Reply With QuoteGive me the $500 and I'll change the radio station for you when you ask
Dubber
So is voice control for a Mk7 R a VCDS adjustment? I have had one dealer tell me that its just not available, and another say they can do it for $500. Does anyone know the truth on this?
Cheers,
B
Volkswagenist
Give me the $500 and I'll change the radio station for you when you ask
Volkswagen Fanatic
Have the car remember your AC Air Re-circulation setting
Came from here
GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum - View Single Post - GOLF MK7 VCDS TWEAKS
Last edited by readerr0r; 01-05-2014 at 10:37 PM.
MY16 Octavia RS 162 Race Blue Combi
MY12 Skoda Octavia RS 147 Black Combi - Sold
Volkswagen Fanatic
Andrew: Yes, voice control on my Golf was installed late last year by my dealer after I had many, many and then many more long conversations with the inappropriately named "Customer Care" folk at VWA. Through sheer persistence, I eventually got the facility installed as a warranty matter.Originally Posted by veew
.
Unfortunately, the answer is no. VWW's resident VCDS mentor (Ryan_R) and I tried to back-solve the long-coding changes that occurred on my car after voice control was install. To cut a long story short, our conclusion (which also involved contributions from other VWW members) was that whilst there was a VCDS tweak involved in enabling voice control, it also required the installation of specific software (I recall that Jdbrown1953's suggestion was that the software installed the actual voice command data set into the vehicle).
.Give me the $500 and I'll change the radio station for you when you ask
Blabba: I would take-up Ryan_R's offer if I were you. The value proposition in his suggestion has nothing to do with voice control. Rather, the benefit (for you) is that he can teach you a lot about VW's whilst he is sitting in the passenger seat (obediently waiting for your voice commands)!
Last edited by DV52; 03-05-2014 at 09:29 AM.
Please don't PM to ask questions about coding, or vehicle repairs. The better place to deal with these matters is on-line, in the forum proper. That way you get the benefit of the expertise of the wider forum! Thank you.
Volkswagen Fanatic
readerr0r: Need your help- what exactly does this tweak actually do? I looked-up automatic re-circulation settings in the manual (page 267). The manual talks about the vehicle going into recirculation mode if:"the system detects an increase in the concentration of noxious substances in the outside air"This sounds like a good facility to have in the cabin, but doesn't the car need to have some form of transducer(s) to monitor air quality before noxious gases can be detected? Or do these transducers come as standard equipment in the Golf 7?
Please don't PM to ask questions about coding, or vehicle repairs. The better place to deal with these matters is on-line, in the forum proper. That way you get the benefit of the expertise of the wider forum! Thank you.
Volkswagenist
Unsure on the Mk7, but on the Mk6 comfortline they are standard (but turned off by default).
Press 'recirc' once to turn it on (manual), press it twice to turn it on auto detect mode.
Volkswagen Fanatic
Yup but what the setting does is remember it when you turn off the car. I think a few people mentioned their annoyance that when they switch on their car its forgotten whatever setting it was set to prior. Ie turn on your car it'll always be set to fresh air mode instead of auto recirc
MY16 Octavia RS 162 Race Blue Combi
MY12 Skoda Octavia RS 147 Black Combi - Sold
Volkswagenist
I assume it just remembers however it was set when you turned the car off, just like the 'remember heated seat setting' tweak.
Volkswagen Fanatic
In reading through the posts on this thread, it seems that VW has a real strange philosophy when it comes to optioning their vehicles. What's clear from the many posts here and on overseas forums is that the Golf mk7 (and I assume other VW cars) comes standard with a rich inventory of options already installed in the car regardless of the version purchased. However, many (if not most) of these options appear to be switched-off as a default.
The default-off strategy makes sense if VW then offer to switch-on these hidden options at a further cost to car buyers. However, to my knowledge, VW doesn't appear to do this for most (many) of the facilities mentioned on this thread (one exception being "Voice control" -at the outrageous price of $400-ish).
Why have all these goodies already installed in these cars and then have them switched-off as a default? It doesn't make sense. Can anyone shed light on this real strange sales strategy?
Last edited by DV52; 03-05-2014 at 09:55 AM.
Please don't PM to ask questions about coding, or vehicle repairs. The better place to deal with these matters is on-line, in the forum proper. That way you get the benefit of the expertise of the wider forum! Thank you.
Dubber
@ Ryan_R, just let me know where to pick you upbut your paying for your own lunch.
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks