» Fig. 91 on the operating part of the air-
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Heating and air conditioning system
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