Official iPod connector fitted yesterday. Nice VW symbol appears on the ipod when you plug it in. Lives in the glovebox. Took the tech about 70 mins to fit. He did an excellent job. However when first plugged in (video iPod 5th gen), it wouldn't play properly. It just looped the first few seconds, a bit like a stuck vinyl record. This was cured by(my idea!) reseting the iPod (press menu and centre button until apple appears, then press << and centre button again until function list appears, then select reset option). It worked fine after this.
Operation:
I have an RCD500, so you press CD twice to get to the 6 iPod 'channels'. 1-5 are the first 5 playlists, 6 is the entire song list. Track indicator only goes up to 99 then starts again at 1, playlists can be as long as you like. No track info of course. Mix button works. Scan too if you have that one. You get seamless integration with CD and radio.
You can't operate the ipod manually while it's connected.
So the key is setting up your playlists. (eg one for Podcasts, one for metal, etc etc)
Not sure how much it cost as we never agreed a price. (its in the £150 area?? quite expensive as you can get similar-not VW bits of kit on ebay for £40, but these may/will invalidate your warranty)
Overall impression-An essential addition.
cutting edge stuff eh!ÂÂÂ
