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Offline Sootchucker

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Standard Media screen size
« on: 16 March 2015, 07:48 »
Hi guys, just a quick question please.

The wife and I were in our local VW dealer yesterday (just browsing  :grin:), and as the wife has a Polo Blue GT (which she loves), she was quite interested in the new Polo GTi (which they had one in).

I won't go into a debate on the Polo, but one thing I noticed is that they now have MK7 type electronics i.e. Golf 7 Steering wheel, head units etc, with all the snazzy display screens we get on our MK7's. However, looking at the head unit and reading the brochure, it seems the Polo gets a composition media unit (with the option of composition Navigation), but the screens are 6.3" diagonal rather than the 5.8" of the MK7's.

Now whilst it doesn't sound a lot, one of the reasons I went for the Nav Pro in my GTD was that I thought the standard screen looked a little "lost" in the dash, and didn't like the very thick frame around the edge, which (to my eye only), looked like looking at the screen though a tunnel. Somehow, the screen in the Polo (albeit just a little larger), looked brilliant and I could see if that was offered in the MK7, I wouldn't have chosen the nav pro. Does anyone know if this slightly larger screen system is coming to the MK7 platform ? It also seems to have full SMS capability built in (whilst at standstill), and allows you to read and compose SMS messages,  something certainly mine doesn't do. Also, at last (at least looking at the one in the showroom), the DAB radio shows full slideshows and radio data graphics that fill the screen (a major annoying on my £1700 system that can't do it !).
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Offline Booth11

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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #1 on: 16 March 2015, 07:54 »
It's rumoured that the larger screen may be brought in at bw22 or possibly bw45.  Those of us with a post 22 build week (mines est 28) live in hope  :smiley:
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #2 on: 16 March 2015, 07:57 »
Ah thanks, here's hoping.

For others (whilst not the best pictures), here's a couple of just grabbed off the web. As you can see, the Polo (1st image) system has a much smaller frame running around the edge of the screen which makes it appear much larger.



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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #3 on: 16 March 2015, 09:33 »
I was under the impression that only the Polo GTI gets our style of steering wheel, not the rest of the Polo.range. Did you get many pics of the GTI? Definitely a contender for the wife if I can't get a job at her place when I'm made redundant.
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #4 on: 16 March 2015, 10:11 »
Nah sorry MH. The only GTI they had was in the compound at the back and it was a a sold car, so whilst we could look from a distance, we couldn't get in it (for obvious reasons).

They did however have two other Polo's in the Showroom (an SEL and an SE I think), standard models, but they both had the composition media system (albeit no nav) and the MK7 steering wheel (with no adaptive cruise though, this is an option on the Polo, so that button in the middle on the left side appears to just be a blank).

Did look really nice though.

As an aside, couldn't believe how many Golf R's they had round the back - I must have counted about 25-30, in all colours and all with the standard 18" alloys - and everyone was sold - on leases !
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #5 on: 16 March 2015, 17:43 »
As a matter of interest which VW dealer where they at?
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #6 on: 16 March 2015, 18:52 »
My wife has a new Polo and it's not just a bit bigger, the screen resolution is higher... Album art which won't show on my Discover Nav does show on the Polo's media screen.... Bugs the hell out of me!
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #7 on: 16 March 2015, 18:59 »
The 2nd picture is the smaller version on the golf 7 surely?? The nav pro is bigger than that or have I misunderstood?
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #8 on: 16 March 2015, 19:34 »
Quote from: mcmaddy on 16 March 2015, 18:59
The 2nd picture is the smaller version on the golf 7 surely?? The nav pro is bigger than that or have I misunderstood?

Looks to me that the first pic is the Polo GTI, and with only 1 screen size available, there is no need for the huge surrounding frame that we see on the second pic (standard Golf screen) that makes the aperture difference between the standard Golf/discover nav (that needs the frame) and the Pro screen (which doesn't). Your Pro screen will be bigger than the Polo's.
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Re: Standard Media screen size
« Reply #9 on: 16 March 2015, 19:41 »
I'd still get the nav pro as the big screen looks perfect. The polo unit doesn't look lost even though it's only 0.7 inches bigger.
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