DHA Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Does anyone with a new UK GTI (ie delivered in the last few months) know if MP3 CDs will play in UK cars or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 apparently the new gtis with the rcd500 have a small mp3 logo on the front of the unit and the unit plays mp3s. I have the MY2006 model and mine doesn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 It would appear that my UK car delivered yesterday does not play MP3s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trefor Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Our 1 week old GTI refers to supporting MP3s in the manual (RCD500). Not tried it yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yeah it says it in my manual, but there is the small grey print below the header saying "in MP3 equiped cars" or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 are you burning the mp3s in accordance with the manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I think so. I have burnt them directly from iTunes onto a CD-RW (it says it supports R and RW discs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 before admitting defeat, I suggest you try using a cdr as cdrws generally tend to have more problems being read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ok will try it after the weekend. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Tried a cdr and it still says CDROM and ejects the disc Shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_is_Back Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 So, I finally got around to trying this out and - hey presto - it works! Sorry about the crap photos, not my camera so I didn't know how to turn the flash off. I just created a playlist in iTunes and burnt it as a MP3 CD. It even displays the Artist, Album and Track Name. I was considering the iPod adaptor but now I can have about 60 albums avaiable direct from the head unit. Awesome. I need to play a bit more as I think that if you stick the albums into separate folders you can select them individually rather the CD playing as one big list. Does anybody have the RCD500 manual that explains the MP3 functions? I never got one with my car (import) and haven't bothered to get hold of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 shouldn't that tune say "Jack don't be hasty"? I suspect that you were lucky with your HU as most seem to come with no mp3 cd playback function, your unit being listed as an extra cost option in the German vw website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_is_Back Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Er, yeah, it took a while didn't it?! So the UK model RCD500 still doesn't have MP3 function, I thought the later models might as someone mentioned a Polo with MP3 in another thread. Interesting. What a bonus for me, I actually have no idea which country my car came from but I collected it July 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMB Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 [ QUOTE ] but I collected it July 2007. [/ QUOTE ] wow, is that pre-announcing a spec change? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_is_Back Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] but I collected it July 2007. [/ QUOTE ] wow, is that pre-announcing a spec change? ;-) [/ QUOTE ] Crap. 2006. Maybe it will come true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smizit Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 If anyone has a RCD500 with MP3 that they want to sell pls drop me a line. Thanks, smizit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 As some of you guys have found out theres more than one version of the RCD500, only the ones with MP3 below the CD slot can play MP3s the others don't, It does seem hit and miss if you get this unit in the UK 90% of the time you don't unless there was a screw up on the production line or its an import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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