RNS 510-2010 EOS-Cant connect iPhone6

[VWEOSist]

Guys, Anyone can help me to on my EOS 2010 came with RNS 510, cant connect iphone6 to MDI/?? can be done??

[kamold]

Do you have a genuine MDI to lightning port cable?

[VWEOSist]

aahhh.. no.. i tried changing iPhone to USB mode and using genuine MDI to USB.

[Hillbilly]

The supplied cable with MDI is only a charging cable. You need to buy a proper audio enabled cable $80 from VW or about $15 on Ebay


As using it involved opening glovebox and the little drawer the midi is in I gave up and just use bluetooth as was a pain in the provebial

[The_Hawk]

Sadly the USB MDI cable is only for USB storage (and charging happens to work too). As Hillbilly has said, for everything else you need the appropriate MDI cable. I've got a couple of 30 Pin cables for the older iPhones/iPods which I still use.

My MDI is in the armrest which is a little easier should I want to go all hard wired. Since I've got a hard mount in the car for the phone I've also considered getting a lightning MDI cable (and maybe an extension) to get the phone dock wired up...

...but (again same as Hillbilly) I just use bluetooth and it works just fine. I'm a firm believer in hardwiring things and get that *technically* hard wired is better than bluetooth for quality... but then it sounds just fine to me in my car. Maybe if I was somewhere with less road noise with a better sound system I might care more



The genuine one looks like it should:
Genuine VW Volkswagen MDI Cable Lightning Cable FOR Iphone | eBay

Alot of the aftermarket ones looks like they are using the 3.5mm socket too... (which is no good for the iPhone 7 ). More hunting might turn up a better one, this was my 5 second search:
FOR Iphone 5 5s 6 Plus VW Music MDI Audi MMI Interface 3 5mm AUX Lightning Cable | eBay

[Hillbilly]

The best way for music if you have a RNS510 is stick it either on the HDD (takes ages to do) or stick it all on an SD card and play it off that.
Tidy, no cables needed and the phone will work as a phone over bluetooth.

I dont have data on my phone so never use it for anything other than calls

[VWEOSist]

Cool thanks for the links, will fix something by this weekend

[VWEOSist]

@Hillbilly

Bluetooth for calls is external device?? nothing to do with head mount device??

[Hillbilly]

@Hillbilly

Bluetooth for calls is external device?? nothing to do with head mount device??

Yes it is a unit on its own but shows up in the RNS510 screen when being used If you have an RNS510 you normally would have Bluetooth incorporated in the system

U can also play the music on your phone using it