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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Andyduz on 22 November 2013, 16:37
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
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This is a guess, as i've not got my car yet, but looking through the Golf website(VW) i'd assume this button?
(http://i.imgur.com/yrhy8Z0.png) - Image may be out of date however.
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
Good question..... I will need to know this too.. perhaps its in a menu somewhere or activates when you turn on the heated mirrors?
Out of interest, did you car come with the MDI iPod interface?
Can you also try out the USB socket in the armrest to see if the headunit see's any audio files on your smartphone? :laugh: :cool:
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its automatic - comes on when moisture sensor in car thinks the screen will mist up or when you hit the max front window button on the LHS round switch.
There if an onscreen option when you go into setup from aircon screen
Has worked brilliant for the past month I've had mine - MK6 would always steam up, mostly first thing in the morning, MK7 has never
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Does it melt ice? :huh:
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its automatic - comes on when moisture sensor in car thinks the screen will mist up or when you hit the max front window button on the LHS round switch.
There if an onscreen option when you go into setup from aircon screen
Has worked brilliant for the past month I've had mine - MK6 would always steam up, mostly first thing in the morning, MK7 has never
Cheers Pete, further to different post, what's it like with ice?
I can see some bedtime reading of the manual tonight, the amount of hidden options are taking some getting used to. Fantastic motor though, absolutely love it.
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
Good question..... I will need to know this too.. perhaps its in a menu somewhere or activates when you turn on the heated mirrors?
Out of interest, did you car come with the MDI iPod interface?
Can you also try out the USB socket in the armrest to see if the headunit see's any audio files on your smartphone? :laugh: :cool:
No, the car didn't come with the MDI interface, it was a BW 41 so just missed out. Must say though the BT Audio from an iPhone is very good. Will need to invest in a 64 gb sd card over the weekend.
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its automatic - comes on when moisture sensor in car thinks the screen will mist up or when you hit the max front window button on the LHS round switch.
There if an onscreen option when you go into setup from aircon screen
Has worked brilliant for the past month I've had mine - MK6 would always steam up, mostly first thing in the morning, MK7 has never
Just got mine 2 days ago but mine had the auto function disabled so to get it to work I had to go into the main menu and enable auto climate screen. The car is off getting detailed at the mo so can tell you whether that option is in the main car menu or not.
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its automatic - comes on when moisture sensor in car thinks the screen will mist up or when you hit the max front window button on the LHS round switch.
There if an onscreen option when you go into setup from aircon screen
Has worked brilliant for the past month I've had mine - MK6 would always steam up, mostly first thing in the morning, MK7 has never
Cheers Pete, further to different post, what's it like with ice?
I can see some bedtime reading of the manual tonight, the amount of hidden options are taking some getting used to. Fantastic motor though, absolutely love it.
Its great - only have had one morning where there was a layer of ice over the screen so far - flicked the max front windows on and a few seconds later you could see the melt holes appear. Few more seconds and accidentally hit the wipers and 2 sheets of ice just slid off lol Think if I left it about a minute it would have all melted
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Pete, sussed it now and set to automatic. Thanks for the heads up. :smiley:
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
is your screen acoustic or is it green solar glass if it acoustic it will have a picture of a little human ear on the glass near the bottom where the vw badge is,the reason I ask is I work for a windscreen company so I can find out what your screen has on it,is the car a mk7 golf do you have rain and light sensor normally new golfs have acoustic all the climate screen will do is put your aircon on to de-mist the screen it won't melt ice as vw's never have heated screens that have the squiggly lines through the glass,regarding your phone you will just have an antenna on the glass
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
Good question..... I will need to know this too.. perhaps its in a menu somewhere or activates when you turn on the heated mirrors?
Out of interest, did you car come with the MDI iPod interface?
Can you also try out the USB socket in the armrest to see if the headunit see's any audio files on your smartphone? :laugh: :cool:
No, the car didn't come with the MDI interface, it was a BW 41 so just missed out. Must say though the BT Audio from an iPhone is very good. Will need to invest in a 64 gb sd card over the weekend.
Hi mate, get onto your dealer and VW CS as there should be a retro-fit coming out soon. You should have had MDI as its a standard fit item. :cool:
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
is your screen acoustic or is it green solar glass if it acoustic it will have a picture of a little human ear on the glass near the bottom where the vw badge is,the reason I ask is I work for a windscreen company so I can find out what your screen has on it,is the car a mk7 golf do you have rain and light sensor normally new golfs have acoustic all the climate screen will do is put your aircon on to de-mist the screen it won't melt ice as vw's never have heated screens that have the squiggly lines through the glass,regarding your phone you will just have an antenna on the glass
Mmm, I thought the climate windscreen required a special glass that accepted some form of electric current. Wireless electrically conductive layer in the laminate according yo VW blurb....
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
Good question..... I will need to know this too.. perhaps its in a menu somewhere or activates when you turn on the heated mirrors?
Out of interest, did you car come with the MDI iPod interface?
Can you also try out the USB socket in the armrest to see if the headunit see's any audio files on your smartphone? :laugh: :cool:
No, the car didn't come with the MDI interface, it was a BW 41 so just missed out. Must say though the BT Audio from an iPhone is very good. Will need to invest in a 64 gb sd card over the weekend.
Hi mate, get onto your dealer and VW CS as there should be a retro-fit coming out soon. You should have had MDI as its a standard fit item. :cool:
Cheers, I certainly will. The car is leased so I'll get the lease company to put some pressure on VW.
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Hi All, car arrived today and I have specced the advanced phone kit with the mandatory climate windscreen. Does anyone know how the screen is activated as I can't see any switches etc?
is your screen acoustic or is it green solar glass if it acoustic it will have a picture of a little human ear on the glass near the bottom where the vw badge is,the reason I ask is I work for a windscreen company so I can find out what your screen has on it,is the car a mk7 golf do you have rain and light sensor normally new golfs have acoustic all the climate screen will do is put your aircon on to de-mist the screen it won't melt ice as vw's never have heated screens that have the squiggly lines through the glass,regarding your phone you will just have an antenna on the glass
Mmm, I thought the climate windscreen required a special glass that accepted some form of electric current. Wireless electrically conductive layer in the laminate according yo VW blurb....
Yes this is correct... it has a conductive layer built into the glass which has a 9v/12v wireless charge applied to it, which in turn heats it up.
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ha ha vw talking bollox don't listen to sales men they will try and pull you pants down to make you spec your car up,only heated screens have electric running through them,vw now only do two glass's green solar reflective or acoustic trust me non of them have any special toys on the glass to clear the screen apart from turning the aircon onto the screen which is crap anyway because if it's freezing you don't want the aircon on your screen turn it off and just put the heater on the hottest setting and put the screen setting
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This is from Volkswagen HQ
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the new Golf.
I am delighted to learn of your interest in Volkswagen and particularly in the legendary Golf. I can confirm that the technology used for the climate control windscreen is an electronically conductive layer powered by a 12V on board power supply.
It will provide perfect visibility at all times, which means no fogging and it will also clear ice. It is an invisible heating function and there are no wires, like the rear screen.
I hope this information proves useful. Thank you for contacting Volkswagen UK
:smiley:
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only heated screens have electric running through them,vw now only do two glass's green solar reflective or acoustic trust me non of them have any special toys on the glass to clear the screen ....
The climate screen is a heated screen with an electrically conductive layer in it which increases the glass surface temperature....
Its a very expensive option though - due to the compulsary 'advanced' phone prep option they have it tied to - so not for me.
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Any practical reason that the screen is linked in to the Phone prep option ?
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Any practical reason that the screen is linked in to the Phone prep option ?
Maybe the screen electro-conductive layer diminishes or interferes with the mobile phone signal.
The 'advanced telephone ' option connects the phone to the cars' external aerial for improved reception apparently.
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Any practical reason that the screen is linked in to the Phone prep option ?
Maybe the screen electro-conductive layer diminishes or interferes with the mobile phone signal.
The 'advanced telephone ' option connects the phone to the cars' external aerial for improved reception apparently.
The ariel for the advanced phone kit is on the roof (shark-fin) same as the GPS :drool:
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Any practical reason that the screen is linked in to the Phone prep option ?
Maybe the screen electro-conductive layer diminishes or interferes with the mobile phone signal.
The 'advanced telephone ' option connects the phone to the cars' external aerial for improved reception apparently.
The ariel for the advanced phone kit is on the roof (shark-fin) same as the GPS :drool:
Yes the mobile connects to the normal shark-fin roof aerial but there is no physical connection to the phone.
It uses a new induction plate in the centre arm rest where you need to put your phone
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I can confirm the window clears extremely quickly when iced over. I've used a Ford Mondeos equivalent before and this was on a par. Approx 1 minute from ice to clear. Well worth the additional outlay through winter. :smiley:
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Epic news, this is a really handy feature which for have had for many many years.
I guess VW got around Ford patents buy making a better screen without any form of elements :)