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When using Apple Play, you can see that the album art is behind the track display, albeit in an out of focus/fuzzy way.
It fills the screen behind the track display, I'm sure it would look really smart brought to the foreground of the display instead.
Anyone know if/how this can be done?

As far as I understand, apple car play and Android auto run off the mobile device. The infotainment screen only really works as a display output and a touch input.
To change something like that, you'd have to request the feature from Apple.

Correct Matt. The display in this case is basically an external monitor with touch support for your phone, although there is limited interaction beyond that which isn't currently used much. It seems that currently it's limited to whether or not the vehicle is moving and that's about it.

I understand it's more of an Apple problem than a VW one, I just wondered if anyone had managed to suss it out.

vc-10 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:46 pm Correct Matt. The display in this case is basically an external monitor with touch support for your phone, although there is limited interaction beyond that which isn't currently used much. It seems that currently it's limited to whether or not the vehicle is moving and that's about it.

Not really phone actualy have acces to lot of informations from car. I have rooted android phone and unlocked android auto for use with 3rd party apps. There is app called "performance monitor for vag" whitch can acces things like oil temperature, throttle position etc. But you are right app connect is like external screen. And someone would need to edit app installed in phone to change album art etc

Looks like I'm stuck with the fuzzy background art until Apple change it.
Shame, it would look really cool nice and clear.

I dare say it so 'you can't get distracted' you know what people are like nowadays...



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Why keep looking at an album cover, just press the "NAV" button and watch the world go by . You do have a sat nav as standard??

silverhairs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:14 pm Why keep looking at an album cover, just press the "NAV" button and watch the world go by . You do have a sat nav as standard??

No, I use google maps via the apple play.
Better than any factory satnav.
I also believe Waze is better than any factory satnav.
Really, the combination of google maps/waze and being able to display it on the car screen has rendered factory satnav obsolete.

So your Polo doesn't have a sat nav built in Bit like the cruise control You purchased the Beats just because it had a better base built in, and white leatherette seats (they do look nice though, I'll give you that) and it's only got the 95 BHP engine . Don't throw good money after bad and fit a chip just to make it a better engine.
You have an accident and your car is in the compound, you cannot get to it, and the insurance assessor looks over the car, (their not stupid), and finds you have chipped the engine, your insurance will and should refuse to pay you out and damages. That's the law.
If you wanted the extra power, should have got the 115 BHP engine

I've read in other posts that when pulling off they get a smell of burning clutch plates. Can I say, I've got the 115 BHP engine with the DSG box, when I pull off it drives off in second gear, (I'm in no rush) and at 30 MPH on a flat road it's in sixth gear, 35 MPH it's in seventh gear. I know I live in Lincolnshire and not many hills, apart from the Lincolnshire wolds. which run through the middle of Lincolnshire

silverhairs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:21 pm So your Polo doesn't have a sat nav built in Bit like the cruise control You purchased the Beats just because it had a better base built in, and white leatherette seats (they do look nice though, I'll give you that) and it's only got the 95 BHP engine . Don't throw good money after bad and fit a chip just to make it a better engine.
You have an accident and your car is in the compound, you cannot get to it, and the insurance assessor looks over the car, (their not stupid), and finds you have chipped the engine, your insurance will and should refuse to pay you out and damages. That's the law.
If you wanted the extra power, should have got the 115 BHP engine

Are you drunk?
I didn't think it had satnav, I didn't want satnav, anyone who pays for factory satnav these days is a mug IMO
So why even mention it?
As for the power of the engine, maybe I would have gone for the 115bhp if they'd had one in stock
But, unlike you, I'm not willing to wait months for a run-of-the-mill car.
I've also had DSG before and wouldn't have it again if you paid me.
I'm not even sure if they do the beats version in 115bhp, I wouldn't want the fuddy-duddy SE/SEL version just to have the more powerful engine.

Andy Beats wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:15 pm

silverhairs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:14 pm Why keep looking at an album cover, just press the "NAV" button and watch the world go by . You do have a sat nav as standard??

No, I use google maps via the apple play.
Better than any factory satnav.
I also believe Waze is better than any factory satnav.
Really, the combination of google maps/waze and being able to display it on the car screen has rendered factory satnav obsolete.

Yep I agree google maps and Waze are far better than factory fitted sat navs. If you have speech activated and you long press the talk button it activates google assistant or Siri and you just ask it to navigate to your destination or even check weather etc.

Cadwest wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:53 pm Yep I agree google maps and Waze are far better than factory fitted sat navs. If you have speech activated and you long press the talk button it activates google assistant or Siri and you just ask it to navigate to your destination or even check weather etc.

I don't have the speech activated, but don't need it.
Just say "Hey Siri" and it works fine for music/phone/texts/satnav.

Andy Beats wrote:

silverhairs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:21 pm So your Polo doesn't have a sat nav built in Bit like the cruise control You purchased the Beats just because it had a better base built in, and white leatherette seats (they do look nice though, I'll give you that) and it's only got the 95 BHP engine . Don't throw good money after bad and fit a chip just to make it a better engine.
You have an accident and your car is in the compound, you cannot get to it, and the insurance assessor looks over the car, (their not stupid), and finds you have chipped the engine, your insurance will and should refuse to pay you out and damages. That's the law.
If you wanted the extra power, should have got the 115 BHP engine

Are you drunk?
I didn't think it had satnav, I didn't want satnav, anyone who pays for factory satnav these days is a mug IMO
So why even mention it?
As for the power of the engine, maybe I would have gone for the 115bhp if they'd had one in stock
But, unlike you, I'm not willing to wait months for a run-of-the-mill car. [emoji38]
I've also had DSG before and wouldn't have it again if you paid me.
I'm not even sure if they do the beats version in 115bhp, I wouldn't want the fuddy-duddy SE/SEL version just to have the more powerful engine.

Quite agree, I would've have the 115 had it of been in stock. It wasn't and I didn't want to wait. Be buggered if I'm waiting months for a car to have an extra 20hp. It would be different if I intended to keep the car, but beings it's on PCP. I'm not entirely fussed... However the whole issue with the 95ps and the tall gears still applies regardless if 'we' had the 115 or 95.

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The Beats model isn’t available with the 115ps version of the 1.0 litre petrol engine. Engine options for the Beats model are;
- Petrol; 1.0 litre with 65ps or 80ps output
- Diesel; 1.6 litre producing 80ps.

If you want 115ps, then it’s the SEL or R-Line.