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Hi all,
I have got an Ibiza SC 1.6 sport on order as my company car. Its due to be delivered at the end of march and I'm looking forward to it!
From what I remembered the spec I ordered was Candy White, 17" alloys, Bi-Xenons, hillhold, arm rest, climate control, Bluetooth connectivity, and ipod/USB.
It was ordered through a broker and as such I havent actually spoken to a dealer at all. I noticed on the Seat car configurator it won't allow you to select both Bluetooth and ipod/USB. Does anyone know if this due to the fact you can't have both fitted? I have had a look around and couldn't find any reference to this anywhere.
Any help would be much appreciated!
andy15star
08-03-2009, 16:00
Hi all,
I have got an Ibiza SC 1.6 sport on order as my company car. Its due to be delivered at the end of march and I'm looking forward to it!
From what I remembered the spec I ordered was Candy White, 17" alloys, Bi-Xenons, hillhold, arm rest, climate control, Bluetooth connectivity, and ipod/USB.
It was ordered through a broker and as such I havent actually spoken to a dealer at all. I noticed on the Seat car configurator it won't allow you to select both Bluetooth and ipod/USB. Does anyone know if this due to the fact you can't have both fitted? I have had a look around and couldn't find any reference to this anywhere.
Any help would be much appreciated!
You definitely CAN have the Bluetooth and the USB/Ipod option. I have the Bluetooth radio and i want the USB option. The Bluetooth was fitted pre-sales, but the USB option is going to cost me £210 !!!! - but it can be done, i confirmed this with Seat.
Regards,
Andy
markmeus
08-03-2009, 17:16
I was just about to post the same question.
I think its a bug with the configurator as I'd expect it to tell you the two options are incompatible if that was the case.
Don't forget with the USB/iPod option you get a port (next to the aux in port) and you will need to buy the cable/cradle thing for your iPod.. which costs extra :(
-Cyph
markmeus
08-03-2009, 17:29
I read somewhere a lot of dealers dont tell you that you need the additional thing, so surely there would be room to get a freebee one for being "mis-sold" your ipod kit
maybe.. when i went thru the options at my local dealer, i said it and the guy told me i'd have to buy seperate stuff for it... so i decided to just use aux and save the £93 option + the cost of the cable.
-Cyph
Cool thanks for the replies guys. Thats what I was hoping to hear! The company I work for insisted me having the Bluetooth option for safety reasons, but I really wanted the USB option! I used to have a Clio and I had the USB adapter on that using an 8gb stick, and it was perfect.
The broker we use deals with all the ordering and we asked for it as an option but in the past when another employee ordered a Golf Plus it ended up not coming with it and I think it turned out that the reason was that the two can't be ordered together on that car.
By the way Cyphnor, do you have any pictures of your car? I have ordered a White SC having never seen one in the flesh! I only saw it in the citrus colour before ordering as when I checked it out at my nearest dealership that was the only colour they had in. I didn't know they did a sport design pack either. What does it consist of and out of interest how much do they charge for it?
Cheers
Mike
andy15star
08-03-2009, 22:25
You'll love the BlueTooth radio!. Mine came with it on (Demo Car), i got it free. Thought i'd never use it, but i couldn't be without it now !!
Andy
Hey mikee,
I don't have my car yet (waiting till April!!) But if you find a thread by me called "*My* White Ibiza SC" there's a link in there from a memeber called Irfan, to a white sc with the sport design pack, look on page two at the top :)
The sport design pack is well hidden (i.e. not on the configurator) and comes with:
Tinted windows
Custom Dashboard
Front Arm Rest
Storage Pack
I really wanted the custom dash (again see irfans pics) and the fact it meant i got tinted windows too was just a bonus. I think it's something like £220 .. not 100% sure tho.
-Cyph
Edit
Linky to Irfans pics (http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2315726#post2315726)
I spoke to the dealers today and my car is now in the country! I picked the reg no. and apparently it should be with me in 7 or 8 days time.
I have a further couple of questions about the Bluetooth and ipod/USB options though.
Firstly, with the bluetooth can you pair more than one phone with it, either seperately or at the same time. Reason I ask is that it would be great if I could pair my personal phone as well as my company one.
Secondly, if you plug in a USB memory stick, when you scroll through it with the cars stereo does it display folder and track names. The guy I spoke to from Seat told me that you can on the Leon's stereo but he wasn't sure about the new Ibiza's.
Cheers for any help
not sure on your questions mikeee... but i have a Q for you...
When did you order your company car?
-Cyph
not sure on your questions mikeee... but i have a Q for you...
When did you order your company car?
-Cyph
It was ordered sometime around the start of December. I think they originally told us 8 to 10 weeks for delivery. Its been a bit longer but given the slowdown in car manufacturing and the fact that there probably would have been a delay over christmas I don't think its too bad. It should be well worth the wait anyhow!
Mike
andy15star
12-03-2009, 23:15
I spoke to the dealers today and my car is now in the country! I picked the reg no. and apparently it should be with me in 7 or 8 days time.
I have a further couple of questions about the Bluetooth and ipod/USB options though.
Firstly, with the bluetooth can you pair more than one phone with it, either seperately or at the same time. Reason I ask is that it would be great if I could pair my personal phone as well as my company one.
Secondly, if you plug in a USB memory stick, when you scroll through it with the cars stereo does it display folder and track names. The guy I spoke to from Seat told me that you can on the Leon's stereo but he wasn't sure about the new Ibiza's.
Cheers for any help
You can pair more than one phone, but not together. What i mean by that is you can have 2 phones paired (as i do), but it will only pair with one at a time. Once i switch my samsung off it then pairs with the sony-ericsson automatically, not both together (i.e. it will "remember" more than one phone).
As for USB, i don't have USB, but it will be the same as having mp3's on a CD, in which case yes you can scroll through the folders and root folders, it's a REALLY good radio !!
Regards,
Andy
You can pair more than one phone, but not together. What i mean by that is you can have 2 phones paired (as i do), but it will only pair with one at a time. Once i switch my samsung off it then pairs with the sony-ericsson automatically, not both together (i.e. it will "remember" more than one phone).
As for USB, i don't have USB, but it will be the same as having mp3's on a CD, in which case yes you can scroll through the folders and root folders, it's a REALLY good radio !!
Regards,
Andy
Cool that sounds like it will do what I want. I really just want to be able to use it with my work phone (an O2 XDA - but hopefully will be replaced with iPhone soon!) during the day and then with my personal phone (Sony Ericsson) during the evenings and weekends.
If you use an MP3 CD does it show track names on the display in the car then?
Cheers
andy15star
13-03-2009, 00:18
Yep, and in big font ! - really cool !. I'll try and get a picture up on site sometime showing you the display. It shows Track name in BIG letters, underneath that is the Artist (or album if u prefer). When you click the "Browse" button you are able to scroll down in a sort of graphical representation (3 songs per line), so its really easy to select a track.
I put mine on at 160kbps, and get about 120 songs on 1 CD.
The good thing is that it takes CDRW as well as CDR's, that means you can just keep erasing and redoing as your taste changes !
Very cool !
Andy
andy15star
16-03-2009, 18:42
Hi, well i've managed to get some (not good quality) shots to try and show the dash/radio etc:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2e3d5p3.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/14lk3uf.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/29ft9hz.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/ogm542.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2gvtq8h.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/5lxcvq.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/347z6tv.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/jql5rq.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/be5x7c.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/34ewdbo.jpg
The blue lights were just to tart it up a little, got them from Halfords for £7
Hope this helps someone !
Regards,
Andy
Cool that all looks really good! I'm so looking forward to getting it now, I really can't wait. I had borrowed another guy at works company car for the past couple of weeks - an Audi A3 convertible, but sadly I had to swap it back with my Mondeo earlier this evening. Now my new car can't come quickly enough!
andy15star
16-03-2009, 20:52
It's a really cool car Mike, you'll love it !!! - when do you get yours ?
Andy
My car's not due until the end of april, givent he estimate the dealer gave me.. I said i'd phone beginning of April but I think I'll phone earlier as I want an update! lol.
do you thnk there's much chance of them turning around and saying that it'll be 6 not 8.. or more liekly they'll say 10 not 8?
I want my car!!!
-Cyph
It's a really cool car Mike, you'll love it !!! - when do you get yours ?
Andy
It should be here either the end of the week, or most probably knowing what car dealers are like, next week at some point!
My car's not due until the end of april, givent he estimate the dealer gave me.. I said i'd phone beginning of April but I think I'll phone earlier as I want an update! lol.
do you thnk there's much chance of them turning around and saying that it'll be 6 not 8.. or more liekly they'll say 10 not 8?
I want my car!!!
-Cyph
I hate to say it but I would of thought it would be more likely to be late than early. Keep pestering them though as its always good to find out where things are. Fingers crossed though it will hopefully be to schedule. I think I was told 8 to 10 weeks when we ordered mine. Maybe they were covering their backs by giving it a couple of weeks.
andy15star
17-03-2009, 05:33
It should be here either the end of the week, or most probably knowing what car dealers are like, next week at some point!
Ah well worth the wait tho Mikee !!
Andy
TickTockMan
21-06-2010, 16:24
I was reading this thread as I'm trying to find out if I need to extra ipod bit to be able to control a USB memory stick from the head unit.
I was told that I needed the extra bit but from what I've read when you put a memory stick in the USB port you can select folders and tracks from the head display. Is this correct?
markmeus
21-06-2010, 16:43
Yes - but you would still need to have ordered the Combined USB/Aux option when ordering the car.
Basically all cars come with an Auxillary socket.
Some cars are specced with the Combined USB/Aux - this means the owner can insert a usb memory stick and play music from that, or they can plug a device into the aux and play music from that.
To use an iPod/iPhone with the head unit you would need to have speeced the combined USB/Aux port, and then buy an additional cradle - that plugs into both the USB and Auxilary.
I hope this clarifies things.
TickTockMan
21-06-2010, 17:05
Thanks Mark,
I've been told that the 'year 11' Ibiza now comes with the combined AUX/USB as standard.
As I don't own an ipod I just want to plug in a memory stick and scroll through what's on there. If that can be done on the head unit without any extra bits then great.
markmeus
21-06-2010, 17:13
Oh cool - well in that case if the AUX/USB is now standard then you're good to go :)
I have an iPod, but never used it in the car as it was so much cheaper to get a memory stick and at least you can leave it in the car without the fear of it getting stolen.
andy15star
21-06-2010, 17:13
It can't be done without the add-on for the HU (at least on the 2010 cars and below). I was quoted £210 by SEAT to get this done AFTER sales. A different manufacturer's unit can be bought and fitted for £60, and play from a USB stick, but it does NOT show any track/ID info on the HU, just "Track 1, Track 2" etc.
I have looked into this for the last year and a half, and my head is battered by it all, i've been in touch with SEAT a few times, and lots of other manufacturers, but all say it cant be done after sales (apart from the one which doesn't show ID info on the HU).
Regards,
Andy
It can't be done without the add-on for the HU (at least on the 2010 cars and below). I was quoted £210 by SEAT to get this done AFTER sales. A different manufacturer's unit can be bought and fitted for £60, and play from a USB stick, but it does NOT show any track/ID info on the HU, just "Track 1, Track 2" etc.
I have looked into this for the last year and a half, and my head is battered by it all, i've been in touch with SEAT a few times, and lots of other manufacturers, but all say it cant be done after sales (apart from the one which doesn't show ID info on the HU).
Regards,
Andy
I ordered the usb/aux for my ibiza but they had not fitted it so the dealer said they would order the part and fit it. If this can not be done there is going to be one very unhappy customer to deal with.
nightflight
24-06-2010, 23:26
Is the aftermarket one not the dension 100 gateway?
Is the aftermarket one not the dension 100 gateway?
My Dealer told me the Seat part is a Dension, but I don't know what model
Yeah it isthe gateway 100 and shouldn't be confused with the factory iPod prep.
Yeah it isthe gateway 100 and shouldn't be confused with the factory iPod prep.
Sorry Techie could you tell me the difference between the denision and the factory prep. If I am not getting what I ordered then I will be very dis-satisfied as I wanted to have full control of my ipod from the steering column, otherwise I would have just used a lead into the aux socket.
Can anyone take a picture of the factory fitted usb connection and ipod cradle please. I would be grateful so that I can see what the dealers are proposing to do.
The Denison kit will be just a lead in the glovebox. The prep kit and dock fits nicely in the centre console. Plus you can use the USB socket, with the Denison kit it just plugs into an iPod.
Thanks Techie
I will question their intentions.
I know this has been questioned a few times but there seems to be some discrepency between answers - with the Dension kit can one control the ipod with the stereo/steering wheel controls and will the track info display on the radio screen?
Thanks
Can anyone take a picture of the factory fitted usb connection and ipod cradle please. I would be grateful so that I can see what the dealers are proposing to do.
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/Mk2_Cupra/My%20new%20boc/IMGP0771.jpg
Will get a better one later today for you mate.
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/Mk2_Cupra/My%20new%20boc/IMGP0771.jpg
Will get a better one later today for you mate.
Thanks Jason I appreciate that. The part is now here and they are going to fit it next Friday.
No worries mate. Here is the pic I took now to show the complete component.
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/Mk2_Cupra/Other%20cupras/IMAG0010.jpg