Importing photos for mobile phone contacts?

[Pommyboi]

I've paired my Samsung Galaxy SII with the Golf and the contacts have imported with no problem but none of the photos against the contacts are showing.

I've checked the user guide for the car and it doesn't define what mobiles or operating systems are acceptable or if there are any particular formats the photos should be in. For this simple function not to work on Android is really odd but then album artwork doesn't show for my iPod so why am I surprised.

I'll put another call into the dealer tomorrow but I thought I might have more luck finding an answer on here.

Thx in advance.

[steve scott]

Good luck... I can't get this to work either and it annoys me that the album art seems to have a mind of its own... it sometimes displays the art on my iphone, sometimes a random cartoon type generic "rock/pop" picture and sometimes alternative album art?!? Also... why does coverflow only work for the jukebox and not iPod connections?!?!

I'm also surprised that VW can't integrate a feature that automatically changes the satnav display to night time mode at either a given time or with the light sensor... this is not rocket science! I actually wonder how VW managed to make such a hash of something that should be so simple and intuitive to use?!

[DaveB666]

Apparently the issue with album artwork is actually down to an incorrect cable being supplied with the car -
MK7 Golf MDI Ipod Cable Lead Red Collar ID3 Tags Video Discover Media & Pro GT | eBay

note the red collar on the cable

[steve scott]

Dropped into VW St Ives (cambs) today and they can't get the images to work with my iphone 3GS. He suggested trying a newer iphone to see if its a phone hardware issue.... So it doesn't work with Android, or IOS..... what phones does it work with?

I'm not sure about the red cable issue as my cable has a blue collar and it works with most album artwork other than the niggle I mentioned above.

[Pommyboi]

@DaveB

I wondered if it was something to do with the cable, similar issues exist with Audis having the correct cable to display artwork and usually the dealer seems to supply it. I will go back to them and ask, £36 seems steep for something like that. No wonder the P&P is free!

Also I only have a iPod classic (latest generation) as I have a lot of music - so maybe that is an issue.

It would be nice to find a list of 'approved' phones to use with the car.

[steve scott]

The cable shouldn't make a difference as the phone pairs and the contacts sync via bluetooth, not the MMI

[Huftons]

Anybody managed to get phone contact pictures to appear on the Discover Media system? It doesn't seem to work with my iPhone 5 (although all other functions work fine when connected via bluetooth). Was looking for a Phone compatibility list for VW (to see which features work on which phones) but can't find one.

[steve scott]

I've still had no joy with an iphone 3gs and my local VW dealer told me to try with an iphone 5.... To be honest, I'm disappointed with VAG; it seems that it could be great but it just seems to fall short on so many levels. Why the hell can't it change the time for BST? Why does the sat nav not auto dim/go to night mode when the car has an ambient light sensor? Why do the windows/sun roof not close when it starts to rain (it says it can do this in the manual but no option in the system)... and what the hell is convenience conversions and why doesn't it do anything?! Also... my drivers side wiper doesn't wipe away the water on the reverse stroke, leaving a trail of small droplets right in my line of sight...... £28k car?!?! It could be fantastic.... but its actually a bit amateur

[Norbreck21a]

With regards to the Night / Day mode of the Sat Nav, whilst I don;'t have my car yet, I'm looking at a copy of the Skoda Columbus user manual I downloaded form the web (which is a re badged version of the VW Discover Nav Pro), for the brand new Octavia and on page 44 of that manual (under Navigation Settings) - it says:

In the main menu of Navigation mode, press the small settings button in the lower right hand corner - then Map
there is an entry called "Day/Night" which according to the manual has 3 settings -

Day - Sets a light coloured background

Night - sets a dark coloured background

Automatic - automatic switching between day and night mode depending on the position of the light switch or the ambient light sensor.

I presume it's the same on the Golf ?

[lozzer]

With regards to the Night / Day mode of the Sat Nav, whilst I don;'t have my car yet, I'm looking at a copy of the Skoda Columbus user manual I downloaded form the web (which is a re badged version of the VW Discover Nav Pro), for the brand new Octavia and on page 44 of that manual (under Navigation Settings) - it says:

In the main menu of Navigation mode, press the small settings button in the lower right hand corner - then Map
there is an entry called "Day/Night" which according to the manual has 3 settings -

Day - Sets a light coloured background

Night - sets a dark coloured background

Automatic - automatic switching between day and night mode depending on the position of the light switch or the ambient light sensor.

I presume it's the same on the Golf ?

it is.