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Your cart is empty.VW MDI USB Cable is an impressive solution of connecting and playing USB2.0 powered auxiliary drives, such as USB Stick, SD Card (connected via card reader), ect, on the VW head unit.Allows you to interface your select USB device with MDI audio systems. The main USB menu will be displayed in the Multi-Media Interface screen. The central control knob on the MMI panel, or the multi-function steering wheel controls, may be used to easily navigate through playlists, albums and artists.
*Only external disk or USB mass storage(Mass Storage Device)which supports USB 2.0 specified.*Supported file formats: You can audio files in MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AAC format and an external disk on the radio device and controlled.
*An external disk, according to the FAT filesystem FAT16 ( 2GB) structure (FAT: File Allocation Table) Generally fit for VW vehicles 2009 onwards with MDI Box . Notice：this cable is not suitable for iPhones and other Apple devices.This cable for MP3 players, USB memory sticks,USB flash drives, USB thumb drives, and USB portable hard drives. Packing list : 1 PC MDI USB ADAPTER CABLE (installation instructions included) *Make sure about you unit compatibility before purchasing. Warranty
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Helen Devery
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024
Did not work for media. Only usable for charging iPhone on my 2016 Audi A3, and the Audi already has a USB charging port so this adapter is essentially useless.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2024
J'ai acheté cet adaptateur pour brancher des clé USB dans mon Audi Q5, ça fait a merveille sans problèmes.
Farhan Sabir
Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2023
2015 Passat TDI.When I used it for the first time, I could only play next or previous song. No directory. But after a couple of hours (days for me), it started working fine. I can see folders, select, navigate through. I love it now.
Stephen E. Oross
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2023
My 2012 VW GTI (with stock Delphi DE2-DDM single CD stereo, no nav) came equipped from the factory with an Apple MDI cable which connects to the car underneath the center armrest. As it became more difficult to keep an iPhone 4 running to connect to that cable for music, I decided to give this ‘ELONN MDI/AMI USB Adapter Cable - VW Media in to USB’ cable a try.The plug for this ELONN MDI/AMI USB Adapter Cable was a bit of a tighter fit in the car’s socket than the factory cable, but finally I figured out that you must be careful to keep the plug aligned properly to the socket when inserting. The first two (old) USB flash drives I tried to use did not work — the car stereo told me ‘MEDIA NOT SUPPORTED’. One drive was USB 2.0, and the other may have been 1.0 or 2.0 (not sure).I thought I would try one more time, so I ordered a new ‘Kingston DataTraveler Kyson 128GB High Performance USB 3.2 Metal Flash Drive’ from Amazon. This (FAT32 formatted) drive worked immediately and provides very quick music navigation on the car stereo. Not sure if it matters, but I created a root ‘Music’ folder, and within that Artist folders, then Album folders and finally song MP3 files. I’m very pleased with this cable and wish I would have bought it long ago, especially at only $14.
Customer
Reviewed in India on May 5, 2023
The media could not be loaded.
Salman Qureshi
Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2023
I connected to the audio interface in my Audi Q5 and it showed connected. But it does not read the USB and no music is played. Could be sone fault with USB port if the cable.
Gaurav Talwar
Reviewed in India on October 2, 2023
Pls don’t buy it won’t work. Plain and simple way I’ve explained. If still someone wish to become fool no one can save
Brandon
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2021
Got this one to replace the 30 pin connector. The power portion works and charges my phone. The thumb drive aspect of it didn't work though. Looks like it didn't recognize anything on the thumb drive. It does recognize my phone and attempts to play stuff, but only 1 song that came with the phone. Can't seem to browse through for music. At least I have another USB charging port now.
Peyton J.
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020
So, I read sooo many reviews on this before finally just risking it and ordering. Good news, it works!!! I don't know why there are so many bad reviews of this thing. Obviously you need to make sure it is both compatible with your vehicle AND that your vehicle is compatible with the storage device you're trying to connect. Most of the bad reviews mention how their car won't recognise their cell phones. Well, there's a good reason for that. This cord is designed for use ONLY with USB storage devices (flash drives, low power ssd's, ect.). It's clearly stated that it does NOT work with cell phones (android or iPhone). It will charge them but will not connect to the MMI.On to the bad news. It does feel cheaper compared to my genuine Audi cord and we’ll see how long it lasts. But it works, so I’m happy
TooMuchTime
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020
Able to plug right into the center armrest socket (removed the original Apple compatible cable) and attach a SanDisk 128MB USB 3.1 Flash Drive. Now my several hundred album, 9000+ song music collection is available via the built-in touch display. It sees the directory structure (Music / / / ) fine and you can step up/down and/or scroll through the levels.This cable is the same length as the OEM Apple compatible cable I pulled out.I had been using the VW GTI dash SD card interface but that didn't seem to work with a 64GB memory card needed to hold all my music so I ended up using this instead. Glad I ran across a discussion of this approach online while trying to debug the memory card issue.
rose
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020
I couldn't see spending around $70 USD for the OEM cable and started looking around for an option. I found this cable here on Amazon and decided to give it a try, especially for the price. Reviews suggested it would probably work so I ordered.After it arrived I loaded some mp3 files on an older128gb flash drive, plugged it into the receptacle in the glovebox, turned on the MMI system and was bummed to see it wouldn't connect at first. Fussed with it a bit and then the display noted that it was finding the drive but the files were unreadable.I tried another old flash drive and it was found by the MMI and the files were readable and played.The key turned out to be the formatting. The MMI recognized Fat32 but not exfat. I reloaded the files to a brand new 128gb flash drive formatted as Fat32 and I'm in business.Now I only need to establish longevity. If I have any issues, I'll update this review, but for now all is well.
CoffeeCupBoxes
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019
This is for my 2012 VW Jetta GLI. Installed with ease and does exactly what is described in the listing = plays music from a flash drive/thumb drive and will charge (not play music) your phone by plugging in the USB end of the charger. The display from the flash drive/MDI cable works effortlessly on the OEM touch screen. Perfect since I have over 18,000 songs and don’t keep them all on my phone. I can put a bunch of music on my flash drive, plug it into the MDI cable, close my glovebox and go!
M. Tyler
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2018
I bought this cable to 1.) play music stored on a USB thumb drive through the car's speakers, and to 2.) charge my Android phone (with the use of a second USB to mini-USB adapter cable). I have a 2015 VW Passat SE. I've simply plugged this cable into the car's port, plugged the USB thumb drive into the other end this cable, and pressed the "Media" button on the center console screen. All the songs show up there on the screen and I can move through the list of songs, set them up for random play, set them up for sequential play, repeat a song that just played, skip songs - you name it. The song titles and the name of the artists are displayed on center screen. All I can say to the people who haven't been able to get this cable to work to play music stored on their thumb drives is "RTFM." As for using it to charge a phone, obviously since phones have a mini-USB port, you have to get another cable which has a USB plug on one end and mini-USB plug on the other, but I've used such a cable in conjunction with this cable to charge my phone and it works fine. I recommend this cable without reservation.
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