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Offline GeeTeeI

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MFD2 functions
« on: November 08, 2010, 08:02:19 am »
I've got an MFD2 in my GTI. It does satnav, cds etc, but I wanted to see if it could play DVDs and maybe even a bit of TV for my boys while I'm driving.

Is there any way of finding out of the headunit is compatible for this?

I speculatively put a DVD into the slot over the weekend and it did nothing - so I assume it will only read satnav and music discs.

Thank you

Mark

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Re: MFD2 functions
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2010, 08:19:58 am »
deffo NO. The DVD drive in the MFD2 will ONLY read a Nav disc or normal music CD and not a music or video DVD or a CD with MP3's.

The back of the MFD2 does have an AUX in though, and a small box can be purchased from the bay that gives you 3 phono connections (one video and left/right audio). Connecting any device to these sockets will display on the MFD2. When I had my unit, I purchased a small DVICO 120GB Mulitmedia unit and had it connected to the AUX box. Worked great. I could load the DVICO with anything, movies, MP3's photos etc, and they would all display on the MFD2 (see below)





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Re: MFD2 functions
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2010, 09:58:51 am »
NOrbrek.... did that work when you were moving tho??

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Re: MFD2 functions
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2010, 10:22:58 am »
It did indeed. The box I purchased had a video in motion capability. Bascially there were 3 wires (from memory, Red, Black and Yellow). Red and black were just power and earth, (the power I took from the CD changer connector, so that when the MFD2 was off, so was the box). The yellow wire got run to a small microswitch that I fitting inside my ashtray out of site. When the yellow wire saw 12V power (taken from the cigarette lighter harness), then I got full video in motion.

TBH, I never used this watching movies on the go (too dangerous) but had it so that I could see the screen with the MP3 files on it, and get track names etc. displaying on screen on the MFD2. When the ashtray swich was in the off position, I just got the "Your screen has been disabled for safety reasons" (or something like that). I had it like this for nearly 2 years and it worked really well. It was only because the aux in box wasn't compatible with my new RNS-510, that I ended up giving it to Darren (Mortygttdi), as a thanks for all the little favours he had done me in the past.

Only other thing worth mentioning, it that obviously, you can't control your external source from the MFD2 head unit itself. My Dvico has a small remote that lived in the drinks holder in the centre console, that I just aimed at the dash to change tracks etc. I had fitted a very small IR receiver wired back to the Dvico, fitted just under the centre of the dash (below the climate controls)  that picked up the remote from almost any angle.

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