I have been trying to get the MDI installed by the guy who installed our Columbus unit but seem to be hitting a brick wall as to what I need to purchase.

 

Can anyone tell me what I need to buy and how much it will cost?  I am aware that I will need to get it coded as well.

Depending on your columbus, I'd be looking at 5N0057342B as I think that's everything you need in a nice and tidy official VW package.

 

There is some more information here: http://www.my-gti.com/688/volkswagen-media-device-interface-mdi-retrofit

 

I've not tried this so you should double check before ordering that it's what you need.

To be honest I wouldn't bother. I had one fitted when I ordered the car for use with my ipod. Yes it is connected but I find that using SD cards is just as good and they don't take up any space in the centre colsole box.

To be honest I wouldn't bother. I had one fitted when I ordered the car for use with my ipod. Yes it is connected but I find that using SD cards is just as good and they don't take up any space in the centre colsole box.

 

Cheers. Might just save the money and get a couple of SDs then instead.  Is the max size of an SD still going to be 32GB for the Columbus?

Cheers. Might just save the money and get a couple of SDs then instead.  Is the max size of an SD still going to be 32GB for the Columbus?

Yes it is. There is plentiful of room on a 32gig card.

If you are creating them from iTunes remember that the default file format doesn't work.

Go to the top menu in iTunes and find "create a new version" and pick mp3. It will create copies and if you show the column " file type" I think it's called you can easily identify them. Create folders on the SD card, I name the folders with the artists name but this is your choice, then drag or copy and paste the songs you want. You still see all the info in Columbus e.g. artist, song title. Just remember to get Black SD cards then when they are in the slot you don't see them. I got a blue coloured card once and it really irritated me.