navigation VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2012 Owner's Guide

Settings (SETUP)
Sound,
this section
button
settings
Fig. 83 Tone setti ngs selection menu.
on page 3 and note the intro­ductory information on page 72.
Accessing the main m enu
Press the
Press the function button on the
83.
the overview the cu rrent se ttings are g raphica lly in the in the front of the respec­
tiv e menu item 83.
Adjusting
Press the (Treble), o r (Bass) function
button in order to open a settings menu for the ad­
justme nt
of the "pitch " 84.
Turn the rotary knob 1 function button in order to change the current
se ttings .
RNS RNS 31 5
More information:
Safety instructions 3
Device overview
Operation basics 8
Radio settings menu 12
Media settings menu
Navigation settings menu
settings menu 59
Fig. 84 Settings menu fo r tone pitch.
Turn the rotary knob or press the appropriate
function button in order to change the current set­
t ings .
Changing settings and adjustments
Vo lum e and volume adjustm ents can be pre -de­
f ined.
Whi le adjustmen ts are being made to the volume
settings , the current audio source is played back
using the
the main menu , press the (votume)
fun ction button 83.
Press the function , Navigati on

Tum the tuning knob or press the
be
the maximum is se t to a very the navigation messages to this This can in the need for ad­
justments to navigation every time the de­
vice is switched on.
au toma ti­
firs t read and heed the WARN­on page 3 and note the intro­ductory information on page 72.
the button and press the
of inc rease
is set , th en the is somewhat
rai sed with increasing road speed. For a high
ue, the means
that the is
sw itched off <J
the System settings menu, press the !Factory sellings) function button.
the to reset the device to its
fo r text and voice.
!Automatic) to accept the set in the instru ment
!Keypad display)
in th e inpu t sc reens.
l
aWERTY) : in the input screens.
settings.
!Brightness): of br igh tness.
!Day/Night): Change the map
!Automatic): The map changes depending on activation or deactiva tion of th e head lights.
The map in day design (bright).
!Night): The map is in night design (dark).
!Confirmation tone): (D e)activate confirmation sound when pressing a function button on the screen.
!
Factory sellings): Reset dev ice to stat us.
Display J
l3
sec] , ls sec],j1o sec) : Changes to the system be shown on the screen for 3, 5 or
system are not on the screen.
Setting s 73

AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 75
Anti-theft protection code number .......•........ o 8 rad io coding ........ 8 Auto-zoom ........ 53
AUX
.......................•..•... 24,75
B
A UX volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 mul timedia socket . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 playba ck volu me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Balanc e
.............................. 72
Balance (Balance/Fader) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Bass . .....................•......... 72
Bluetooth audio ............. o 24
Brief introduction ........ ... 3
browsing ........ 11 BT audio see Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 volume ..................•..•...... 29
c
eject .......... o 22 mode see : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing frequency bands ... 13
Characteristics coding ..... 8
L owering volume ... . 8
r a dio coding ........ o 8
Clear memory see : Del eting .... 73
Code
number ............... 8 Confirmation tone Switching on or off ... 73 Controls ............. 6
Coordinates
....... 49 Cursor cu rsor .......... 41 see : Cu rso r ........ 41
D
Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
RNS
Tags ................ 33
D elete entries
see : D ele ting .................. o 73
deleting
Navi gat ion data on memory card . . . . . . . . 38
user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Deleting
ent ries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
d es tinatio n m emory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
destination s from the desti nation memory . 48
n
avigation destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
rad io memor y ........... 19
recent destinat ions ....... 48
Deleting data
see : Delet ing
........... 73
D eleting
user entries
see : Deleting ........... o 73
Demo
mode (Navigation) ... 57
D estination gas station or parking ..... 44
home address .......... 43
Last dests . . ............ 4 7
saved destinations .............. 43
D
estination guidance I nterm ediate de stination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Routing options ......... 51
Destination
input .......... 42
Destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 48
D est. memory delet ing destinations ..... 48
L ast dests . . ............ 4 7
renam ing destinations ....... 48
D evice buttons (hard keys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . overview ..... .............
6 Display AC display ............. 73
brightness .............. . . 73
keypad display ............. 73
ki lometers or m il es .......... 7 4
map appearance ........... 73
time .............................. 73 Driving recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iPod .............................. 32 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ..............................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
p layback sequence . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
playing subfolders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 random playback (shuffle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Searching directory structure . . . . . . . . . . . 27
selec ting track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SETUP .
............ ........... .... 28
shuff le ( random playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
track
info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
VBR (variable bitrate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
WMA files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
see : Multimedia Interface . . . .
MEDIA-IN multimedia interface functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
see also: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Media Player
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Media
source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Media
sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Memory card
moving
scroll marks . . . . . . . . . . .... ....... 11
Multi-function steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Multimedia interface . . . . . . . . . Multimedia socket see: AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MW
.. '' ........... .................. 75
N
Navigation announcements volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RNS 310, RNS 315
Navigation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 installing in navigation data memory . . . . . 3 8
us ing short-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Navigation messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 to o quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
NAV (Navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
address input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 42
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
dest inat ion input overview . . .
. . . . . . .
. . . 42
Destinations on memory cards . . . . . . . . . 45
driving recommend ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53 Economica l route . . . . . . . 51 editing recent destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
entering blocks . . . . . . . 56 entering customized text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entering intermediate destination . . . . . . 55
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 flagged destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I ncompletely digitized areas . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Info window ...... .................. 49
input screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 42
Last dests. as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Map view
in route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
navigation data media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 navigation messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
N avigation region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
on-screen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
posta l code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
renam ing destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51 route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
saved destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Saving destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
sea r
ching for parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
search: gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
settings............................ 58
SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Short route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51

using navigation data short-term . . 38
vCards . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Operation additional displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 browsing lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 changing the default volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 checkboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
on or off .............. .
touch screen ...................... .
tuning knob ........................ .
11 8
settings 6 ...............
.. 73
PDC
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
...... ........................ 59 accepting a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
active cell telephone pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
additional phone calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 63
passive cell telephone pairing . . . . . . . . . . 62
P laces with dang er
of exp losions . . . . . . . .
. . . 64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
. . . 66
Telephone call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
voice command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Places with danger of explosions telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Places with special regulations . . . . . . . . . .
Playback volume (AUX, . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Pop-up windows ....... ............... Position display ing and saving . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
R
changing frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
changing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Deleting memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 FM station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 scan stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
frequency selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 station names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 preset buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
R adio coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Radio mode see: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
R andom playback (Shuffle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
.............................. ... 75 recent destinations selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
R
equirements for
adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................•. .. external data media
Resuming route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rewind . .......................... ... 26
R
otary and push buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 blocking routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 map 53 navigation messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
r oute list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Route Guidance
blocking routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Route List
b locki ng s ectio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Routing criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Routing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
5
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
acti vation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
see: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 radio mode
see: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Saving rece nt de stin ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
displa y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
................ ............ 28
M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 14 (s can) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Scan/Mix/Re pea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
gas s tatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
........................... 64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Bala nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 pre se ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
S ettings ............................ 7 3
see :
Route List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 browsing ch ann els . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
iTun es Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
l a u nch ing
rad io . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ma in menu ...... ......... ... ...... .
s avi ng t rack in format ion .............. . ............ ....... ......... .
selecting stat ions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
swi tching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
a sta tio n b y ca te gory . . . . . . . . . 19
Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
............................. 72
Station preset buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stopping ro ute gui dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
T
Tel ephone see : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Text input cursor cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Time d ela y (Timeout) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 T im eout ............................... 8
.................•..•............ 75
Touc h scree n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Trip destination R efe r to des tinatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tunin g knob (operati on) .........•....... 11
u
Unit s y ste m
met ric o r Ang lo-Am eri can . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
v
VBR .................... ............. 22
VHF ............ ...... .. ...•......... 75
Volume volum e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
in pu t volume (A U X. BT aud io) . . . . . . 29 n avigation announce ments . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
P D C audio reduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
playb ack volume (A U X, BT audio ) . . 29 see : C han ging the default vo lum e . . . . . . . . 9
Spe ed-depe nde nt vo lume ad jus tme nt .......................... 72
traffic ann ouncemen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
w
Warnings ............... .............. 3 Wire less communication interfac e . . . . . . 24

About this
At the end or this Manual , you
The list or Abbrevia tions at the end or the Man­
ual explains the technical abbreviations and desig­
nations.
Directions
Ill ustrations are only expla in the text descriptions
and instructions .
Any technical modifications to the vehicle that
were introduced
fere nces between your vehicle and the information
in this No the information , illu stra­tions , or descr iptio ns in thi s
you
set
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The set may
Supplemen t
Radio or Navigation system
Mobile Phone Package

-Rear window automatic wipe/wash
-Lever with buttons for the Volkswagen Information System (Basic version) . OK/RESET 24
Multi-function steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
- Volume setting for radio , naviga
tion system notifications (if applicab le) , or telephone
- Display Phone main menu or accept telephone
- Audio, Navigation <l-
System (Premium ver-
sion) -
@ Ign ition switch or starter button (for vehicles with Keyless Access locking and starting sys-
tem ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
® Pedals ............ .................................... ....................... .
Lever for adjustable steering wheel
Driver front airbag . . . . . . . . . .
.............................................. .
Horn (only works when the ignition is switched on)
Passenger compartment 11
171
58
82
<l

Center
Key to fig. 6 :
Switch for emergency flashers
Air vents -........... ... ..................... .... .. ............ .......... . .
Radio or Radio & Navigation system (factory-installed)
Controls for:
- ManuaiAC
- Climatronic . . . . .
............................................ .
Passenger seat heating switch ...... ........................................ ... .
® BAG
Driver seat heating switch ......................................... .
12 Vehicle overview
299

Type of notification
or
deale r o r an autho rized
turn off automatically after a few sec­
onds .
Priority 2 warning
message
or continuously levels may cause vehicle damage
and vehicle breakdown .
Check malfunc tion as soon as possib le. Con tact an authorized for assis­tance if necessary.
tex t
The odometer indicates the distance driven by the vehic le .
The
trip odometer (Trip) shows the distance driv­
en since the time the trip odometer was reset.
The meters) .
Outside temperature
At out side temperatures (+4 (icy road warning)
appears in the display . The symbol the outside temperature rises
above +43 (+6
higher than the actual out­
side temperature.
The measurement range is from
to
+122 (+so
Compass
Whe n the ignit ion and navigation system are
switched on, the current compass direction is indi­
cated
in the instrument cluster display
position is shown both on the
side of the selector and in the instrument
cluster display. The respective gear may
as as in Tiptronic ® mode .
Alternative speed (mph or km/h)
The alternative speed display shows the current
Vehicle overview speedometer
shows mph, the alternative speed
display shows a
readout of the current veh i­
signs are posted in units other than those shown
on the vehicle 's speedo meter .
For
vehicles with the Premi um instrument cluster
di splay. select th e A 1 t. s pe ed d sp me nu it em in the Settings menu 24.
For vehicles with the Basic instrument cluster dis­
play :
Press the
Press the (o .o button once. or "km /h " be shown
This activates the alternative speed display . To deactivate , the same procedure .
and in strument cluste r text messages can cause the vehicle to break down in traffic and result in a sion and serious personal injury.
on emergency