Bluetooth Phone Prep on vRS

[Jake02]

Yeah and it's a bummer they don't offer bi-xenons, sunroof, 18" alloys and dynaudio standard as well. Sure many people don't want them but let's force them onto them and I'm sure they will be happy to pay the increased cost of the car.

In case you didn't notice all of these are options, if people want them they will order them and the price will be added onto the base car price just like if you want bluetooth which believe it or not the majority of people don't care about.

Sorry to correct, but the 18" wheels are standard equipment here .

[K1W1]

The most popular aftermarket premium kit would be Fiscon but to my knowledge it’s not compatible with iPhone version 4 software and some Blackberry phones as the firmware in the system is old. The only way this can be updated is via the manufacturer.

In my experience that's wrong.
My Fiscon and iPhone running iOS4.0.1 pair perfectly.
I had some initial problems with iOS4.0 transferring the phone book during pairing but after a reset of the phone and Fiscon so that they forgot about each other then found each other as a new pair everything works great again.
I updated to iOS40.0.1 the other night and they continue to have a happy relationship I made at least 6 calls from the car earlier today.
Based on my experience so far I'm happy to recommend a Fiscon.

[K1W1]

In case you didn't notice all of these are options, if people want them they will order them and the price will be added onto the base car price just like if you want bluetooth which believe it or not the majority of people don't care about.

I think that you are wrong as far as Bluetooth is concerned. The reality is that the vast majority of people driving cars have mobile phones in the car with them and the majority of those phones in 2010 are Bluetooth equipped. As it's now illegal in Victoria to even touch a phone that isn't in a cradle offering Bluetooth as standard should be considered a safety issue rather than a convenience or lifestyle option. Human nature means people do not ignore ringing phones. Plenty of other manufacturers from Europe (including VW group products), Japan, Korea and the US are now offering Bluetooth standard sometimes on even fairly low spec models so why not VW / Skoda?
For a company that prides itself on it's vehicle safety status the VW group really have dropped the ball here and will ultimately be dragged to the party as a late comer following the pack rather than as the leader thet pride themselves in being.

[Bayford Skoda]

In my experience that's wrong.
My Fiscon and iPhone running iOS4.0.1 pair perfectly.
I had some initial problems with iOS4.0 transferring the phone book during pairing but after a reset of the phone and Fiscon so that they forgot about each other then found each other as a new pair everything works great again.
I updated to iOS40.0.1 the other night and they continue to have a happy relationship I made at least 6 calls from the car earlier today.
Based on my experience so far I'm happy to recommend a Fiscon.

As I said, Its only to my knowledge and I wasn’t 100% sure. I have had 3 customers now who have had this issue with their Fiscon unit as it uses an earlier version of the Parrot chipset. 1 with iPhone and 2 with Blackberry handsets. We swapped a Fiscon Bluetooth system from a customer’s R36 and replaced it with our system because it wouldn’t pair with his iPhone 3GS. The company who fitted his Fiscon unit said it needed to go back to Germany to get updated.

Now whether that’s right, wrong or in-different I’m not sure but that’s what I’m led to believe.

[K1W1]

The age of the chipset in the Fiscon may have something to do with it mine was installed in Jan 2010 but my iPhone is an early 3G that is just on 2 years old now. My wifes 3GS also pairs and so do the kids late mode 3G phones so I actually have a 4 out of 4 success rate with iOS4 and Fiscon on my car.
My advice to anybody with issues is to delete the pairing then reset both devices and re pair them. Until I did that mine only worked so so after I did it it works perfectly. I suspect that the OS update screws up the pairing. The good thing is that it cost no money to do it.

The sending the Fiscon back to Germany for a firmware update bit is a pain when it's shown as a menu item. Why they can't do it off an SD card or a CD I have no idea. I guess Fiscon have their reasons.

[midlifecrisis]

Bluetooth isnt standard on any Australia spec Skoda... There is a genuine kit that can be fitted, but as its a dealer fitted accessory it depends on how nice your dealer is as to what they will charge for it.

Have Skoda changed this and made a Bluetooth kit available. If so can you give me details on what it does and costs? I am looking at getting it on a Octavia with a multifunction wheel/dsg.

[Gnat]

Had my Fiscon Basic Plus installed into my vRS last week, wasnt cheap, but I was after the "intergration" with the Bolero and I have to say I think it was worth it!
Aparently its a very tight fit behind the radio.
Switched on my Blackberry Bold 9700 and it pretty much connected straight away. Within a few seconds my address book was there.
They installed the special mic that goes on the roof near the interior light. Audio quality both ways is superb.
Radio etc mutes just before a call starts and unmutes itself.
Menu system is simple to use and displays different types of numbers very well (home vs work vs mobile etc) and it has programable 1-touch quickdials.

Only thing is I'm yet to find a manual for it !
I'm thinking its also meant to do something on the smaller dash-display (it doesnt), but not sure.

[K1W1]

Only thing is I'm yet to find a manual for it !
I'm thinking its also meant to do something on the smaller dash-display (it doesnt), but not sure.

I have a PDF user manual I got online from Fiscon. Ask Google and if you have no luck PM me an email address and I will send it to you.
You can set up the Maxidot display (the one between the speedo and tacho) to show call numbers and you can even use it to select numbers to ring using the wiper stalk controls. By default it's off but if you go into the Maxidot set up menu it's easy to activate. With the Bolero I found it fairly useless so I never bother with it. I would be ok if you just had a dumb radio.
One thing it took me a few times to work out. When you are actually speaking on a call the Bolero volume control adjusts the call volume independent of the radio volume.

[dec76]

Hi All,

I have just installed the new VW/Skoda/Seat 9W7 bluetooth kit on my Skoda Superb Wagon. Part number7P6 035 730 C

The unit comes with the wiring loom and is a snap to install.

I did a lot of research and even got my Uncle in Poland to go to the place i purchased it from to make sure it was legit.

It cost me $450 delivered to my door in OZ with priority post and a delay of only six days.

The company operates on an Ebay store and is very professional.

If you let them know what car/headunit(columbus)and steering wheel you have they will precode it to work staright away.

All you then have to do is use VCDS to turn it on within the cars canbus.

My iphone4 and wife blackberry torch works without hiccup and voice control works well. telephone book update straight away and give you all the call lists and data in the MFD. you can also control it via the navs touch screen.

Please see the link below to the item in their ebay store.

It is even easier if you have a MY11 car with the Nav as their is already the mic fr voice control in the centre roof consol which means less install time.

VW Bluetooth KIT RCD mfd3 RNS RNS510 7P6 + Audio A2DP - eBay (item 170512768603 end time Jan-08-11 15:40:16 PST)

Guys i am happy to help if you need to knoe more details!

Heath

[Brycem]

Heath,

Can you operate the phone using the buttons on the steering wheel?

Thanks

bryce