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Skoda Octavia IV - no cigarette lighter socket, alternative for USB-C -> USB MINI B cable

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  • #1 19163428
    michallodz
    Level 17  
    Hi.
    I've had the new Octavia for a couple of weeks now and it's great apart from the fact that it's not :D .
    My biggest problem at the moment is that it doesn't have a cigarette lighter socket in the cabin. There are two USB-C ports for charging and connectivity to the car. They give enough power to even charge a laptop on this but every time I plug in a camcorder for example it wants to connect and download data first which puts my camcorder into a mode where it doesn't automatically start recording. I use my car for business and now I can't imagine having to start this camera manually 30 times a day for the rest of my life. You can pull an extension cable from the cigarette lighter socket from the boot but as a man with neurosis I don't agree with another cable in the cabin :D .

    Is it possible to build or buy some USB-C -> USB MINI B cable that would just charge without trying to connect to the comp? To trick the skoda somehow.
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  • #2 19163483
    damian1115
    Level 37  
    If you don't want extra cables in the cabin, then buy a cigarette lighter socket, mount it in the location of your choice, run the wires from that in the boot under the upholstery. This seems to be the most sensible solution to the problem you have presented here.
    These sockets are clearly designed for this, and a cable alone will not help.
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  • #3 19163657
    carrot
    Moderator of Cars
    All you need is a cable that only has + and - wires without DATA + and DATA -, I have a couple of these from some torch, bicycle lamp, they are only used for charging the device, they have no data transmission wires
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  • #4 19163689
    damian1115
    Level 37  
    carrot wrote:
    A cable that has only + and - wires without DATA + and DATA - is sufficient
    .
    https://www.elektronika24.pl/zlacze-usb/
    Following the knowledge of colleague " carrot", You can make it yourself, above you have a link to the schematic.
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  • #5 20290939
    glowackibartosz
    Level 1  
    I know the answer is to an old POST, but since you write that at your place the socket is strong enough to charge a laptop, a hint where the fault might lie, when I plug a camcorder (C in the camcorder and C in the car) under C socket it doesn't work, at home when I plug under C and from the other under USB to the charger from the phone it works. In the shop they said I have to use the charger from the cigarette lighter socket, but in the 2022 Octavia there are only C or I have 230, but it's not about using the 230 socket. Maybe someone can help?
  • #6 20798504
    koleś1
    Level 10  

    glowackibartosz wrote:
    Maybe someone can help?
    .
    I can fit the original cigarette lighter socket. Call 510 150 407
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