MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: SRC on May 09, 2016, 08:05:51 pm

Title: iPod dock to lightning with charging
Post by: SRC on May 09, 2016, 08:05:51 pm

Hi all

My 07 MY GTI with an RCD300 has an old-style iPod dock in the armrest which needs a firewire adapter in order to charge my old iPhone 4S.  Now I've got a 6S, I don't like the clutter of a firewire-to-30 pin adapter into a cable into a 30 pin-to-lightning adapter!

I'd like to get an all-in-one adapter to lightning cable but I can't find one.  Any ideas?

Title: Re: iPod dock to lightning with charging
Post by: shoaybmakda on May 10, 2016, 08:11:23 pm

I think the only way round this is to get a MDI unit and a lightening wire which I don't think will work with your head unit. I believe you will need to change your unit to one of the newer models to make it compatible with the MDI (eg rns510, rns315 rcd510, rcd310) - which if you have an older revision canbus, this will require updating too else you will suffer with battery drain