Advanced Tele Prep means no MDI Port

[adey V]

I wonder if the only solution is under sales of goods act, ie not as advertised and get them to take the whole car back that might make them do something! I'm also wondering what everyone else is doing who has this prob. or are they not worried as it is not really a car performance issue just really annoying when you have just coughed up the best part of £33,000.

[jivemonkey]

I wonder if the only solution is under sales of goods act, ie not as advertised and get them to take the whole car back that might make them do something! I'm also wondering what everyone else is doing who has this prob. or are they not worried as it is not really a car performance issue just really annoying when you have just coughed up the best part of £33,000.

I'm taking delivery of my GTD tomorrow with the telephone prep, and I'm pretty much expecting the worse and have no iPod compatible MDI port. This may not be a performance issue for me, but an incredible oversight and one which is going to cause me grief to no end.

I wouldn't mind too much, as I know I can pair the bluetooth, but that doesn't give you any control over the standard 'pause/play/previous/next', you need to grab your phone and start browsing for music whenever road conditions allow. In addition to this, at least 80% of my library is coded to AAC which the VW system doesn't decode (to my knowledge), so that's SD card out of the window unless I re-encode my entire library. Not really practical.

At the end of the day I'll live with it (do we have a choice?!) and get over it, I'll be driving a new GTD for god sake. Still not good for the amount of money I'm parting with for the car, especially as it's got Dynaudio.

Then again, maybe it's Karma at play....only ordered on Saturday just gone and picking up tomorrow.. Can't complain. Got to love folk who cancel orderders days/ weeks from delivery.

[adey V]

would not worry as I'm sure VW have a few weeks after my build week started putting MDI ports back in, let me know when you get yours if its in as that's a good admission of a cock up by VW!

[2014GTi]

would not worry as I'm sure VW have a few weeks after my build week started putting MDI ports back in, let me know when you get yours if its in as that's a good admission of a cock up by VW!

Correct, mine came with MDI and it is a BW46 car. 

[jivemonkey]

would not worry as I'm sure VW have a few weeks after my build week started putting MDI ports back in, let me know when you get yours if its in as that's a good admission of a cock up by VW!

Correct, mine came with MDI and it is a BW46 car. 

 

[matchboy]

I wouldn't mind too much, as I know I can pair the bluetooth, but that doesn't give you any control over the standard 'pause/play/previous/next', you need to grab your phone and start browsing for music whenever road conditions allow. In addition to this, at least 80% of my library is coded to AAC which the VW system doesn't decode (to my knowledge), so that's SD card out of the window unless I re-encode my entire library. Not really practical.

You can control the songs via bluetooth ie. back, next, pause.  I'm unsure if you can select a playlist as well via the screen as I tend to put it on a playlist and leave it on there - but you can certainly use the basic functions.

[jivemonkey]

That's right, as I mentioned you can do the basic controls but anything over that you've got to head over to your phone. I'm too indecisive to play an entire playlist, I tend to switch between albums as the mood takes me 

[jivemonkey]

Just seen this in the Golf GTI/GTD price and spec list effective from 3/11/13.


So they're supplying the lightning to 30pin adaptor now?! 

Edit:

Here's the pricelist link:

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/assets/common/pdf/pricelists/golf-gti-vii-pricelist.pdf

Can't get to it directly via the website, but came across it when Googling "golf gtd vii numberplate". Go figure.

[C2K]

That's quite interesting, as I have an old Ipod, but the mrs has a new one so am going to need both connections.

Point of note to hang the dealer with!

[2014GTi]

Another marketing blunder... all cars made after BW45 should come with a MDI to Lightening cable (green collar).
I have already posted the part numbers in the MDI cable thread.