Connecting a smartphone to my Polo system

[TonyH9]

Afternoon everyone,

I am new to the Polo forum, I usually hang out on the VW T4 forum and my Youtube channel. " Tony Hillyard"

A question please. My Polo is a 2012, 1.6 turbo diesel Polo Match three door. Bought it new here in France, she has now done some 200,000 kms, a superb vehicle.

My question, is it possible to set my car up with a hands free mobile telephone arrangement. I checked the handbook, nothing mentioned. I checked on Youtube, nothing helpful there. Perhaps there is a way of changing a switch or something to enable an iPhone to be connected.

Why I ask, when I bought my 2001 VW T4 van new here in France it had electric windows and central locking, but no cruise control. I did some research on the T4 forum and it was mentioned that T4s had two types of ECU. A basic one for a basic van, and a more comprehensive ECU for vehicles fitted with more accessories (central locking/electric windows) plus all the other accessory options built in but not obvious or connected. So it appeared my van had cruise control fitted but hidden.

Via the T4 forum I found how to upgrade my van to enable me to use the cruise control "hidden" in the system. It was a case of buying a new VW part/switch and fitting it. So now I have cruise control!

My thinking is, if that was possible on my T4, if my Polo did not come with an obvious smart phone connection, is there a similar function tucked away in there somewhere? Perhaps by modifying something, as on my T4?

Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received.

[2226]

Those ECUs would the BCM (Body Control Module).

On the 6R Polo it would be done through the infotainment unit. You'd need to upgrade that to one that has a Apple CarPlay or Android Auto feature.
Depends on which infotainment/radio you currently have.
Since it's 6R not 6C it's possibly way simpler.

ciclo and ichel will be along soon with more useful advise.

[ciclo]

Afternoon everyone,

I am new to the Polo forum, I usually hang out on the VW T4 forum and my Youtube channel. " Tony Hillyard"

A question please. My Polo is a 2012, 1.6 turbo diesel Polo Match three door. Bought it new here in France, she has now done some 200,000 kms, a superb vehicle.

My question, is it possible to set my car up with a hands free mobile telephone arrangement. I checked the handbook, nothing mentioned. I checked on Youtube, nothing helpful there. Perhaps there is a way of changing a switch or something to enable an iPhone to be connected.

Bonjour.
RCD 310?

It's possible by installing a VW telephone module.
You'll also need to install the VW microphone in the interior light dome.


Eg:
7P6035730 A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / J / K / M / N / P
5K0035730 A / B/ C / E / F / K
1Z0035729 A / B / C / D / E
5N0035730 A / B / C / D
3C8035730 A / B / C / D
... and other OEM and not OEM Modules.

[jfredsilva]

Salut!

I bought a 2011 6R and unfortunately it didn’t have Bluetooth either.
I have the RCD310, and there’s an option to turn Bluetooth on and off, so I was really confused about why I couldn’t find or pair it with my phone.

I wanted to add Bluetooth, but everything should remain original.

After a lot of research (which was actually harder than I expected to find the correct information), I found out that I need to buy the Bluetooth module and the harness to install it under the passenger seat. In addition, I also need to add a microphone under the interior light dome.

What I did was buy the 7P6035730K, which I think is the most up-to-date option for my situation.
I also had to buy all the other components (harness, mic) from https://www.carsystems.eu/bluetooth-ins ... id124.html.

I haven’t had the time to install everything yet, but as soon as I have it all working, I’ll give you an update.

I also just discovered that I need to change my interior light dome, because it doesn’t have the slot for the microphone, since the car didn’t come with Bluetooth when it was bought.
I need to replace mine (6Q0947105F) with the 6R0947105.