Discover media - contacts photos and music album art?

[JoeGTI]

The bluetooth in my mk6 shows all my contacts from my iphone 4s so i can't see the new one being any different.

Jimble, all my contacts show fine alright (all numbers, names, etc) - iPhone 5 - it's just the contact photos that don't show up for me. I assume the Mk6 doesn't do that - I had an RNS in my MK6 and it definitely didn't have the capability to show contact photos.

[Andyduz]

Can anyone confirm the differences between the standard Bluetooth and the advanced phone prep? I have a rsap compatible Nokia phone for work and a personal iPhone 5. I've ordered the advanced phone prep in a company car but not sure how ( if at all) it will benefit the iPhone. Main use will obviously be work related but it would be good to get handsfree calls with synced contacts at the weekend on the iPhone

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/glossary/mobile-phone-preparation

Whereas the standard bluetooth just does the normal stuff, i.e. operate like a hands free kit, gives access to address book, play music etc...  The phone uses its own aerial.
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/glossary/bluetooth

Basically I think the advanced phone prep is only needed if you are on the phone all the time.  It will give you better signal, and reduce the load on the phone as it won't really be using any power for transmit and receive at all.  However, you can plug the phone into the car to charge so with standard bluetooth the only concern is how hot it might get!

Cheers Bill, should work ok for me then, similar to phone prep in my current Mk6 with RCD510 but with the added benefit of iPhone compatibility for none work calls. Hope they've sorted the Bluetooth on the Mk7 as quite often gets corrupted on Mk6

[mcmaddy]

considering android now outsells icrap by at least 3 to 1 now I can't understand why vw give you an iPhone lead and not a designated android one. at least have the option as not everyone has istuff

[Jimble]

The bluetooth in my mk6 shows all my contacts from my iphone 4s so i can't see the new one being any different.

Jimble, all my contacts show fine alright (all numbers, names, etc) - iPhone 5 - it's just the contact photos that don't show up for me. I assume the Mk6 doesn't do that - I had an RNS in my MK6 and it definitely didn't have the capability to show contact photos.

Sorry mate that was to answer Norbreck21a so i should've quoted him, no the mk6 definately doesn't do the photo's.

[peterdoherty]

Used an iPhone 4s in an MK7 S hire car and contacts were fine

[Sootchucker]

Peter, we are not talking about being able to use the Bluetooth with an IOS phone, but more that a new feature of the MK7 platform is being able to see a photo of the contact come up on the head unit. As I understand it, it's only working with non IOS phones at present ?

[peterdoherty]

Peter, we are not talking about being able to use the Bluetooth with an IOS phone, but more that a new feature of the MK7 platform is being able to see a photo of the contact come up on the head unit. As I understand it, it's only working with non IOS phones at present ?

Ah I don't use contact photos. I'm sure this is down to apple doing their own thing in ios rather than any industry common practice/standard

[GolfTi]

Any more ideas on this. (iPhone 4)

Some artwork will display others won't. Contact pics won't display. Same via bluetooth or cable.

Tried converting to mp 3 no change, I've seen a couple of items on the web which recommended mp3 tag and music converter software. Looked a bit dodgy when downloaded as it is part of a bundle so I removed it.

There must be a simpler way..

[Gryzor]

Tried converting to mp 3 no change, I've seen a couple of items on the web which recommended mp3 tag and music converter software. Looked a bit dodgy when downloaded as it is part of a bundle so I removed it.

There must be a simpler way..

I had zero issues when I tested my MP3s in a Mk7 with discover media:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=256340.msg2352469#msg2352469

Whether artwork shows or not will depend to a point on the format of the picture, but more the pixel size.  Make it an embedded JPG, less than 500x500, and you should have no problems.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Any more ideas on this. (iPhone 4)

Some artwork will display others won't. Contact pics won't display. Same via bluetooth or cable.

Tried converting to mp 3 no change, I've seen a couple of items on the web which recommended mp3 tag and music converter software. Looked a bit dodgy when downloaded as it is part of a bundle so I removed it.

There must be a simpler way..

Did you have a look at this?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak6qlrbZ8PM

Basically it seems you need to insert suitable images into the files (suitably low res I assume) and then convert the files to something other than the protected format apple likes to use.

I don't have any experience with iphones so can't comment on the contact photos, but I would guess that below a certain size is required again.  It may seem like a big job to change them all but if you're anything like me 95% of your calls are with only 5 contacts, so you can just change those ones and you're most of the way there.