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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: evo1986 on 12 January 2016, 19:55
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After some time waiting they have now come up with a solution for app connect to be retro fitted.
The total cost including vat and fitting is £213.40
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Does this work on the 1st generation systems?
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What exactly is app connect?
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Does this work on the 1st generation systems?
Only applicable on 2016MY golfs
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What exactly is app connect?
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/car-net/app-connect
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£213 !!! That's double what was first mentioned a good few months back.
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@evo1986 could this be retrofitted to a brand new Polo r-line? it didnt come as standard and would like to have it now?
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It must be my age, but I fail to see why any of what this does in necessary.
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It must be my age, but I fail to see why any of what this does in necessary.
me too, i don't even have a smart phone.. guess i might need one when the car arrives though :)
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It must be my age, but I fail to see why any of what this does in necessary.
Me too dubber36, and yes, it probably is an age thing. I'm of an age where I can remember buying a brand new car that didn't even have a bog standard LW/MW radio fitted as standard. I don't have App Connect in my current car and manage quite well without it. IMO there are enough distractions in modern day cars without adding more.
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It must be my age, but I fail to see why any of what this does in necessary.
Me too dubber36, and yes, it probably is an age thing. I'm of an age where I can remember buying a brand new car that didn't even have a bog standard LW/MW radio fitted as standard. I don't have App Connect in my current car and manage quite well without it. IMO there are enough distractions in modern day cars without adding more.
+3? for that (not too good at counting). There may well be a really good reason for people wanting these things but I just don't get it. Auto lights, auto wipers, auto my arse :whistle:
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Google satnav > VW satnav
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I'm going to buck the trend and say that App-connect is a very good addition and well worth having. Along with all the other modern tech (like it or not) it is yet another seamless offering, for those that do use a smart phone, giving the ability to access all media/calls/maps etc from one simple interface. It's, ime, much more user friendly and far less clunky than the in-built media etc. Can you live without it - of course, just as you can live without e-handrake, ACC, DCC (that nearly ended up as AC/DC, lol), auto lights and wipers, rear cam, HBA, DLA, keyless, pedal boxes, tuning boxes, aftermarket wheels, mudguards, wind deflectors, aftermarket spoilers, roof wraps, mirror wraps, personalised reg plates....... :whistle:
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I can't live without AC/DC :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Can you live without it - of course, just as you can live without roof wraps, mirror wraps, personalised reg plates....... :whistle:
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It must be my age, but I fail to see why any of what this does in necessary.
Me too dubber36, and yes, it probably is an age thing. I'm of an age where I can remember buying a brand new car that didn't even have a bog standard LW/MW radio fitted as standard. I don't have App Connect in my current car and manage quite well without it. IMO there are enough distractions in modern day cars without adding more.
The unfortunate truth of it all is that modern cars reflect modern drivers.
You have DSG with ACC and off you go, you have nothing to do except play with gadgets and look up occasionally and get impatient with other drivers who have the audacity to be on the road at the same time as you. Oh and an occasional steering manoeuvre.
It's not just VW's that are increasingly filled with gadgets, far from it.
Look in your mirror when driving through any city centre and where is the person in the car behind looking? Certainly not where they're going 90% of the time, usually at a screen that's either built into the car or sat in their lap.
I work with RoSPA trained driver trainers (I was nearly unwillingly shunted into one of those positions myself not so long ago) and unfortunately these driver trainers are fighting a losing battle against modern motorists who have no interest in anything but getting from A to B as impatiently and badly as possible.
If you drive properly then you try not to stop the vehicle if at all possible, using anticipation and gears rather than impatience, a heavy right foot and heavy unnecessary braking. 99% of the population drive diving in and out of lanes thinking the world ends at the front edge of their bonnet.
So at least you can distract yourself from the thoughts that the rest of humanity is doomed if you have App Connect yourself. If you can't beat 'em...
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I can't live without AC/DC :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Can you live without it - of course, just as you can live without roof wraps, mirror wraps, personalised reg plates....... :whistle:
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The unfortunate truth of it all is that modern cars reflect modern drivers.
You have DSG with ACC and off you go, you have nothing to do except play with gadgets and look up occasionally and get impatient with other drivers who have the audacity to be on the road at the same time as you. Oh and an occasional steering manoeuvre.
It's not just VW's that are increasingly filled with gadgets, far from it.
Look in your mirror when driving through any city centre and where is the person in the car behind looking? Certainly not where they're going 90% of the time, usually at a screen that's either built into the car or sat in their lap.
I work with RoSPA trained driver trainers (I was nearly unwillingly shunted into one of those positions myself not so long ago) and unfortunately these driver trainers are fighting a losing battle against modern motorists who have no interest in anything but getting from A to B as impatiently and badly as possible.
If you drive properly then you try not to stop the vehicle if at all possible, using anticipation and gears rather than impatience, a heavy right foot and heavy unnecessary braking. 99% of the population drive diving in and out of lanes thinking the world ends at the front edge of their bonnet.
So at least you can distract yourself from the thoughts that the rest of humanity is doomed if you have App Connect yourself. If you can't beat 'em...
So someone with App-connect (and dares to like it) is a crap driver? Someone with DSG and App-connect must be a candidate for having their licence rescinded?
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So someone with App-connect (and dares to like it) is a crap driver? Someone with DSG and App-connect must be a candidate for having their licence rescinded?
Yeah, I'm a proper motoring puritan me :lipsrsealed:
What I suggested was that those I quoted, and those wasn't the only posts along those lines, should accept this is the way motoring is going and "if you can't beat them, join them" i.e. Get app connect themselves (tongue in cheek suggestion).
I alluded to the vast majority of motorists who are not regulars on car forums and care not a jot about their driving skills. As I said, look in your mirror in traffic and see how many heads you see nodding up and down playing with gizmos whilst controlling a vehicle.
I also alluded to cars becoming semi autonomous so therefore drivers are thinking less about what they're doing, or at least should be doing. As cars become more sophisticated and traffic gets worse then App Connect's future generations will be more of a focus to those in the car than ever.
Here's my local road situation when I have to head into the city http://m.devonlive.com/average-speed-through-exeter-is-4-6mph-as-city-is-named-worst-for-traffic-in-uk/story-30149035-detail/story.html (excuse exceptionally crap website) so is it any wonder driving standards are bloody awful?
From a professional point of view I've sat a lot of courses on driving safety and the aftermath of accidents. Some of these do wake you up a bit. So in purist terms then anything that distracts you from the roads and potential hazards even momentarily is bad (unless you're parked up skiving off work :whistle: :laugh: ) but in reality things are very different.
I despise driving in traffic these days so I'll just shut up now.
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So someone with App-connect (and dares to like it) is a crap driver? Someone with DSG and App-connect must be a candidate for having their licence rescinded?
Yeah, I'm a proper motoring puritan me :lipsrsealed:
What I suggested was that those I quoted, and those wasn't the only posts along those lines, should accept this is the way motoring is going and "if you can't beat them, join them" i.e. Get app connect themselves (tongue in cheek suggestion).
I alluded to the vast majority of motorists who are not regulars on car forums and care not a jot about their driving skills. As I said, look in your mirror in traffic and see how many heads you see nodding up and down playing with gizmos whilst controlling a vehicle.
I also alluded to cars becoming semi autonomous so therefore drivers are thinking less about what they're doing, or at least should be doing. As cars become more sophisticated and traffic gets worse then App Connect's future generations will be more of a focus to those in the car than ever.
Here's my local road situation when I have to head into the city http://m.devonlive.com/average-speed-through-exeter-is-4-6mph-as-city-is-named-worst-for-traffic-in-uk/story-30149035-detail/story.html (excuse exceptionally crap website) so is it any wonder driving standards are bloody awful?
From a professional point of view I've sat a lot of courses on driving safety and the aftermath of accidents. Some of these do wake you up a bit. So in purist terms then anything that distracts you from the roads and potential hazards even momentarily is bad (unless you're parked up skiving off work :whistle: :laugh: ) but in reality things are very different.
I despise driving in traffic these days so I'll just shut up now.
Well that told me, lol. :shocked: I'll go just shut up now too.
The tongue-in-cheek, between the lines point was, that despite fancy tech etc, which has huge potential to distract and yes, there's evidence of it in every line of traffic - a decent driver does have the ability to control that distraction by er....not getting distracted, and from a personal perspective I find App-connect far less clunky than the in-built system which in turn means less faffing around trying to get it to do what you want it to do (as is the case with the latter) that potential distraction is greatly reduced. And as for DSG, well as you rarely have to take a hand off the steering wheel, especially with e-handbrake and auto hold....full control. ACC you can keep, like you I'm a fan of engine braking but if the pedal does need pushing I'll do that myself and I'm partial to controlling the speed myself, I consider it a driving privilege. :laugh:
Now I'll shut up. :smiley:
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Ahhhh the good old days of proper motoring.
I don't need no stinking technology
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I paid for App Connect :embarrassed: and I find it to be completely pointless.
Another case of the 'just because it can be done, doesn't mean you should'.
Exonian is correct, it's just another potential distraction, like a 12'' TV screen on your dash is.
The sooner phones are disabled in cars, the better.
People cannot help themselves and I'm sick of seeing ignorant people looking at their phones on their knees as they are driving :angry:
It's probably an age thing though :smiley:
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I paid for App Connect :embarrassed: and I find it to be completely pointless.
Another case of the 'just because it can be done, doesn't mean you should'.
Exonian is correct, it's just another potential distraction, like a 12'' TV screen on your dash is.
The sooner phones are disabled in cars, the better.
People cannot help themselves and I'm sick of seeing ignorant people looking at their phones on their knees as they are driving :angry:
It's probably an age thing though :smiley:
If they disabled phones in cars I would have been out of work years ago. At one time I was taking upwards of 40+ phone calls a day whilst driving(over Bluetooth)
I see people in cars that clearly have Bluetooth and they still holding the phone while talking, why.
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Because they're inept at pairing it up, which depending on the phone can be difficult to get a connection but it's certainly no excuse for what is sheer laziness.
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For some it may be because they have 2 phones (one personal, one works) and only one is connected to Bluetooth.
If one of my mobiles rings while not on Bluetooth I just ignore it and ring back later.
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For some it may be because they have 2 phones (one personal, one works) and only one is connected to Bluetooth.
If one of my mobiles rings while not on Bluetooth I just ignore it and ring back later.
There is modern cars that you can't connect 2 phones through Bluetooth?
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Yeah a golf mk7 with mib1...
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And my modern-ish (10 plate) Focus.
You could pair about 6 or 7 phones but only 1 would be operable via the Bluetooth at any one time.
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I could use two mobiles on Bluetooth on my old RNS510 in my CC's, both for calls but only one for music. If you used a Windows phone it would also read out your texts and let you reply by dictation. You did have to change the operation of the microphone button from mute to speech.
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I see people who are clearly using apps like Facebook when they are driving.
It's one of the advantages of being in a van, you can see all dickheads at play on their way to work.
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After some time waiting they have now come up with a solution for app connect to be retro fitted.
The total cost including vat and fitting is £213.40
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Any way we can make this work on a 2013 model? I'd consider hardware upgrades...
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You'd need a MIB2 unit retrofitted... seem to remember NavPro is about 1700 quid. Then add the AppConnect authorisation.
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You'd need a MIB2 unit retrofitted... seem to remember NavPro is about 1700 quid. Then add the AppConnect authorisation.
Guess I should give up or go aftermarket then! This video seems to sum it up too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-8LPc4x8p0