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Offline blue74

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Telephone Prep Cradle
« on: 16 January 2009, 13:24 »
Hi all,

I have an 06 plate mk5 Gti.  It has a Telephone Preparation (plastic phone thingy) on the dash, to the left of the stereo.  Don't know if this was factory or dealer fit.

By all accounts you have to buy a cradle that fits your phone to the attach to the (plastic phone thingy) which will hold/connect the phone through the MF steering wheel.

So, to get to the point...the dealers are quoting in the region of £ 120 for this cradle, which sounds crazy. Anyone know of where i could pick these up rather than the dealers.  The fact they quote £120 would suggest i could probably get it for £60 elsewhere  :wink:

cheers all..
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Offline rskardon

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Re: Telephone Prep Cradle
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2009, 14:31 »
Not sure about the cradle but it cost me about £80 to have them remove the kit and replace the trim with a new piece (as it leaves some big holes) so £120 isnt nuts if it makes it usable, they didnt support the crackberry which is why i had it removed
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Offline blue74

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Re: Telephone Prep Cradle
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2009, 15:35 »
Cheers,

just seems crap in that you have and 'extra' on the car which you then need to spend more to make is usable !!  :angry:
Add to that, the chances are people have more that 1 phone (work/personal) and they may get changed fairly often, seem a pricey way to get hands free.

I did think of getting it taken out but it's another extra when selling it.

Maybe some blutac is way forward  :smiley:
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Offline No Golf Clubs at all

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Re: Telephone Prep Cradle
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2009, 15:54 »
Talk to VRstu....I believe he can, or at least used to provide a kit/ install it for you...not the cheapest option perhaps but more OEM cos it goes through the stereo I think.
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Offline mb

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Re: Telephone Prep Cradle
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2009, 18:04 »
I had one of these kits in my car when I bought it.  I got the cradle for my phone thrown in as part of the deal.

About 6 months later I got given a phone for work which VW didn't, (and still don't), supply a cradle for.

I removed the kit myself and installed one of vRStu's bluetooth kits.  I got a replacement glovebox/trim off eBay to replace the bit of dash where the cradle went.
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