Thought I'd check out the NaV Pro connected stuff with the New GTD

[scanesare]

These menus and apps look great. I've specced a Nav Pro unit in mine mainly for the larger screen but no idea it had all those features, I guess this should give your passenger a full-time job, lol.

What is the maximum SD card supported capacity and file format? (FAT, NTFS)

[kalimon]

I've been using a 32GB Sandisk class 10 SDHC card since I got my car and it's quite glitchy.
It's easily confused and freezes up if it doesn't like the command you've given it.
I formatted an old 4GB usb stick to FAT32 today and it plays my music files no problem so I'll see how that goes reliabilty wise.

[p3asa]

3. I still use my two SD cards for most of my music as they take no power, no data and are always available without having to hook the phone up (or playing via bluetooth). Also with two cards there's a massive capacity as well. On mine it's a CD / DVD player and I quite often find myself (when waiting for the wife at the train station when she goes on meetings), watching a DVD in car 

Do you still get the 10Gb hard drive?

[Sootchucker]

Yep, although I've not used the internal hard drive since my RNS-510 days on the MK5 Golf.

[scanesare]

double post

[scanesare]

Do you still get the 10Gb hard drive?

Isn't that a 60gb ssd or thereabouts with 10gb being accessible from the user for music storage?  Talking about the Discover Pro
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[p3asa]

Do you still get the 10Gb hard drive?

Isn't that a 60gb ssd or thereabouts with 10gb being accessible from the user for music storage?  Talking about the Discover Pro

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Yeah I've just checked. 64Gb but that must be for the Nav system as only 10Gb is available to the user.
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/navigation-and-entertainment-systems/discover-nav-pro

[scanesare]

Do you still get the 10Gb hard drive?

Isn't that a 60gb ssd or thereabouts with 10gb being accessible from the user for music storage?  Talking about the Discover Pro

Yeah I've just checked. 64Gb but that must be for the Nav system as only 10Gb is available to the user.
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/navigation-and-entertainment-systems/discover-nav-pro
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I wonder whether you can unlock more space for music. Surely the maps can't be more than 10-15gb. I got an IT buddie that said he'd like to take a look at this QNX O/S and see what "options" might be available for playing with...

[mjh_056]

mjh_056....

Only had the car a few days so no time for any real testing, but here are my initial thoughts anyway in answer to your questions

1. It is quicker (I think) but not by much as I already came from a Nav Pro so that already had the faster processor and more memory than the smaller unit, but yes, it does feel a little snappier (especially when switching from one screen to the next). Start up times from cold seem about the same.

2. UI wise, there are a few. Fonts are different (and slightly smaller) on the Media screens, allowing more of the track title/artist to be shown and just looks a bit neater. Radio wise, the DAB and FM logos are now automatically downloaded over the air and show correctly in full size when on the station information screen (this never worked on MIB I). The "CAR" menus now has additional "Think Blue" screen (naff), and I have coded in the Off Road screen (in the absence so far of the performance screen that the MY17 cars are getting).

Also, one big and welcome change is that rather than pressing the CAR button then having to press the small menu button in the lower left hand side of the screen to switch between screens (car status, journey stats etc.) you can now just keep pressing the CAR button and it will cycle through all the screens available which is much quicker and safer. There are many other small changes that just add up so a better experience overall.

3. I still use my two SD cards for most of my music as they take no power, no data and are always available without having to hook the phone up (or playing via bluetooth). Also with two cards there's a massive capacity as well. On mine it's a CD / DVD player and I quite often find myself (when waiting for the wife at the train station when she goes on meetings), watching a DVD in car 

4. Not used it myself (as most of my music is on SD cards) but might be something I'll try in future with either Deezer or Spotify?

5. I'm sure the new 6.5 screen will be leaps and bounds better than the older 5.8" screen as it now has the resolution of the Nav Pro.

Thank you sir! from reading this and your other post, pretty convinced that this minor irritant that is the MIB 1 will maybe become pleasurable with the improvements and additional App-Connect alongside being able to add 2 phones. What did note the most was that the screen resolution of standard unit is to match the Pro! yes! as its pretty grainy and poor at present so much needed uplift.

Have you had to upload the DAB station Icons? Only one station automatically picks up the logo and thats Heart, the rest including all the BBC use my uploaded logos and on full screen they remain small. Was hoping this would be improved somehow? Any thoughts on the DAB?

[Sootchucker]

Hmm, it's taken me a week, but I have found something that's worse with MIB II that the older model.

Firstly, whilst I do prefer having a proper USB socket rather than a proprietary MDI socket (for the ease of swapping phones and units over via their default cable), one of the advantages of the MDI socket what that when I connected my Ipod touch (with the lightning connector), all my music videos and movies on the Ipod would play through the screen. I think that's because the MDI socket contained the electronics and licencing from Apple for it to work, but the USB socket appears to be just that - a USB socket with no digital rights authorisation. Looks like I'm going to have to rip all my videos and port across to one of the SD cards 

I've also noticed when playing a video from an SD card, whilst it plays fine, the image is very dark (the shadows are pure black), and there doesn't seem to be an option to adjust brightness, contrast and colour like on the earlier unit ?

I suppose with all the improvements, something had to give ?