Picked up my MY 2014 BE today

[A6ian]

Just a quick update on some well discussed topics, some which seem to be a little controversial and were definately not 100% clear (to me anyway)

1. I have the bluetooth low option with the iphone 5 cradle (iphone 5s IOS 7.0.3) and can now confirm that this is more than a mere charger. Without moving I get 2 bars when out 4 bars when in the cradle. I don't know how it does it, all I know is it does, to be honest I don't care.

2. The Colur DIS is simply class, I can't compare to anything else but I can just confirm that it was worth the 200 quid for the layered effect it gives.

3. The lighting package does not have LEDs in the main cabin lights (up on the roof) or boot, but it has LED footwell lights in both front and rear that stay on whilst driving. The door cards are downlit by strip LEDs that ron along the trim seam. The door handles have each got and LED that shines down on the outside. Each door has puddle LED lights. This was money well spent but purely aesthetic.

4. The AMI works with the red collared lead and adaptor,, but as mentionded in previous posts does not do video, in fact I've not got the iphone 4 to do video yet, but it's early days.

5. The offside mirror does not dip when reversing (folding mirrors with SD nav)

6. The Sports susspention 20" wheel combination is better (softer) than the Vauxhall Insignia sports suspension with 18" wheels, I'm not surprised at this but i was getting woried by what I'd read.

This has probably covered some ground that's been covered before but to me was not that clear. This is how it is.

I'm well pleased with the car, in fact overjoyed, not found any negative that would really bother me, just that I have a question regarding bluetooth streaming music, Is there a way to select tracks or do i just have to go through them 1 by 1 ? If this is how it is it makes it kind of thankless task.


Now let's wait for the creramic paint protection on Wednesday, let the fun and flames begin.

[jk88]

5. The offside mirror does not dip when reversing (folding mirrors with SD nav)

You should be able to activate it using VCDS. Very likley someone on the forum in your part of the world can help you with that.

[johnsimcox]

Just a quick update on some well discussed topics, some which seem to be a little controversial and were definately not 100% clear (to me anyway)

1. I have the bluetooth low option with the iphone 5 cradle (iphone 5s IOS 7.0.3) and can now confirm that this is more than a mere charger. Without moving I get 2 bars when out 4 bars when in the cradle. I don't know how it does it, all I know is it does, to be honest I don't care.

2. The Colur DIS is simply class, I can't compare to anything else but I can just confirm that it was worth the 200 quid for the layered effect it gives.

3. The lighting package does not have LEDs in the main cabin lights (up on the roof) or boot, but it has LED footwell lights in both front and rear that stay on whilst driving. The door cards are downlit by strip LEDs that ron along the trim seam. The door handles have each got and LED that shines down on the outside. Each door has puddle LED lights. This was money well spent but purely aesthetic.

4. The AMI works with the red collared lead and adaptor,, but as mentionded in previous posts does not do video, in fact I've not got the iphone 4 to do video yet, but it's early days.

5. The offside mirror does not dip when reversing (folding mirrors with SD nav)

6. The Sports susspention 20" wheel combination is better (softer) than the Vauxhall Insignia sports suspension with 18" wheels, I'm not surprised at this but i was getting woried by what I'd read.

This has probably covered some ground that's been covered before but to me was not that clear. This is how it is.

I'm well pleased with the car, in fact overjoyed, not found any negative that would really bother me, just that I have a question regarding bluetooth streaming music, Is there a way to select tracks or do i just have to go through them 1 by 1 ? If this is how it is it makes it kind of thankless task.


Now let's wait for the creramic paint protection on Wednesday, let the fun and flames begin.

Welcome and enjoy the car. Interesting about the cradle improving reception, would be great to hear from someone how it is doing this as there is nothing obviously in the phone to allow any form of phone connection via the connector. Regarding video. You will not get video from the iPhone 5 using the Apple adaptor, but will get album art work. For an iPhone 4 it should be there, but (officially!) you will only get video that has ben added to the phone via iTunes. If there is video on the phone then when in the AMI option go to the very top menu (keep selecting "Go Up", until you can go no more and you should see two options "Music" and "Videos" select "Videos" and the rest is self explanatory. If in that option you then on the phone itself select something like iPlayer or another video source it will switch to that media stream on the display. Clearly you need to have a data connection (wifi or 3g) on the device for that to be possible.

With Bluetooth streaming you have to control the track selection from the device not the car. Having selected the track you can do play, pause, next and previous (using the buttons by the volume control on the centre console) from the MMI but that is all. You cannot navigate the attached device from the car in the way you can with AMI

[jbanfie]

To make the offside mirror dip on my car the window switch has to be pointing left (for off side)

[A6ian]

Thanks chaps,

I have ordered a VCDS setup, The offside mirror wont budge even if it's set to that side. It will tilt down on the nearside only when near side selector is selected. Surely left is nearside here in the UK (even Yorkshire) ? please clarify.

I assume the Iphone reception boost is Passive, I too was a little unsure of this but it works. If you'd like to see, i'll try and post some screen pictures of it.

I got the video working on iphone 4 once i spent a little time with it. The connector is a tad loose so think that is why it didn't work as it should yesterday.

All's good anyhow, think i can live without the bluetooth music control seeing i have AMI and a dedicated iphone 4 for only that purpose. If i connect a USB hard drive what functionalliy should I expect?

[jk88]

Thanks chaps,

I have ordered a VCDS setup, The offside mirror wont budge even if it's set to that side. It will tilt down on the nearside only when near side selector is selected. Surely left is nearside here in the UK (even Yorkshire) ? please clarify

I'm fairly sure it's only the nearside (passenger side) mirror that dips, altough as jbanfie says, the mirror switch need to point to the left for it to activate. So sounds like it's working as it should.

[A6ian]

I'm fairly sure it's only the nearside (passenger side) mirror that dips, altough as jbanfie says, the mirror switch need to point to the left for it to activate. So sounds like it's working as it should.

I'm sure you're right. But it must be possible to enable driver side with VCDS, for LHD cars.

[Guest 2]

Just look in the driver door module and see if there is an option for mirror dip on that side.

Some cars with certain options had the passenger side dip enabled from factory so you use Mark's guide to enable it - A6 C7 VCDS Tricks


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[razor77]

I assume the Iphone reception boost is Passive, I too was a little unsure of this but it works. If you'd like to see, i'll try and post some screen pictures of it.

I have phone prep high, using iphone 4 and SIM in the dash, both on EE. The iphone has no signal improvement what's so ever, the signal levels side by side on the MMI screen show the car SIM to be considerably stronger by 2-3 bars and receiving 3G when the iphone has no data.

I guess it's entirely possible without the car sim capability, the GSM aerial leads to some kind of internal repeater, but why would it be limited to being in the arm rest? Have you considered the iPhone 4 antenna phenomenon, where when held it often has a lower reception than when not held. I live in a particularly low signal area, and the only way I can use my iPhone 4 at home is by using a bluetooth headset and not touching the phone.

br// B

[johnsimcox]

I have phone prep high, using iphone 4 and SIM in the dash, both on EE. The iphone has no signal improvement what's so ever, the signal levels side by side on the MMI screen show the car SIM to be considerably stronger by 2-3 bars and receiving 3G when the iphone has no data.

I guess it's entirely possible without the car sim capability, the GSM aerial leads to some kind of internal repeater, but why would it be limited to being in the arm rest? Have you considered the iPhone 4 antenna phenomenon, where when held it often has a lower reception than when not held. I live in a particularly low signal area, and the only way I can use my iPhone 4 at home is by using a bluetooth headset and not touching the phone.

br// B

Are you using the Audi iPhone 4 cradle via the connector pad in the armrest? The OP is using the iPhone 5 cradle and thus the phone is "better connected" to the car than might be the case with a simple bluetooth connection. However as the iPhone does not support rSAP an the connector does not have any ariel functionality (that I am aware of) it is strange that he is seeing a better signal level. Of course it may simply be that the car is better able to recognise the actual signal strength off the phone and display it rather than that transmitted via BT.