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Offline oggsey

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Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« on: 04 January 2011, 20:00 »
Hi All,

Just bought my first Golf - GTI Mk5 DSG.

It has a pretty hideous phone prep mounted on the dashboard, link to photo below.  Does anyone recognise it and know if I can get an iPhone cradle for it?


Golf GTI Phone Prep


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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2011, 20:12 »
mmm im not sure where you can find one, maybe have a look at the apple website but you will be paying a lot of money for it, have you checked out ebay yet? Maybe something on there?

Not even sure that apple ever actually came out with a hands free car kit cradle?


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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #2 on: 04 January 2011, 21:28 »
hello and welcome,  Not sure you can do much with that one as its probably for a nokia as most ex reps cars had those....  If you want a taylor made mount try looking up some products by Brodit.....  don't think they have their own site, their products are sold through various stockists but easily found on google as I just did.

I had a brodit kit in my MK5 for my work phone.  It was wired into the car for hands free just like the one in your picture but wasn't so ugly and was angled at the driver.  They also make upper dash and vent area mounts.

They do make iphone mounts and kits plust most other phones... they even do ipods.


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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #3 on: 04 January 2011, 21:49 »
seriously them phone prep things are awfull my mk4 had one and ripped it straight out.. was for like a 1980's nokia lol
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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #4 on: 04 January 2011, 21:51 »
isn't the one in the pic a vw option?
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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #5 on: 04 January 2011, 21:51 »
did they not have a bluetooth phone prep as a option ??
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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #6 on: 04 January 2011, 22:51 »
isn't the one in the pic a vw option?

looks like it and don't think he'll be able to do anything with it other than put the phone it was designed for in it..

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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #7 on: 04 January 2011, 23:19 »
cant he just remove it and live with the hole it leaves ??
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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #8 on: 04 January 2011, 23:28 »
cant he just remove it and live with the hole it leaves ??
  Maybe but thats why I replied with a brodit solution as I believe he wanted to plumb an iphone in, if he got one it would hopefully cover the holes left by that one and usually brodit ones don't require any drilling.

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Re: Anyone recognise this VW phone prep?
« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2011, 00:10 »
Ohh sorry bud missed the iphone bit thought he just wanted to lose the eyesore of a cradle lol
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