MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: john a on February 03, 2014, 12:40:17 pm

Title: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: john a on February 03, 2014, 12:40:17 pm

Guys I am only getting audio out of the left hand side when playing my iPod through the MDI. All other outputs are fine (DAB/FM/CD/SD) and can't honestly say whether this is a recent thing after fitting my RNS or if it was present after I initially fitted the MDI, as I never checked or changed the balance and fader.

I got a very quiet level of audio combined with distortion through the right hand side and it appears from google, I am not alone. Is the box knackered or is this a cable issue?

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: Eddie-NL on February 03, 2014, 03:04:07 pm

have you got a phone kit?

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: john a on February 03, 2014, 04:42:31 pm

Yeah I've got a Fiscon Basic Plus Ed.

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: john a on February 04, 2014, 11:09:34 am

Sorted. Took everything apart and connected the MDI only and it worked fine. Put the Fiscon back in (in a different order) and the problem switched to the right.
Thought FFS, what's going on here and connected it back up again with the Fiscon in the original place and it all seems to work fine. Happy days.

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: Eddie-NL on February 04, 2014, 11:44:17 am

Glad you got it working

Fiscon can cause funny things to happen at times

Unplugging it normally fixes them though

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: john a on February 04, 2014, 11:54:19 am

I'm fairly certain it had been absoutely fine since it was fitted - the order of the kit going in went

RCD510DAB > Fiscon > MDI > RNS510DAB (replaced RCD) and I wonder if something had gone on the fritz at that stage.
I noticed that when I reconnected it all, I'd lost Fiscon and Nav from my Maxidot menu. Rebooting the Columbus brought back the nav and then the next time I started the car, the Fiscon menu came back, so happy for now.

Title: Re: Dead channel in MDI?
Post by: Eddie-NL on February 04, 2014, 12:07:33 pm

It probably is fine

Like I said the fiscon can have the odd glitch

like not displaying in the highline etc