Whats with the removable bluetooth screen thingie?

[NRD80Y]

I was told no by the dealer..

Just got this confimration from my dealership:

We have spoken to our product team and in turn the factory.

It is not possible to have the Bluetooth cradle not installed/omitted.

This has been requested previously hence the prompt response.

Derek Wolfenden
Logistics Specialist
Planning & Logistics

Volkswagen Group Australia
24 Muir Road
Chullora NSW 2190

[readerr0r]

If you're worried about Smash and grab, please note that the touch adapter can be removed from it's base.

You can even put any phone-specific bury unit in there too if you wanted wired communication and charging.
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[Lassie1982]

If you're worried about Smash and grab, please note that the touch adapter can be removed from it's base.

You can even put any phone-specific bury unit in there too if you wanted wired communication and charging.
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I know, but its annoying

Im SO glad i have the RCD510 unit to control the bluetooth. Controlling it with the bluetooth touch screen is not practical or safe at all. You need to take both eyes completely off the road, no speed dials, and navigating takes a fair few button pushes, and i need to lean forward to reach it (i am pretty short though), would have been much better if mounted closer to the steering wheel.
Im yet to see how good the voice activation is, its still 'learning' my voice, and i dont even have an aussie accent really!
I think this one was a fail on VW's part, great that they are including bluetooth as standard - but not keen on the design and functionality.

Incidentally does anyone know if the message reading function is available in australia? I cant get it to work - is this a europe only feature?

[GTI mk6]

Yep, I do understand that the touch adaptor can be removed from its cradle, but if it wasn't mounted on the dash in such a stupid place to start with, it wouldn't be something to remember to remove if concerned.

I don't know if there's enough room (don't have the car) but is there anywhere on the drivers side by drivers door that it could have gone?
I hope to hear from VGA today as a follow up on the blue tooth, looks like the touch screen adaptor needs to be installed for Bluetooth to work, BUT all I want to know is if Patricks can install it elsewhere (our choosing) as I am hoping just the wiring is installed during production and not the hole in the dash as well...surely not?

Personally, I think they should have fully integrated Bluetooth into the RCD510 or as it appears the GTI has another unit under the drivers seat...wired that so the touch screen doesn't need to be included as a tacky add on.

[gavs]

It's just rubbish really because you can buy the whole Bluetooth setup for the RCD510 and not have any touch screen thingy an it still works the same, as people on here have shown.

[readerr0r]

I'm just happy that there's a factory installed 9W7 unit sitting under the seat, so I just have to figure out how to remote the touch adapter and enjoy the 9W7 with the 2012 RNS510 I bought

[Molotov]

Wow. If they did this on a Cherry or Great Wall people would laugh so to see it on a VW is embarrassing.

[GTI mk6]

RE: BLUETOOTH ADAPTOR/CRADLE INSTALLATION

I have now received the info today from VGA that I've been waiting to have confirmed.
Unfortunately it's not what I had hoped to hear

Both the wiring and cradle installation is done during production which of course includes the hole drilled in the dash.....
So.....we are all stuck with this thing being installed and mounted in the same stupid place on the dash, like it or not.
the only think Patricks do is stick the touch screen into the cradle (this lines up with the MY12/12.5. Bulletin I saw which stated the touch screen would be sent separately)....guess that's so no nibble fingers flog it at the wharf etc?

If the cradle had been attached with double sided tape (dealership misinformed me or VAG have changed that) at least we may have been able to move it, but the old hole drilled into the dash has stuffed that up nicely huh

[steven]

I have also been supplied with the latest POLO brochure in PDF format which was printed in Mar 2012 but a printing error states it's Mar 2011 which VGA are having rectified.

Any chance that someone's found this on the VW website? Seems to still have the 2011 brochure

[NRD80Y]

Wonder if there is anyone out there that could produce a dash strip that covers up the hole and runs along the top of the glove box? Something that looks standard, in a silver, or a piano black, or even covered in leather with the GTI red stitching.