Advanced Tele Prep means no MDI Port

[corgi]

The point here is though that if you have the advanced telephone preparation then you don't have an MDI port and if you did, it is not in the armrest where the ATP is...

Mine was built BW46 and has no MDI port... I'm not bothered because I have an old ipod in the cubby under the dash and a Y cable, I have the SD card slot, an I can stream music over bluetooth... and when I mentioned it to VW (I didn't complain, just asked if the MDI port was deleted when choosing the ATP) they gave me £250 (I chose John Lewis vouchers) from the VW Goodwill Catalogue...

 

[2014GTi]

The point here is though that if you have the advanced telephone preparation then you don't have an MDI port and if you did, it is not in the armrest where the ATP is...

Mine was built BW46 and has no MDI port... I'm not bothered because I have an old ipod in the cubby under the dash and a Y cable, I have the SD card slot, an I can stream music over bluetooth... and when I mentioned it to VW (I didn't complain, just asked if the MDI port was deleted when choosing the ATP) they gave me £250 (I chose John Lewis vouchers) from the VW Goodwill Catalogue...

 

Correct.... to be fair I just use the Adv Phone Kit and have my music on my SD card.... works for me. 
The DynAudio system is flawless.

[corgi]

The point here is though that if you have the advanced telephone preparation then you don't have an MDI port and if you did, it is not in the armrest where the ATP is...

Mine was built BW46 and has no MDI port... I'm not bothered because I have an old ipod in the cubby under the dash and a Y cable, I have the SD card slot, an I can stream music over bluetooth... and when I mentioned it to VW (I didn't complain, just asked if the MDI port was deleted when choosing the ATP) they gave me £250 (I chose John Lewis vouchers) from the VW Goodwill Catalogue...

 

Correct.... to be fair I just use the Adv Phone Kit and have my music on my SD card.... works for me. 
The DynAudio system is flawless.

The DynAudio is certainly not flawless... what system is? It is very good for the money though... significantly better than the Harman-Kardon in the g/f's BMW

[iandjm]

I have just been to the dealers to check my car, which has just arrived.  It has the MDI with the older apple lead (perfect as I have an IPOD I use for music in the car)  It was build week 48 

[2014GTi]

The point here is though that if you have the advanced telephone preparation then you don't have an MDI port and if you did, it is not in the armrest where the ATP is...

Mine was built BW46 and has no MDI port... I'm not bothered because I have an old ipod in the cubby under the dash and a Y cable, I have the SD card slot, an I can stream music over bluetooth... and when I mentioned it to VW (I didn't complain, just asked if the MDI port was deleted when choosing the ATP) they gave me £250 (I chose John Lewis vouchers) from the VW Goodwill Catalogue...

 

Correct.... to be fair I just use the Adv Phone Kit and have my music on my SD card.... works for me. 
The DynAudio system is flawless.

The DynAudio is certainly not flawless... what system is? It is very good for the money though... significantly better than the Harman-Kardon in the g/f's BMW

Ok perhaps flawless was a tad too strong, lol. I'm certainly glad I ordered it that's for sure.
Interesting, another car built after mine too hasn't come with the iPhone5 MDI cable, I can only imagine a stock shortage lol!

[Dirtycogs]

So - just to confirm - are cars spec'd with ATP now coming with MDI?

Also, another question - some people have said on this thread that you can't use ATP and MDI at the same time: is that just referring to the fact that you can't have one device plugged in at two places, or is there something preventing ATP and MDI working together if you have a phone and an iPod pllugged in at the same time?

This is the last decision I need to make to finalise my ideal spec, just need to sell the TT, then I can get me order in

[2014GTi]

So - just to confirm - are cars spec'd with ATP now coming with MDI?

Also, another question - some people have said on this thread that you can't use ATP and MDI at the same time: is that just referring to the fact that you can't have one device plugged in at two places, or is there something preventing ATP and MDI working together if you have a phone and an iPod pllugged in at the same time?

This is the last decision I need to make to finalise my ideal spec, just need to sell the TT, then I can get me order in

Hi,
All cars should now comes with MDI fitted as it was only the first lot of cars which had them missing when spec included ATP.
You can use a iPod and a phone in the ATP if you wanted to, they can work.
I was just referring to it being a problem if you have a iPhone and your music on the iPhone too.
You can't place the device in two places at the same time.

[jivemonkey]

Appreciate this is picking at an old wound, but it unfortunately applies! I'm currently having discussions with VW customer services about the omission of the MDI from my BW39 GTD and wondering if there is anyone else who manages to successfully resolve the issue and what the circumstances around it were?

I have had the car over a month now and as such fairly sure they won't be able to do much for me, have other people gone as far as rejecting vehicle at point of collection? Interested to know what resolution people got when they had already taken delivery.

I had enquired about the MDI prior to picking up (I wasn't told about it, I found out through this forum!) and as the car was only the second that the dealer had seen with the Advanced Phone Prep, I didn't get confirmation about the lack of MDI until a few days before collection (when they got the car).

Thoughts?

[iandjm]

Appreciate this is picking at an old wound, but it unfortunately applies! I'm currently having discussions with VW customer services about the omission of the MDI from my BW39 GTD and wondering if there is anyone else who manages to successfully resolve the issue and what the circumstances around it were?

I have had the car over a month now and as such fairly sure they won't be able to do much for me, have other people gone as far as rejecting vehicle at point of collection? Interested to know what resolution people got when they had already taken delivery.

I had enquired about the MDI prior to picking up (I wasn't told about it, I found out through this forum!) and as the car was only the second that the dealer had seen with the Advanced Phone Prep, I didn't get confirmation about the lack of MDI until a few days before collection (when they got the car).

Thoughts?

Hi,  Was your car one of the few that missed out somehow?  I have advanced phone prep, which works really well and also have an MDI. Really sorry to hear about your problems.

Ian

[jivemonkey]

Certainly was. Didn't think it would be that big a deal but having had it on the Mk 6 it's really irritating me!

Pain in the arse how the media system doesn't read the ID3 tags, and as such you have to manually sort them in to respective folders. What's the point having a 64 gig iPhone if you can't browse all that lovely music on the big screen..

Plus, it's about principle. It SHOULD have been there, so I want it there. I paid for it. VW screwed up and I'm at a disadvantage because of it.