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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Diehammer on 06 June 2015, 16:07
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picked the car up at 11am this morning, the dealer had the blue ready to go home cover over it when I arrived. Drove the car out of the showroom and 8 miles to my house.
The car has the dreaded Bridgestone Potenza's but I have to say that I haven't had an issue with them yet now 28 miles on the clock.
I have noticed that the plastics on the lower half of the car aren't as plush as my 3 series but I can forgive that. Also I don't know why but the shape of the rear view mirror is annoying the hell out of me.
Love the sound of the soundaktor in sport mode is brilliant. Love the sound of it and don't think I will need to turn it down.
Seats are really comfy and the driving position is great, not had a chance to get it above 40 yet so itching to get back out after dinner.
I will try and get some photos if the rain goes off.
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Glad you're sorted after yesterday's hicup.
Relax and enjoy. :smiley:
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Glad you're sorted after yesterday's hicup.
Relax and enjoy. :smiley:
Yeah they are going to pay for the transfer of the plates when they finally get changed over. They also filled it with Diesel.
Getting 43.3mpg so far and hopefully that can only get better.
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I was fine with the Soundaktor level on my GTD in Sport mode, but it seems more than twice as loud on the R in Race.
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Glad you were able to collect today after all. Hope you are enjoying the new motor, annoying rear view mirror and all!
Look foward to the pics :smiley:
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I was fine with the Soundaktor level on my GTD in Sport mode, but it seems more than twice as loud on the R in Race.
Try it turned off. You might even like it!
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Not the easiest thing to setup the auto window wipers I actually had to read the manual, can't remember the mk5 being like that.
Loving the car finally got it out on a couple of miles of A road and the acceleration is great for a diesel hatchback.
Tried putting the radio station logos in earlier but it couldn't read the png files for some reason. I will try again tomorrow.
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Not the easiest thing to setup the auto window wipers I actually had to read the manual, can't remember the mk5 being like that.
Loving the car finally got it out on a couple of miles of A road and the acceleration is great for a diesel hatchback.
Tried putting the radio station logos in earlier but it couldn't read the png files for some reason. I will try again tomorrow.
Sounds like you need a good week with these cars to get to grips with all the tech. Driving it is the easy bit :laugh:
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Sounds like you need a good week with these cars to get to grips with all the tech. Driving it is the easy bit :laugh:
Funny thing is I work in IT but there is so much tech in these cars it's unbelievable. I never look at manuals for anything.
It took 3 attempts to pair my iPhone and the first 2 attempts had different errors. :laugh:
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Sounds like you need a good week with these cars to get to grips with all the tech. Driving it is the easy bit :laugh:
Funny thing is I work in IT but there is so much tech in these cars it's unbelievable. I never look at manuals for anything.
It took 3 attempts to pair my iPhone and the first 2 attempts had different errors. :laugh:
Well you've made all us non IT people feel a whole lot better. If you can't figure it, there's no hope for us :grin:
I just got a new iPhone 6 plus and nearly fell over when it paired with my Mk6 first time :shocked:
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That made me laugh Booth11. There is no way the average customer knows about most of the things they can change. I am going to get my wife to sit in the car when she comes in because she doesn't believe me about the lighting inside at night.
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What do you mean by setting up the auto wipers? You move the wiper stalk one notch and that's it.
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What do you mean by setting up the auto wipers? You move the wiper stalk one notch and that's it.
I can't remember doing that in my mk5, the auto lights are easy
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I think it's been like that from mk5 onwards.
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I think it's been like that from mk5 onwards.
tbf I have had a 1 series & a 3 series in between so I may have forgotten.
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What do you mean by setting up the auto wipers? You move the wiper stalk one notch and that's it.
You are forgetting the tricky bit - setting the sensitivity with the the little rocker switch....
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Looking good Diehammer :cool:
Did you manage to sort your radio logos out?
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Looking good Diehammer :cool:
Did you manage to sort your radio logos out?
Not yet
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What do you mean by setting up the auto wipers? You move the wiper stalk one notch and that's it.
You are forgetting the tricky bit - setting the sensitivity with the the little rocker switsch....
One click in from far right usually does me unless there is a very fine drizzle.
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What do you mean by setting up the auto wipers? You move the wiper stalk one notch and that's it.
You are forgetting the tricky bit - setting the sensitivity with the the little rocker switsch....
You are right about that I think It will take a couple of weeks to decide on a setting. Going to switch the rear wipe on reverse off though
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Love the sound of the soundaktor in sport mode is brilliant. Love the sound of it and don't think I will need to turn it down.
Yay, at last someone else who loves the soundaktor like me! :laugh: :cool:
Congrats on the car - great colour!
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Thanks Matchboy.
I am getting nowhere with adding the radio station logos, the delaer had added sone fm logos before i picked the car up and now i cant add to either FM, AM or DAB. i have tried both SD Card and CD with no luck whatsoever.
Is there a folder structure that needs to be used? I was reading a guide which says SD Cards need to be formatted to exFat but the infotainment system can only see it when its formatted to Fat. I have downloaded the logos from the volkwagen site and followed the instructions in the manual.
Any ideas?
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Thanks Matchboy.
I am getting nowhere with adding the radio station logos, the delaer had added sone fm logos before i picked the car up and now i cant add to either FM, AM or DAB. i have tried both SD Card and CD with no luck whatsoever.
Is there a folder structure that needs to be used? I was reading a guide which says SD Cards need to be formatted to exFat but the infotainment system can only see it when its formatted to Fat. I have downloaded the logos from the volkwagen site and followed the instructions in the manual.
Any ideas?
There's a thread somewhere covering this. I can't remember where I got the logos from (may have been VW), but I just downloaded them into a folder and bunged them on an sd card (no idea if I formatted it or not, but it was a brand new sd card) - you then stick the card in the free slot in the glove box, then you add the radio stations one by one via the screen (point it in the direction of the sd card). It takes a while, but once its done it looks cool :smiley:
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Thanks Matchboy.
I am getting nowhere with adding the radio station logos, the delaer had added sone fm logos before i picked the car up and now i cant add to either FM, AM or DAB. i have tried both SD Card and CD with no luck whatsoever.
Is there a folder structure that needs to be used? I was reading a guide which says SD Cards need to be formatted to exFat but the infotainment system can only see it when its formatted to Fat. I have downloaded the logos from the volkwagen site and followed the instructions in the manual.
Any ideas?
There's a thread somewhere covering this. I can't remember where I got the logos from (may have been VW), but I just downloaded them into a folder and bunged them on an sd card (no idea if I formatted it or not, but it was a brand new sd card) - you then stick the card in the free slot in the glove box, then you add the radio stations one by one via the screen (point it in the direction of the sd card). It takes a while, but once its done it looks cool :smiley:
Thats what i have tried it sees the files but doesnt add them in. Should there be a preview before you select it?
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Thats what i have tried it sees the files but doesnt add them in. Should there be a preview before you select it?
Yes, once you hold down say, Radio 1, it will take you on the screen to the folder where the icons are held. It'll be a big long list and it should show you the artwork so you can pick the right one. If the artwork isn't showing there then that's the extent of my technical knowledge I'm afraid lol - but someone on here will have more useful advice :smiley:
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Love the sound of the soundaktor in sport mode is brilliant. Love the sound of it and don't think I will need to turn it down.
Yay, at last someone else who loves the soundaktor like me! :laugh: :cool
Yes but isn't the Soundaktor quieter on a GTI than an R in Sport? :whistle:
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Love the sound of the soundaktor in sport mode is brilliant. Love the sound of it and don't think I will need to turn it down.
Yay, at last someone else who loves the soundaktor like me! :laugh: :cool
Yes but isn't the Soundaktor quieter on a GTI than an R in Sport? :whistle:
Yes, it is. But the missus has a GTD with the sport and sound pack, and when you nail that in sport mode its pretty loud in the cabin (and outside too).
I just want some soundaktor friends :cry: :laugh:
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I just want some soundaktor friends :cry: :laugh:
Corrected that for you :tongue:
No Soundaktor buddies on the R Forum? Surely someone? :huh:
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I just want some soundaktor friends :cry: :laugh:
Corrected that for you :tongue:
No Soundaktor buddies on the R Forum? Surely someone? :huh:
:grin: :grin:
I don't bother with the R forum - it has too many trolls, too many R fanboys and too much anger. I read it as there are a few interesting threads, but most of the time its not worth it.
I'll just be a billy no mates then.... :cry: :laugh:
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Thats what i have tried it sees the files but doesnt add them in. Should there be a preview before you select it?
Yes, once you hold down say, Radio 1, it will take you on the screen to the folder where the icons are held. It'll be a big long list and it should show you the artwork so you can pick the right one. If the artwork isn't showing there then that's the extent of my technical knowledge I'm afraid lol - but someone on here will have more useful advice :smiley:
That's an issue then as it shows the names but not the icons, going to try it again tonight might try changing the format of the files to jpeg as well.
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Are you using a PC or Mac? Just quick format the SD card, unzip the logos to a location on your hard drive and then move them all over to the SD card. Don't have them in a folder.
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Are you using a PC or Mac? Just quick format the SD card, unzip the logos to a location on your hard drive and then move them all over to the SD card. Don't have them in a folder.
I was using a mac, formatted card to Fat32 using a windows machine then copied the files over, renamed some to jpg and these are now working. I have no idea why the png files wont work.
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It's probably the Mac doing something funny with the file name.