Putting in tech shed, though arguably car related.......

 

Taken delivery of a VAG group motor, which has a MEDIA-IN connection.  Helpfully, this already had a USB cable plugged in, so I though I could just whack the iPod into it and rock on.

However, ...."device not supported" as it treats the ipod cable as an extension.

 

So I need a dedicated MDI to Lightning cable. Frightfully expensive from the dealer and visting ebay and various VAG forums further confused me by lots of green collared cables, specifying Mk7 Golf connectivity, but research suggested I need a white collared one for the Mk6.  Which makes no sense at all to me.

 

Anyone got an MDI to lightning cable on a Skoda constructed between 2009-2012 could give me a part number from theirs or a pic of the MDI end to verify colour?

 

Thanks for suggestions

You could always by a non Apple product.

 

I play music via USB, SD Card and BlueTooth with no issues.

Is your lightening USB cable an official apple one? I think that makes a difference as I'm sure others have connected by USB instead of buying the proper MDI cable.

May find a thread via search

It's an official cable, the one that came with the Nano.  But you can't connect that to the usb/mdi lead (well, you physically can, but it only charges, won't relay audio) and the car doesn't have a USB socket directly built in, hence my query.

Tried using the bluetooth connection on the nano, won't connect/see the car stereo and vice versa.

All my music is in iTunes, so not sure about dumping it all on an SD card, which would be next preferred option over using the Nano directly.  BT audio frommy windows phone has proved a bit hit and miss from the phone so far - worked great for two days, aside from continously taking over from when I was listening to a CD/radio station (found the auto play option finally) but then this morning has stopped showing track and artist detail/playback control options on the stereo, only from device.

 

Looks like I can however use a 30pin iPod MDI cable with the 30pin/lightning adaptor and get it working.  Not the cheapest or most elegant solution, but 30% cheaper than buying a dedicated cable for the Nano.

The latter is what my son does and it works fine. You need the proper adaptor though as the cheap copies don't do audio.

chrisgreen on the Rapid forums is something of an expert on this.  He tracked down a cheap cable (advertised for BMW Mini) that does the biz.