RCD510, MDI and iPod skipping

[AdamD]

Still wondering why some work, and some don't, though. I did change my RCD310 for an RCD510, as a "plug and play" swap... As I understand it, the MDI is a "stand alone" box, and the problem rests entirely with it... nothing to "set up" or code between the head unit and the MDI.

Yep, AFAIK the MDI does all the work communicating with the iPod, and just provides a device-nonspecific interface to the head unit for controlling playback and receiving an audio stream. That's how I assume they'd have implemented it.

I'm guessing the real variance between user experiences relates to different iPod hardware and software revisions, and how they provide audio to the connected device (eg MDI). IIRC, the iPod connector doesn't actually provide a digital signal at all, but rather an analogue one, which the MDI passes up to the head unit for amplification.

[Banzai]

On a related note, I've noticed that the song information displayed on the headunit is often wrong. About 10 to 15% of the time it doesn't change when a new track starts. I've had this happen with 3 different iPod/iPhones.

Can't say I've had the skipping issue, at least not the way it has been described here.

Using standard Mk6 head unit and VW's optional iPod cable.

[orkers]

I used to get the incorrect track being displayed, but the recent update seems to have fixed this.

[Whitegti11]

Just did the update in my my11 adidas, seems to have fixed the skipping at the start for me... so far.

Does anyone else have an issue if they connect an iphone 4 to the mdi cable before the bluetooth connects, once the bluetooth connects no more music is played through the head unit. You have to disconnect the iphone from the cable and plug it back in to get it to work.

[orkers]

Yes I get the bluetooth/MDI connection problem all the time. It is more to do with the iPhone defaulting to the most recent audio output, so If you plug into the MDI, then bluetooth audio comes along, it will change the output to BT. You can manually change it back to MDI via the iPod software (hit the little speaker symbol in bottom right), but I just tend to wait until BT has connected and then connect the MDI.

It is still a bit of a pain though. Wish iOS had a default output option.