Comments on: GTI iPod adapter install

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:54:02 +0000

> Thomas – did you get rid of the rattling noise? I have > the exact same problem. When I’m driving, I have this > annoying rattling noise coming from the top of center > dashboard.

> Comment by Steve — December 31, 2006 @ 8:07 am

yes i did. i put thin black felt inbeetween all parts of the top dash vent – sensor, top dash vent diffuser, … i bought the felt at Ben Franklins.

But now i have a new rattling noise, coming from the right rear seat – i think it is the mechanism for securing the the seat in up-right position.

Best and good look, Thomas

By: Eric Faller

Eric Faller — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:30:24 +0000

There are no RCA’s, so you’ll probably have to get a new CD player in order to install an AMP. More detailed pictures are at the vwvortex link above if you want to check out the back of the radio

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:01:01 +0000

Do you remember after taking the stock VW head unit out, if it had RCA pre-out connections on the back? I’d like to self install an amp, but if there are no RCA’s, I’d have to go with a new CD player.

Thanks

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:58:49 +0000

Thanks, figuerd i out. That dude has perfect instructions!

By: Eric Faller

Eric Faller — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:22:17 +0000

Hmm.. I do not remember exactly where I plugged it in. I used this site as a guide, this guy has a lot more detailed pictures about what to do:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2480895&page=1

I am reading it again but it is unclear what to do with the satellite radio wire. It looks like you actually move the satellite radio wire to the iPod kit housing. Hopefully the more detailed instructions and pictures will help. Good luck!

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:02:33 +0000

From the picture you took, looks like I have the exact same radio you do. In the back the was an open slot to the right of where the satellite radio plug was, but the blue plug from my ipod kit would not fit into that slot. The only place I could get it to fit was when I unplugged the blue plug from the sat radio. Did you plug your ipod blue plug to the right of your sat radio plug?

By: Eric Faller

Eric Faller — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:51:17 +0000

I don’t know about the 2007 GTI (I have a 2006), but there was a spot for both the blue wires to go, I didn’t have to unplug the satellite radio wire. Do you have the ‘premium sound’ option? If not maybe there are not enough spots to have both the satellite radio and ipod..

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:00:47 +0000

I just installed my ipod kit into my 2007 GTI. I unplugged the blue connector from the back of my radio and installed the blue connector for my ipod kit insdtead (that was the only place that the ipod kit would plug in). ipod works great, but now I don’t have any satellite radio. Was the blue plug that I unplugged from the back of my radio the plug for my satellite? How can I get them both to work?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:58:58 +0000

Hey thanks!! You just made me a happy person!

By: Eric Faller

Eric Faller — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:34:22 +0000

Hi – no, the iPod adapter does not disable the Sat radio, I can use both interchangeably. The in-dash 6 CD changer also still works fine – you just have to push “CD” on the radio twice to get to “CD Ext”. It probably would not work if you had the external CD changer that goes under the passenger seat.

I am not sure about what happens if you don’t have the Sat radio option, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work – on the back of the radio the Sat radio wires would just not be plugged in. But, maybe you have a different radio in that case (i.e. not the ‘premium audio’ option), but I am not really sure.