chrisinns17
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Has anyone got a iPhone 5 working with there new a3 ? I was told u need a 30 pin to lightning adapter ... Has anyone got one and can confirm all works okay and charges there iPhone ? Will it play music ?
I use the AMI-to-micro-USB cable plus the micro-USB-to-Lightning adapter, it's very compact because the cable is very short and the adapter is tiny, so it takes up very little space in the centre console.
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Lightning to Micro USB Adapter - Apple Store (U.S.)
I use it only to charge the phone (for music I use the SD card) so I can't tell you whether it plays music through it.
So for the grand price of those 2 little products you get charging capability? Which for me was the only big selling point of the phone box option!
So for the grand price of those 2 little products you get charging capability? Which for me was the only big selling point of the phone box option!
To clarify and avoid giving bad and costly advice, by using the AMI->MicroUSB cable (aroundâ¬33) and MicroUsb->Lightning adapter (around â¬20), you can charge your iPhone 5 but not play music from it.It just shows "not connected" in the MMI->Media->Source screen. I presume that by using AMI->MicroUSB cable, MMI assumes a USB storage is connected, not an iPod-compatible device, which kind of makes sense.
I play my music from SD card only, so this is a perfect solution.
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Right, but can you connect the phone to the car via Bluetooth to allow you to call out and receive calls via the car whilst its connected via the cable?
I have the red and blue cables and i got a cheap adapter from ebay and i haven't been able to get my iphone 5 working at all using AMI. It will work through bluetooth but i cant choose tracks on the MMi! I have got an old ipod nano working with the blue cable however. Shall i try an official apple adapter?
I have the red and blue cables and i got a cheap adapter from ebay and i haven't been able to get my iphone 5 working at all using AMI. It will work through bluetooth but i cant choose tracks on the MMi! I have got an old ipod nano working with the blue cable however. Shall i try an official apple adapter?
it doesn't follow that they'll definitely be able to make an adapter for every type of connector that apple decide to bring out.
Maybe Apple won't let Audi release a cable unless Audi put that siri eyes-free nonsense into their cars?
I'll own an Apple product when hell freezes over
I work for a mobile phone retailer, I'm a software engineer, I've had plenty of using them before for testing and other things, I definitely don't want one
I've been using one since i received my car in april, however its hit and miss! it will connect fine then randomly when you get in the car and start the engine the MMI wont recognise it until you unplug it and plug it in i even bought the wife a new 5th generation ipod thinking that is was an issue with the iphone 5
hoping audi fix this soon..
If your phone is connected by Bluetooth then just press the home button on your phone to activate Siri or voice control. It comes over the car speakers. Who needs those expensive adapters?
Yeah that's a good plan but you don't get full control of your music library do you?
Thats what i thought. I was under the impression i could use the mmi wheel to scroll through artists and see the album artwork.
Just picked up my lovely A3 Sportback, which arrived 2 weeks earlier than expected!
Ive tried the 30pin to lightning block adaptor (which I bought especially), but that doesn't seem to work - keeps disconnecting the music content through to the MMI every half second, and reconnecting.
Ive tried the position the phone sits in the phone box, but doesn't seem to make an difference. I don't think the issue is with the AMI cable itself, as ive just tried it on a iphone 4 (30 pin) which seems to work fine.
Does anyone have experience of the cable version adaptor working better?
Thanks
Chrissywissy
I want to fit a cradle, which I already have and a Brodit dash mount ready to go. My question is... Doesn't the USB cable fit into adapter cable and work? As a gadget freak I so want this to work but when I upgrade to the 5s I'm seriously thinking of fitting an MMC card in the glovebox and getting the artwork working.