AUX Point

[Upperoilcan]

Why oh why cant i have an AUX point fitted to the standard unit in my '06' GTI ? As i would love to be able to plug my Ipod in.

I had the Ipod connection fitted to the car by VW and its complete sh!te...

Do any of you guys know a way round this as VW have said the only way to do it is to get a whole new unit,they promptly directed me to a new Kenwood unit at a whopping £1000.00.....

[deano lfc]

I had a standard Vw stereo in my Gti , I also wanted to Plug my ipOd or I phone in , I looked down the route of getting a new Vw unit , but in the end I put a 7" DVD player in , with aux port built in , plus they supplied a lead for my iPhone !!! Happy days !! Set up my DVD player to play while moving too !!! So I have it all in one !!! And all for £ 125 !!!!!! All off a well known auction site !!!!!  deano lfc

[Jimp]

I have a Connects2 Aux-In kit. It cost me ~£20 in 2008. It connects to the cd changer port on the back of the headunit and has an aux input lead. The headunit thinks a cd changer is connected but the audio is coming from your ipod. You can't control it through the headunit but it's not a big deal imo as you can rest your mp3 player on the ashtray and it's perfectly accessible. I'll take a photo of my set up later on

[Upperoilcan]

Thanks lads as im miffed at not being able to have my ipod in the car,look forward to seeing the pics.

And i must stress that im not bothered at all at having to use the ipod controls itself rather than the head unit.

[Rhyso]

Another option could be a Dension kit

http://www.dension.com/products

I've got one in my Audi and I can run a USB stick / MP3 player off it    Best feature is you can use the steering wheel controls (if you have them) to change tracks etc

[Upperoilcan]

Thanks mate,i still cant believe that you cant get an AUX point from the original unit.....

[sprout99]

i wired mine from the radio into one of the blanks in front of the radio.

cost me less than £10 for bits and a couple of hours of my time.

[Hurdy]

Why oh why cant i have an AUX point fitted to the standard unit in my '06' GTI ? As i would love to be able to plug my Ipod in.

I had the Ipod connection fitted to the car by VW and its complete sh!te...

Do any of you guys know a way round this as VW have said the only way to do it is to get a whole new unit,they promptly directed me to a new Kenwood unit at a whopping £1000.00.....

That is what I ended up doing. I didn't regret it though as the unit was great.

The RCD310, 510 and RNS 510 units can all be used with the VW MDI interface, but I don't think you can retro-fit the MDI interface to an RCD300 or 500.

[Komenda]

You can get an Aux in, but it comes as part of the arm rest. I have the ipod dock in the arm rest but it also has an aux in socket on the front. I have the RCD 300 head unit with a parrot handsfree and it all works off the steering wheel.

[sprout99]

You can get an Aux in, but it comes as part of the arm rest. I have the ipod dock in the arm rest but it also has an aux in socket on the front. I have the RCD 300 head unit with a parrot handsfree and it all works off the steering wheel.

that was 2007 onwards.

Aux in was not fitted before that unless you buy te kit that replaces the glove box light