Superb MDI - iPod Cable

[rapidattack]

Hey,

Does the MDI iPod interface/cable come standard on an Elegance Wagon?


Thanks

Rapid

[SKODA vRS147]

Just checked the brochure on the website and it states that it is an optional extra for the elegance.

[rapidattack]

Bummer!

Thanks

[monkeysrus]

ebay one

VW MDI IPOD CABLE SCIROCCO GOLF POLO SKODA LEAD media (eBay item 260719724866 end time 20-Jan-11 08:52:42 AEDST) : Vehicle Parts Accessories

[Inego]

It's a real annoyance - logic would suggest that the interface and cables be bundled so that annoyed new owners don't have to hassle to get the cables and start off their Skoda ownership on the wrong foot!!!!

[dArK5HaD0w]

It's a real annoyance - logic would suggest that the interface and cables be bundled so that annoyed new owners don't have to hassle to get the cables and start off their Skoda ownership on the wrong foot!!!!

it is ridiculous eh!!
its like selling u a hifi system, but the speakers r optional!! WTF!?!?!

[CanberravRS]

Not everyone owns an Ipoop. So they wont bundle unless its the most common phone on the market which it isn't.

[Inego]

Not everyone owns an Ipoop. So they wont bundle unless its the most common phone on the market which it isn't.

But they only bundle, if the dealers even tell you that there isn't a cable supplied. And at $90 to get one cable you want and two you don't need, it's BS. Or to have your new car delivered with the MDI option you specifically ordered and find that you can't connect whatever thing you have and you get angry. As I did. And then went and ordered the single cable I needed from ebay, when I prob wouldn't have questioned the price of the option, cables included, at around $320-350.

[K1W1]

The only reason I use MDI is to charge my iPhone. As a way of connecting an iPod the 3.5mm outlet in the glove box is way better.

[rapidattack]

OK so i picked it up today, with my MDI and ipooop cable....its cool.

Seems like they forgot to install my bluetooth (idiots!), however thats a different story.

Dont want to sound like a dope, but where or how do I jam a USB stick into this bad boy now?

[K1W1]

Dont want to sound like a dope, but where or how do I jam a USB stick into this bad boy now?

You spend another $90 or thereabouts and buy the cable with the USB end on it rather than the iPod end. Seriously!

[dArK5HaD0w]

OK so i picked it up today, with my MDI and ipooop cable....its cool.
Dont want to sound like a dope, but where or how do I jam a USB stick into this bad boy now?

mate....just get a SD card!!! why spend 90 odd bucks on a cable so u can connect it to the mdi, when an sd card will slot right in!?!?!
no need for a usb stick!
most computers/laptops come with a builtin sdcard reader. worst case, get urself an external usb sdcard reader for $20-30 bucks, and u have no excuse for being able to transfer files to/from pc/laptop and sdcard!!

in the end though, choice is urs.

[K1W1]

mate....just get a SD card!!! why spend 90 odd bucks on a cable so u can connect it to the mdi, when an sd card will slot right in!?!?!

Yep I totally agree with that one but that wasn't the answer to the question. I use a 16GB SDHC card I brought ages ago for $40 or so.

[dazag]

I got the MDI-USB cable off ebay in the end for $25 I think it was and a 16gb USB stick for $24 at Big W, beauty of the USB stick is it loads/responds quicker then most SD cards.

[K1W1]

beauty of the USB stick is it loads/responds quicker then most SD cards.

Are you talking about in the Bolero or generally.
I'd be real surprised if a USB stick had a higher read/write rate than an SD card but the Boleros SD interface sucks so in the context of the sound system I could understand.