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Offline jaceyboy

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GTi Stereo Fault?
« on: 27 October 2018, 14:48 »
Guys, drove the wife's car earlier and upon starting the engine the radio display didn't show up, the actual sound came out but nothing on the display to be able to change the stations etc, just blank, this is the second time now, is this a common fault?, its a 2014 model and we have a years warranty when we bought the car...
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Offline Brenbo

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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #1 on: 27 October 2018, 14:58 »
i had this happen once when I owned my late 2013 GTI Performance.  But it only happened once and never again since.  Also when it happened to me I was listening to MP3 tracks not the radio.  It resolved itself when I had stopped the car and restarted it later in the day. 
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Offline Watts

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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #2 on: 27 October 2018, 15:10 »
This happens to mine occasionally. Just needs rebooting.
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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #3 on: 27 October 2018, 15:12 »
Keep the power button pressed in until the screen goes blank and you see the VW logo. Then let go. As Watts says just needs a reset.
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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #4 on: 27 October 2018, 15:47 »
 So it’s not faulty unit then because I could take it back to VW and maybe they would replace the unit
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Offline Watts

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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #5 on: 27 October 2018, 16:34 »
Doesn't sound like it but there could be an update to the software. Having said that mine was in for a service a few months back and it still does it. But what phone, computer, tablet etc doesn't have the odd glitch and need a reboot now and then?
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Offline hobbes22

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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #6 on: 27 October 2018, 16:36 »
There is an update for this. I took mine to vw and they updated it. It has not happened since.
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Offline Watts

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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #7 on: 27 October 2018, 16:43 »
Quote from: hobbes22 on 27 October 2018, 16:36
There is an update for this. I took mine to vw and they updated it. It has not happened since.

Mine only started after an update!
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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #8 on: 28 October 2018, 17:03 »
Going to call the dealer tomorrow and ask, also our auto lights are coming on in sun light even though the setting is set to "Late", wonder if this is part of an update to the stereo?
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Re: GTi Stereo Fault?
« Reply #9 on: 29 October 2018, 14:42 »
Stereo - definitely get a software update and hope that the "current" version has less faults.

I suspect that they've stopped development of it anyway, faults or no faults.

Tracking issues vs versions is hard though, maybe someone somewhere has done it.

The light sensor.... seems a bit odd, might need the sensor replacing? Its obviously sending a wrong light level.
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