Couple of Questions about ATP & MDI

[TheCarMadDad]

Right,

Firstly, I've had to spec my GTD with ATP as I wanted the heated front screen. How exactly does it work? Is it a cable from your phone to a port near the centre arm rest? VW doesn't seem to make it very clear, unless i'm missing something?

Secondly, I understand my car will come with the MDI port as VW have sorted the issue with ATP option deleting the MDI. My question is will the car come supplied with a cable or will I have to buy one separately? If it does come with a cable can I specify an iPhone5 cable with the dealer or whoever?

Thanks in advance

[2014GTi]

Hiya,

right.....

The Advanced Telephone Kit works by you putting you phone inside the special inductive pocket which is located in the centre armrest, you will also get a USB charge point in there too, just use your normal iPhone/Android cable. The port is only for power and doesn't link to anything else in the car.

The MDI port is located in the front cubby hole ahead of the gear knob, you should get a iPhone MDI cable with the car, some have been lucky to get both the iPhone 4 30-pin cable and the iPhone 5 lightening cable, others didn't get one and some like myself managed to get the dealership to swap my blue collar cable for the red one.

If you want album art and the ability to play iTunes movie try and get the red MDI iPhone 4 cable, the iPhone 5 has a green collar and worths just like the red one.

Hope that helps. 

[TheCarMadDad]

So when you say play iTunes movie do you mean I can watch movies on the composition screen?

[2014GTi]

So when you say play iTunes movie do you mean I can watch movies on the composition screen?

Correct but only when the car is stationary snd using the iPhone 4 red collar or iPhone 5 green collar cables

[TheCarMadDad]

So when you say play iTunes movie do you mean I can watch movies on the composition screen?

Correct but only when the car is stationary snd using the iPhone 4 red collar or iPhone 5 green collar cables

Excellent, thanks very much for clearing this up. When I speak to my dealer again I'll shall ask if it could be supplied with a green collar cable for my iPhone 5 (as a freebie of course!)

[iandjm]

Hi,

The heated screen and APT work really well. I am totally impressed.  The screen comes on automatically when needed, as well as coming on when you select the windscreen max button on the climate controls.  You will not be disappointed

Ian

[Mk1Macca]

I thought video playback was only possible with the Nav Pro?

I have discover nav and the green lightening lead, but no joy. It can see a video folder, but claims there re no playable files in it.

Does the ATP make any difference to playback?

[stuart.cameron]

Anyone know if you can play video from the USB connector with the Nav Pro?

[TheCarMadDad]

Hi,

The heated screen and APT work really well. I am totally impressed.  The screen comes on automatically when needed, as well as coming on when you select the windscreen max button on the climate controls.  You will not be disappointed

Ian

Yeah i'll be nice one of my pet hates is a fogged windscreen. A shame you have to spec ATP with the screen though.

[iandjm]

Hi,

The heated screen and APT work really well. I am totally impressed.  The screen comes on automatically when needed, as well as coming on when you select the windscreen max button on the climate controls.  You will not be disappointed

Ian

Yeah i'll be nice one of my pet hates is a fogged windscreen. A shame you have to spec ATP with the screen though.

True but the screen does attenuate the signal.  My remote control for the parking barrier will not work if I am facing it, but will if beside one of the side windows