MDI Question & iPod integration

[Pepe]

Picked up my Golf on Friday, has MDI installed.

Drove out of the dealer with the iPod plugged in, got all the control info on the RNS-510 headunit no problems... but alas, no sound.

Drove back to the dealer, and was told that the rather ugly wiring harness they'd supplied, which involves one connection to the MDI interface, a USB female adapter, then a Y-harness with USB male to iPod and 3.5mm plug. This requires the iPod to be plugged into the harness, which then requires the 3.5mm to be plugged into the AUX-IN socket in the centre console.

It's a pretty in-elegant solution with a thick wire coming sticking out of the centre console... it surprises me that the harness doesn't carry audio and requires a separate plug for that.

So, have they just wired it up wrong or is it really supposed to be like that?

[raph]

My MDI with Ipod adapter in my Octavia just has the plug into the ipod from MDI, i think they are telling you porkys

[hazamatic]

No you don't need the 3.5mm cable. Only the MDI interface cable the should plug into the bottom of your iPod.

[Pepe]

Thanks for the reply guys... guess who I'll be on the phone to in the morning

[Pepe]

Follow up on this... I had indeed been given the standard MDI-USB connector with a weird 3 way USB-iPod-3.5mm harness. Quoted the proper part number to the dealer and we're doing a swapover on it.

Thanks again for the advice