Mk6 Golf Bluetooth that works with iPhone. Need advice and Dealer Help!

[Umai Naa!!]

The cheap one is rubbish and doesnt actually intergrate with the car correctly.

and their premium unit only works with a very very very select group of phones that support remote sim access...

Bollocks.

The Standard Bluetooth kit pairs up, and providing you've set your phone up correctly, works every time. What more do you want the entry-level kit to do? For the majority of customers this is all they require.

As for RSAP-capable phones, there's tonnes out there. Every Nokia N-series phone has RSAP, as do all the Nokia E-series phones, and there's plenty more that Nokia do. Not to mention HTC's various models. Seriously, the list is growing all the time.

[G-rig]

I think the problem is it didn't work with iphone though?

The on-dash is a good cheaper solution for people that dont want to go all out, depending how much it is.

[Corey_R]

It's just the premium kit that uses rSAP and requires a Nokia (mostly) phone.

The basic kit apparently works fine with the iPhone.

[Umai Naa!!]

Don't blame Volkswagen and Nokia for that. Blame Apple for their ignorance to compatibility.

Besides, you can always jailbreak an Iphone to do what you want with it.

[G-rig]

The skoda kit is what the dealers should be selling and installing.. proper OEM equipment and works with most phones that i know of (I have the kit and works perfectly).

Being the same company can't understand why Skoda get the better stuff, all the part numbers would be the same and everything.

I already upgraded my last phone to suit a bluetooth kit (Alpine) but didn't worth with it either so gave up on the whole system and got the RNS510 and OEM Skoda.

Considering how many people have iphones it would be good to make sure it works with them (especially for the price of premium dealer bluetooth).

I bet that dash thing costs more than a Parrot brand of the same thing, so why wouldn't you buy that.

[Swallowtail]

Don't blame Volkswagen and Nokia for that. Blame Apple for their ignorance to compatibility.

Besides, you can always jailbreak an Iphone to do what you want with it.

LOL....

VW Group have a perfectly good solution in the Skoda kit - fully integrated, voice control, works with every BT phone.

The iPhone is one of MANY current gen phones that doesn't do RSAP.

And are you seriously suggesting that people hack their $1000 phones just to get it to work with a Bluetooth system?

The % of phones that support RSAP is by far in the majority, and it is not increasing particularly rapidly. Unless you have some industry evidence and proof that is not available to the rest of us?

But we should blame Apple...

Riiiiight....

The cheap kit *is* rubbish, particularly when you see how much $ they ask for it. It does not integrate with the car properly (try pressing the phone button on an RNS510 in a car with the cheap kit installed). It's not bollocks, it's fact.

So now, to get around the fact that people want a BlueTooth kit that integrates, does voice control, etc, but works with the most popular phones on the market, they bring out this horrible stick on dash thing...

But it's all Apple's fault, right?

[flappa]

This is the one single area that REALLY craps me about VW.

Why on earth have all the buttons and controls, and THEN have to pay extra to get the to work and not have stupid non functioning buttons . . . . ridiculous.

Not enough to not buy the GTI , but struth , how freakin annoying

I believe my Dealer has provided a decent compromise, as its what they use in their cars . . . time will tell

[Umai Naa!!]

Swallowtail, I don't have all the answers for you. I don't make decisions for VW, nor do I build the cars. I just maintain them, and fit accessories for customers who occasionally may not have done all their research.

As a dealership, we have been most flexible with those who may have ticked option boxes that may not have been suitable for them. Given the sheer simplicity of installing the VW/Nokia kit, it's easily removable and can be moved onto another car, and other avenues are explored. Others use the process as an excuse to upgrade their phone anyway.

People jailbreak Iphones for all sorts of reasons. The limited Bluetooth capabilitied being one of them.

The Skoda kit looks like a bit of a ball-ache to install. Scotch-locks and crimp joints? No thanks.

[Umai Naa!!]

This is the one single area that REALLY craps me about VW.

Why on earth have all the buttons and controls, and THEN have to pay extra to get the to work and not have stupid non functioning buttons . . . . ridiculous.

Not enough to not buy the GTI , but struth , how freakin annoying

I believe my Dealer has provided a decent compromise, as its what they use in their cars . . . time will tell

Holden does it, too. From their point of view, it kinda makes sense. People want everything at their fingertips, but I bet they wont want to pay the $500 or so to include a different steering wheel in a Bluetooth kit.

[logger]

Will the basic BT kit work with the RCD310? and if so.. does it connect to a non JB iPhone? and if so.. Does it display stuff on MFD &/or radio?