MDI niggles

[night_flight]

does anyone know if there is extension cable male to female for iphone? I know there are lots of them on ebay but I hear many don't work. Anyone who has it and tested it let me know please.

[alphabeatsco]

does anyone have problem with MDI recognising the USB? i have two MDi cables.
1 for iphone and other for USB stick.
occasionally i need to unplug it and plug it back in for the device to recognise.
BUT this morning, no matter how many times i plug the USB stick in, it just won't recognise it. any solutions? possibly need to format?

[Beaker]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned (I'm not reading 32 pages to see). But I've found that the iPod/iPhone MDI connection has issues if its plugged in before the Bluetooth sorts out the phone connection and downloads the phonebook.

If you wait until the bluetooth has done its bit before plugging in the iGear it all works fine.


As for Apple knocking - its overpriced and a little frustrating that you can't do certain stuff. BUT - my iPhone is the first bit of IT gear that I have just plugged in and its worked, it updates, it downloads, it sychronises - first time, everytime, no messing around, no 'accept update', no blue screen of death, no 'not compatible'. It just works the way it should with no additional imput from me - I will happily pay extra for that again.

[Maverick]

as for apple knocking - its overpriced and a little frustrating that you can't do certain stuff. But - my iphone is the first bit of it gear that i have just plugged in and its worked, it updates, it downloads, it sychronises - first time, everytime, no messing around, no 'accept update', no blue screen of death, no 'not compatible'. it just works the way it should with no additional imput from me - i will happily pay extra for that again.

lol.......

i'm not sure if this has been mentioned (i'm not reading 32 pages to see). but i've found that the ipod/iphone mdi connection has issues if its plugged in before the bluetooth sorts out the phone connection and downloads the phonebook.

if you wait until the bluetooth has done its bit before plugging in the igear it all works fine.

[Beaker]

lol.......

Hate to disapoint you Maverick its a VW issue, not an Apple issue - the phone is happy to dump its data into a bluetooth device and play music at the same time (it does it quite happly in my other car), this seems to be the great VW's stereo/BT that can't handle too things at the same time.

Don't let your hatred cloud the fact that maybe VW isn't perfect.

And yes there are things about Apple that **** me to tears as well (not being able to use the 32Gb storage in my iPhone to move a simple file from work to home being the chief of them)!

[Maverick]

Hate to disapoint you Maverick its a VW issue, not an Apple issue - the phone is happy to dump its data into a bluetooth device and play music at the same time (it does it quite happly in my other car), this seems to be the great VW's stereo/BT that can't handle too things at the same time.

Hate to break to you but your beloved Apple is responsible for one of the buggiest bits of hardware on the market.

The MDI uses Apple's Specifications for the interface, there is no magic here and it works most of the time (except when Apple make changes to firmware which can break the interface and this applies to many devices that interface to the icrud/iturd in this manner). The MDI is separate to the head unit and has it's own processor and the same applies to the bluetooth. These are all separate systems that can do what they want when they want unlike some all in one headunits.

VW's various bluetooth implementations use the bluetooth specifications unlike Apple's bluetooth which is poorly implemented, buggy and requires restarting at times just to get it to connect.

So I think I can say with confidence that any fault about connecting to two devices at once lies with the non multitasking Apple ITurd(tm).

Don't let your hatred cloud the fact that maybe VW isn't perfect.

My dislike for Apple has nothing to do with calling it as it is.

And yes there are things about Apple that **** me to tears as well (not being able to use the 32Gb storage in my iPhone to move a simple file from work to home being the chief of them)!

If you keep buying their products you're just condoning their behaviour. Plenty of options out there that are superior in every way like Android OS phones.

[Tux]

If you keep buying their products you're just condoning their behaviour. Plenty of options out there that are superior in every way like Android OS phones.

You really should use 'IMO' a bit more as that's all it is...

[sharkablue]

Hate to break to you but your beloved Apple is responsible for one of the buggiest bits of hardware on the market.

The MDI uses Apple's Specifications for the interface, there is no magic here and it works most of the time (except when Apple make changes to firmware which can break the interface and this applies to many devices that interface to the icrud/iturd in this manner). The MDI is separate to the head unit and has it's own processor and the same applies to the bluetooth. These are all separate systems that can do what they want when they want unlike some all in one headunits.

VW's various bluetooth implementations use the bluetooth specifications unlike Apple's bluetooth which is poorly implemented, buggy and requires restarting at times just to get it to connect.

So I think I can say with confidence that any fault about connecting to two devices at once lies with the non multitasking Apple ITurd(tm).



My dislike for Apple has nothing to do with calling it as it is.



If you keep buying their products you're just condoning their behaviour. Plenty of options out there that are superior in every way like Android OS phones.

Sorry to say Maverick. I have an iphone 3GS at present and had a 3G before that. Im in no way a fanboy, I couldnt care less about Apple or Google or whatever.

However when my iphones were plugged into my Toyota, which has a iPod interface, along with touch screen navigation and bluetooth. Everything worked fine. No issues. No needing to restart or anything.

My mates have a Alpine and Pioneer setup in each of there cars, and agian, not a single issue. Works as it should.

The major issue was with my coverage, which is Optus's fault there.

So with that in mind, I would tend to believe that even though VW claim it is up to Apple's specs, there are clearly issues with it that need addressing. Because if it works fine from other manufactures...

This might also explain why when the iphones or ipods are plugged into the MDI that they sometimes get those errors that states "This accessory is not designed for the iPhone" or whatever it says.

I have personally ordered the MDI on my upcoming GTI, and by the looks of it, I will have the iPhone 4 before I get my hands on the car (just). So I will post my feedback on how it goes.