9w7 retrofitted but no phone menu in white full MFD, why?

[logger]

OK thanks for the explanation. Not much difference it seems between K & L then so will probably go for the best price.
Will go hunting for some install threads.

[tigger73]

What I did during my choice was to find a version that had the manufacture date more similar as possible to the version of the head unit (in my case a RCD 510), take a look at this topic where expert forum member tigger73 advice the thing with more details: RCD 510 3C8 035 190 C or 3C8 035 195 F and 9w7 BT compatibility.

Hey I don't claim to be a guru on BT units I just did a fair bit of research from available information when I was looking to retrofit a BT unit into my 2011 Tiguan and the features I really wanted was the phonebook in MFD/RCD510.

In the end I gave up trying to find if the unit was going to be compatible and just confirmed with the seller that it had the features I was after. IMHO there is not enough information available on the various BT units to know difinitively all the compatibility/features/issues of each of the models.

Usually the newer BT units will have improved compatibility with newer phones. I have heard of some of the older BT units having issues with connecting to newer phones - though haven't experienced it myself.

I've also heard newer BT units can have compatibility issues with older head units (again this is not my personal experience just what I have heard). So I upgraded both head unit and BT at around the same time to pretty much current model units with no issues - plus got the features I was after.

I do make calls while in the car so being able to search contacts through the head unit/steering wheel is very useful (don't use audio streaming so not that interested plus I have MDI which I mainly just use for charging my iphone (I know it's a major waste but it came with the car).