Media Device Interface - MDI & AUX Questions

[lunar1]

VW did a lot of co-branding w/apple in the past, at least in the states, so am surprised they don't have a more straightforward ipod integration.

Wires and connectors are so 2009...lol

Must be a bluetooth/wi-fi hack or more effective 3rd party HW approach out there.

[G-rig]

VW did a lot of co-branding w/apple in the past, at least in the states, so am surprised they don't have a more straightforward ipod integration.

Wires and connectors are so 2009...lol

Must be a bluetooth/wi-fi hack or more effective 3rd party HW approach out there.

I kind of agree, but it's also cool that you can retrofit the ipod connections to a stock head unit.

Although you'd think soon that new head units should be being designed with that in mind so you only have to plug in an ipod cable like the Alpines etc, but even those need a proprietry cable. Would be good if the MDI did video as well.

[Maverick]

VW did a lot of co-branding w/apple in the past, at least in the states, so am surprised they don't have a more straightforward ipod integration.

Wires and connectors are so 2009...lol

Must be a bluetooth/wi-fi hack or more effective 3rd party HW approach out there.

Yeah let's ignore APPLE's specifications and come up with some half arsed bluetooth connection that causes nothing but problems, gives poor sound quality and requires drivers to mess around with a hand held device when driving. And how is the IPOD going to be charged when driving?

What is more straightforward than plugging in an IPOD to the head unit via the MDI, the IPOD being charged and being given full control via the factory head unit? This allows you to leave the IPOD in the car so the music is always online.

[G-rig]

What is more straightforward than plugging in an IPOD to the head unit via the MDI, the IPOD being charged and being given full control via the factory head unit? This allows you to leave the IPOD in the car so the music is always online.

Some people don't get it, but i think the MDI is well worth the money & glad I got one (just not cheap but BMW and Audi accessories are more).

[Corey_R]

lol... it always amuses me when Apple customers purchase an Apple product which Apple tells them how to use (i.e. iPods MUST be used with iTunes... unless you use some 3rd party 'hack' tool) and then question why a standard USB port won't allow them to play their music via the MDI.

It's the same reason you can't plug in your iPod to a computer via USB and play the music without iTunes.

Some people need to think before they post and place blame with the wrong company! Apple have been doing this for years now peoples! :/

[brodzta_GTI]

im not sure if anyones mentioned this but the MDI charges both 12volt and 5volt ipods.. the factory fit units are in the centre console and the ipod hides in there. the dealer fit units are behind the headunit and the cable is run into the glovebox. there a much better unit then the older ipod kits that were " dealer fit" only.

[Maverick]

lol... it always amuses me when Apple customers purchase an Apple product which Apple tells them how to use (i.e. iPods MUST be used with iTunes... unless you use some 3rd party 'hack' tool) and then question why a standard USB port won't allow them to play their music via the MDI.

It's the same reason you can't plug in your iPod to a computer via USB and play the music without iTunes.

Some people need to think before they post and place blame with the wrong company! Apple have been doing this for years now peoples! :/

Just like you can use the MDI for music but you can't use it for telephone calls because Apple have restricted the use of the audio out on the connector to music only. You have to use bluetooth for telephone calls

So many restrictions on the product and how you use it but people still flock to it like sheep. Apple sure hit the jackpot with the ipod/iphone; more addictive and profitable than methamphetamine, your customers don't suffer from methbugs or end up dead in an alley so keep coming back for more and to top it off they're legal.

[Corey_R]

So many restrictions on the product and how you use it but people still flock to it like sheep. Apple sure hit the jackpot with the ipod/iphone; more addictive and profitable than methamphetamine, your customers don't suffer from methbugs or end up dead in an alley so keep coming back for more and to top it off they're legal.

Yeah - I've heard Apple customers being referred to as Sheeple many times over the past year. And lol @ the drugs analogy

[G-rig]

Apple have very clever marketing but products are still fairly idiot proof and 'just work'.

I'm not an apple fanboi by any means and was dead against it for ages (mostly the fact you have to use itunes & their formats.

It's still better than USB anyway as USB doesn't allow gapless playback or support lossless file types.