MDI Firmware Upgrade

[Keithuk]

Hi guys/gals.

Now for the first 4-5 months of having my car I put 283 mp3's on a 2GB flash drive in my RCD310 with different groups in different folders. I made a playlist in WMP all random and it worked great. After this time I noticed that the tracks weren't very random even though the random option was selected, in fact it appeared to only play in one sub folder. I formatted the drive and reloaded but still only played one folder. I moved all files into the drives root and deleted the folders and the playlist now it plays as it used to randomly. I don't know why it changed after 5 months.

I found a Volkswagen Media Device Interface (MDI) Firmware Upgrade 0111 KW22-2010, considering this is a firmware update after week 22/2010 which is after my build date.

Does anyone else have MDI problems? Your thoughts are welcome.

I've said this before this is a useful site to have in your favourites for tricks & tips.

I've put the latest update in I rebuilt the flash drive with the sub folders and it still plays every track in the first folder (BOSTON) so this update has done sweet FA. 

I've put all tracks back on the root and it plays random again.

[Keithuk]

I took it in for its first service today and asked them to look at what it only plays one folder on the flash drive. After the service I went out with the technician so I could explain what doesn't happen. Now it appears there are three play options, play, random folder and random mix. It was on random mix and it was playing different tracks like it used too. He said when he first tried it it was on random folder so it was playing random tracks in that folder.

Well its been 12 months since I first read the handbook and I'm sure I set it to random mix I can't remember changing buttons since once things are working properly I leave them along. So this was my fault really for not reading the handbook again its now working as it used too.

I was reading somewhere that a user updated his firmware to the latest and when he took it into the dealers for something else they must have noticed now he says his warranty is void for doing his own updates. Well they didn't say anything to me. 

[ajmoir36]

No mention of the updated firmware with me and the first service, not mention of the extra things enabled with vag com either.  I have to admit I find the random ness a little pants too.  But then again I never knew there was random mix/random folder.