Cluster Staging.......

[KennyGTI]

I turned on the beep confirmation and had it on for about 24 hours before realising it was tacky and took it off 

I think the beep was thought to be cool in 1988, when people would look and marvel at the way you could open your car without using the key. Or at least that's what we liked to think they were thinking. 

Someone showing their age!? 

[Rislar]

Lol I suppose it could be a little cheesy but what the hell I'll play for a while yet 

[Keithuk]

Yes I did the needle staging last year.

Cluster Staging / Gauge Needle Sweep
 
Now I've seen this feature on YouTube a few times but they only show the Golf GTI doing this. I searched around and a user on another forum who has a GTD as enabled this feature on his.
 
Now this will depend which type of instrument cluster you have fitted it must be an 'H' type. If you want to know how you find which type of cluster you have read here
 
Select 17-Instruments
 

 
Select Adaptation - 10
 

 
Select Staging from the combobox
 

 
If it hasn’t been changed it will say not active in the Stored value
 
Select active from the New value combobox and click Do It!. You will get a message are you sure you want to change not active to active just click yes.
 

 
Now when I activated mine I turned the ignition off then on and the needles didn’t sweep I tried this a couple of times. I turned off and removed the key then inserted it and turned on and the both needles swept.

[Rislar]

That's the baby Keith, it amuses me every time I get in 

[Cliff_944]

Thanks Keith..... Like having a new toy!

[Keithuk]

Thanks Keith..... Like having a new toy!

So your next toy is going to the VCDS then is it?

[Cliff_944]

Thanks Keith..... Like having a new toy!

So your next toy is going to the VCDS then is it?

My new toy is watching those dials sweep   
Found someone in Croydon who likes beer tokens and followed your instructions (including doing it twice as it did not work first time)!  I though about the free download version and buying a cable, but I'm unsure if the free version is worth it......

[Keithuk]

You don't have to do it twice as I said.

Now when I activated mine I turned the ignition off then on and the needles didn’t sweep I tried this a couple of times. I turned off and removed the key then inserted it and turned on and the both needles swept.

You just have to remove the key then switch it back on.