David@OttoStadt
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Here's a write-up of the installation of a GROM-Audio iphone/Aux/Android interface for all VW/Audi from 1998 to 2011, as long as the OEM radio controls a CD changer this interface will work with it.
It also has an option to add Bluetooth capability to it, for both music playback and phone integration. You can skip/forward/backward songs on your iphone with the radio's control and also answer/call/end calls through those same buttons. Also works with steering wheel controls.
At 150$ all in, this is a great option for any VW owner, see review/install below.
Installed a on 2005 TDI Passat with double DIN monsoon radio.
What you get in the box, also displayed optional bluetooth/microphone and iphone charging/playback cable:
You'll need for install:
*Radio removal tools
*electrical tape&tie wraps
*screwdriver assortment
*Plastic trim removal tool
Remove radio with removal tools:
Remove connector at back radio and extract blue connector (stock CD changer harness), there's a tab you push on on the connector for it to swivel up for the radio connector, the CD changer connector also as a tab that will make it come out the back of the radio's connector.
Install GROM audio white interface connector instead of OEM blue connector. You'll hear it click into place. Notice the loose wire on the grom's harness, will need to be grounded later (on one of the radio's screws at the back)
Time to run the iPhone cable to the interface from where you want it installed. We decided to put it in the armrest.
On a Passat the armrest cubby just pulls straight out, i drilled a 1/2" hole (in the front corner of the cubby, hidden out of sight) to run the iphone cable.
It also has an option to add Bluetooth capability to it, for both music playback and phone integration. You can skip/forward/backward songs on your iphone with the radio's control and also answer/call/end calls through those same buttons. Also works with steering wheel controls.
At 150$ all in, this is a great option for any VW owner, see review/install below.
Installed a on 2005 TDI Passat with double DIN monsoon radio.
What you get in the box, also displayed optional bluetooth/microphone and iphone charging/playback cable:
You'll need for install:
*Radio removal tools
*electrical tape&tie wraps
*screwdriver assortment
*Plastic trim removal tool
Remove radio with removal tools:
Remove connector at back radio and extract blue connector (stock CD changer harness), there's a tab you push on on the connector for it to swivel up for the radio connector, the CD changer connector also as a tab that will make it come out the back of the radio's connector.
Install GROM audio white interface connector instead of OEM blue connector. You'll hear it click into place. Notice the loose wire on the grom's harness, will need to be grounded later (on one of the radio's screws at the back)
Time to run the iPhone cable to the interface from where you want it installed. We decided to put it in the armrest.
On a Passat the armrest cubby just pulls straight out, i drilled a 1/2" hole (in the front corner of the cubby, hidden out of sight) to run the iphone cable.