LarsA
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Guys,
I just registered with this Forum; greetings to you all! I've owned my 2010 GTI for a little under 2 months. Love the car, but am pretty disappointed with how my iPhone (3GS) works (or rather, doesn't work) with the GTI's 9W2 system. I've read many posts on this subject all over the web, but am still looking for a solution.
I've paired my iPhone with the car's Bluetooth (several times!) and the car usually recognizes the phone as soon as I get in the car, but the connection drops very soon thereafter. If I keep my phone on (i.e., leave the screen turned on), the BT connection seems to stay on; however, leaving the screen on will eat up the battery too fast. I've tried getting around this problem by plugging in the MDI cable, but then audio connectivity gets troublesome, and/or the system won't recognize the iPhone as an external media source. If I start playing an album on the phone before plugging it in, sometimes the system will start playing it - via BT, I believe; sometimes that doesn't work either!
I have a feeling this is just an iPhone issue; other BT-enabled phones seem to work just fine via the 9W2 system. It just ticks me off that some of the things that sold me on the GTI - the iPod/iPhone-specific MDI cable and BT connectivity - aren't working as advertised (at least not in my case.)
Sorry for rambling. I'd really appreciate any help/input you all might offer. Thanks in advance!
LarsA
I just registered with this Forum; greetings to you all! I've owned my 2010 GTI for a little under 2 months. Love the car, but am pretty disappointed with how my iPhone (3GS) works (or rather, doesn't work) with the GTI's 9W2 system. I've read many posts on this subject all over the web, but am still looking for a solution.
I've paired my iPhone with the car's Bluetooth (several times!) and the car usually recognizes the phone as soon as I get in the car, but the connection drops very soon thereafter. If I keep my phone on (i.e., leave the screen turned on), the BT connection seems to stay on; however, leaving the screen on will eat up the battery too fast. I've tried getting around this problem by plugging in the MDI cable, but then audio connectivity gets troublesome, and/or the system won't recognize the iPhone as an external media source. If I start playing an album on the phone before plugging it in, sometimes the system will start playing it - via BT, I believe; sometimes that doesn't work either!
I have a feeling this is just an iPhone issue; other BT-enabled phones seem to work just fine via the 9W2 system. It just ticks me off that some of the things that sold me on the GTI - the iPod/iPhone-specific MDI cable and BT connectivity - aren't working as advertised (at least not in my case.)
Sorry for rambling. I'd really appreciate any help/input you all might offer. Thanks in advance!
LarsA
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