On 28 February 2017 at 11:21, cswrighty said:

Navigation works surprisingly well using Siri (as long as you have a decent signal).

 

Plugs in to the normal USB socket.

 

Not used the navigation enough to fully understand its flaws and faults. Only annoying thing with the music is that it will often forget where you were in a song on your next journey.

I have been sidetracked here a little, but can you see the iPhone navigation maps on your display via carplay?  Also does anyone else know where there is anything like carplay that works with Android phones?  Anyway, moving back to the iPod problem, I have spoken to dealer and they are looking at it shortly.  What should I be telling them, based on experience (I intend to take iPod, iPhone 4 and 2 USB cables)?  I notice from the posts that some people are having complete success with an iPod Classic (via the USB).  My car is s 2016 model incidently.

On 11/03/2017 at 11:37, Hoorgi said:

I have been sidetracked here a little, but can you see the iPhone navigation maps on your display via carplay?  Also does anyone else know where there is anything like carplay that works with Android phones?  Anyway, moving back to the iPod problem, I have spoken to dealer and they are looking at it shortly.  What should I be telling them, based on experience (I intend to take iPod, iPhone 4 and 2 USB cables)?  I notice from the posts that some people are having complete success with an iPod Classic (via the USB).  My car is s 2016 model incidently.

 

Yes the maps and POI show on the car screen.

 

Think there is an Android alternative.

Thanks Any thoughts on the other part of my post? 

 

On 3/11/2017 at 12:37, Hoorgi said:

I have been sidetracked here a little, but can you see the iPhone navigation maps on your display via carplay?  Also does anyone else know where there is anything like carplay that works with Android phones?  Anyway, moving back to the iPod problem, I have spoken to dealer and they are looking at it shortly.  What should I be telling them, based on experience (I intend to take iPod, iPhone 4 and 2 USB cables)?  I notice from the posts that some people are having complete success with an iPod Classic (via the USB).  My car is s 2016 model incidently.

I tested on my brand new Superb with Columbus infotainment system and iPhone connection works perfectly (simple music via usb of bluetooth or carplay)

But my iPod 5G is not accessible (although the skoda logo appears on it)

I tried with another new car in the dealership and same issue

They opened a case with the factory and will let me know...

 

I really want this to work because it's the only way to have a large library of music organized like a database! the internal disk is useless (8GB free...) and external USB drives or SD cards can only be used in file exploring mode, or with every track in the same folder to let random play work. At least on the iPod I can search by artist, genre, playlist...

I even hacked my iPod to have 1TB in there! If this works it will be a dream ;o)

On ‎04‎/‎01‎/‎2016 at 20:04, cswrighty said:

No takers on the iPod + usb combo yet then?

 

That's what I do. Is there another way? I like the fact that it charges my phone whilst playing music.

So it works properly (is yours 13 + Octavia), without any stutter? 

On my progress on getting the IPod classic to work via USB (rather than the 'stutter'  They just told me that the problem was known and that the car software needed updating and they will let me know, when this is available. that was around 5 weeks ago.  Interesting to see whether this problem is eventually resolved.  Got them to install Smartlink yesterday, but not tried it yet.

No issues thus far. I've connected an iPad, iPod and my iPhone to the car (2017 model) and it works fine.

just to be 100% certain....

 

i have just bought an Octavia vRS 2014 model, the sound system seems to be the bolero non sat nav with USB port.  there is so much conflicting info out there i wanted to get a few things straight....

 

1. to be able to properly read iPod i would require the media connector to replace the USB connector then add a matsui cable to the mix for the iPod to work (wired) and allow playlist retrieval?

2. the apple lightening cable will not work with the media connector even if it was installed, period? 

3. The iPod only connects via blue tooth but provides no control from the car, Does this mean i cannot read iPod playlists even via bluetooth? 

4. i have to go to a third party to have the head unit replaced as the media port cannot be retrofit to my Balero headunit (no NAV and just the USB AUX port).

 

i have a 13 Kia Carens basic system that blows this Skoda system out of the water, reads iPod natively with full tracklists, covers, everything.

 

I'm really disappointed because i thought a car like this should at least have iPod control through the head unit as standard, i should have done more research. 

 

If all of the above is true has anyone else switch their unit for an android based one eg. Xtrons? if yes what control was lost? ie do the steering control stop and the car info TPMS etc ? I like the car info and setup functions on the balero, is there a way to retain the functionality with an android based head unit? 

 

 

It may not be the answer you're looking for, but it might worth seeing whether SmartLink can be retrofitted at your local Skoda garage. You'll then be able to use an android phone to use car play (Google maps/Spotify/Audible/WhatsApp/music on your device) or Apple's carplay (Apple maps/music on your device/and I think Spotify too? Not sure). I think it costs around £150 in England. It's probably worth checking out before going down changing the headunit. 

 

I have a 16 plate vrs and SmartLink is great for my needs. 

ive read from a dealership site that its not possible to retrofit smartlink unfortunately. so all options are stuffed. no ipod integration in way at all other than just pause and play.... thats a total joke on a £25K+ car

Sorry to dredge up an old thread.

 

I can't work out how to connect my ipod classic to my car stereo.  The car is a 65 plate Octavia, The manual refers to "Bolero and Amundsen infotainment systems"

 

I've tried using the USB port with the cable i used to connect the ipod to the PC and nothing happens.  I'm probably missing something obvious.

On 17/03/2022 at 10:51, King_Suckerman said:

Sorry to dredge up an old thread.

 

I can't work out how to connect my ipod classic to my car stereo.  The car is a 65 plate Octavia, The manual refers to "Bolero and Amundsen infotainment systems"

 

I've tried using the USB port with the cable i used to connect the ipod to the PC and nothing happens.  I'm probably missing something obvious.

 

I'm not too familiar with iPods as i've never owned one but you might have to use a 3.5mm Jack to 3.5mm Jack cable to plug from the headphone jack on the iPod to the car and use the iPod to select your music.