2012 Seat Leon 5D AUX

42Audio mode
MEDIA-IN multimedia interface
Introduction
For the ALHAMBRA model, depending on the version, the MEDIA-IN multi-
media interface is in the passenger storage compartment or the centre arm-
rest between the two front seats.
For ALTEA, ALTEA XL, ALTEA Freetrack, LEON and TOLEDO models, the MEDIA-
IN multimedia interface offers a USB connector and AUX connector. This is
located in the centre console in the LEON and TOLEDO, and under the front
armrest of the ALTEAS.
The supported file formats listed below are collectively referred to in this
manual as “audio files”.
Audio files on an external data medium connected to the MEDIA-IN multime-
dia interface can be played and controlled via the radio and navigation sys-
tem.
Where this manual refers to external data media, this means multimedia de-
vices containing supported audio files, such as MP3 players, iPods ®
and
USB memories. External data media are displayed as MDI (Media Device In-
terface).
The MEDIA-IN multimedia interface supplies the usual USB voltage of 5
volts.
Additional Information:
● Safety notes  ⇒ page 6
● Unit overview ⇒ page 8
● Media mode ⇒ page 29
Note
The rubber mat in the storage compartment of the MEDIA-IN multimedia in-
terface can be removed. 
Information on connecting a data medium
Fig. 39 MEDIA-IN interface for ALTEA and LEON.
Fig. 40 MEDIA-IN multimedia interface for ALHAMBRA and TOLEDO. 

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Connecting or disconnecting an external data medium (MDI) - ALHAMBRA
● Connect the appropriate adapter to the MEDIA-IN multimedia interface.
● Connect the external data medium to the MEDIA-IN multimedia interface
via the adapter.
● If necessary, switch on the external data medium or select the appropri-
ate data mode.
Even though the display may indicate otherwise, the external data medium
may be disconnected from the MEDIA-IN multimedia interface at any time
without data loss.
Connecting or disconnecting an external data medium (MDI) - ALTEA, ALTEA
XL, ALTEA Freetrack, LEON and TOLEDO
Connecting a mass storage device or player with a USB connection
Connect the device to the USB connector of the MEDIA-IN interface.
If necessary, start playback in the external device.
Connecting an iPod or iPhone in order to control it from the radio and
navigation system
Connect the iPod or iPhone to the MEDIA-IN interface using the cable or
special iPod adapter provided by SEAT.
Connecting an external device to the AUX input of the MEDIA-IN inter-
face
Connect the device to the AUX input of the MEDIA-IN interface with the
right cable.
Even though the display may indicate otherwise, the external data medium
may be disconnected from the MEDIA-IN multimedia interface at any time
without data loss. –
–
– Control through the radio and navigation system
An external data medium correctly connected to the MEDIA-IN multimedia
interface can be controlled through the radio and navigation system.
Depending on the unit, when an external data medium is connected and
switched on, it is necessary to change to the radio and navigation system
manually for playback.
●
Open the MEDIA main menu.
● Press the MEDIA
unit button to open the
Media selection menu.
● Press the MDI function button to start or resume playback from the ex-
ternal data medium.
Further details of the operation of the external data medium (changing
track, selecting tracks and playback modes) are given in the corresponding
chapter of this manual ⇒ page 8.
If the selected media source is disconnected from the MEDIA-IN multimedia
interface while being played, the radio and navigation system will remain in
MDI mode. Another audio source must be selected manually.
Special features. ALTEA, LEON and TOLEDO models
Depending on the vehicle equipment, from the radio and navigation unit
and via the MEDIA-IN interface, the user can:
● play and control audio files from a mass storage device or MP3 player
with USB, iPod or iPhone connection.
● play audio from an external player connected to the AUX input of the Me-
dia-IN Interface
● play audio from an external player connected to the AUX input of the
Rear Seat Entertainment system (if fitted in the vehicle)
Sometimes the additional auxiliary input of the MEDIA-IN interface must be
activated in order to use the MDI Media source in the Media selector.
Activation: 

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● ticking the Activate AUX2 input check box in the Media Setup Menu or,
● this option can also be activated using the function button in the pop-
up window which appears when you try to go to the MEDIA main menu when
there is no Media source connected or activated.
When should it be activated?
● LEON, TOLEDO: to play audio from an iPod (via the SEAT adapter cable)
or from an external device connected to the AUX input of the MEDIA-IN inter-
face.
● ALTEA, ALTEA XL, ALTEA Freetrack: to play audio from an external player
connected to the AUX input of the Rear Seat Entertainment system (if fitted
in the vehicle)
iPod ®
and iPhone ®
When an iPod ®
or iPhone ®
is connected, a special iPod selection menu is
displayed at the top selection level of the track view ⇒ Fig. 42. This iPod se-
lection menu always has the same structure and is operated in the familiar
way.
The music controls on the connected iPod ®
or iPhone ®
are disabled.
The output volume of a connected iPod ®
or iPhone ®
should be adjusted to
the volume of the other audio sources ⇒ page 41. Possible error messages after connecting an external data medium
Error messageCauseProcedureDevice not suppor-
tedPlayback from the ex-
ternal data medium or
communication via the
adapter cable used is
not possible.Test the adapter cable.
If possible, update the soft-
ware for the external data
medium.
Unit not ready for
operationCommunication inter-
rupted.Check the connection and
make sure the external data
medium is working correctly.
Due to the large number of different data media and various iPod
®
and
iPhone ®
generations available, it is not possible to guarantee fault-free
operation of all functions described here.
Note
External audio sources connected to the AUX socket of the MEDIA-IN inter-
face can be played through the radio and navigation system, but cannot be
controlled from there. To control the external audio source, please see the
manufacturer's instructions. As long as the external audio source is not
switched off, it will continue operating even if another source starts to play
in the radio and navigation system.
Note
The MDI symbol remains visible and on (highlighted in red), and therefore
accessible, as long as the “Activate AUX2 input” check box (Media setup
menu) is ticked. The option should be deactivated when playback has fin-
ished. 

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Note
The USB connection takes precedence over the MEDIA-IN interface AUX in-
put. Both of these, or an iPod adapter where applicable, take precedence
over the additional input. Therefore, to play audio from a device connected
to the AUX RSE input, first make sure that there are no devices or cables
connected to the MEDIA-IN interface.
Note
For further information, please see the Rear Seat Entertainment system
handbook.
Note
If another audio source (CD, SD, etc.) is selected during playback, the exter-
nal player connected to the RSE continues playing. 

102Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
AbbreviationMeaningAMAmplitude modulation (medium wave, MW).AUXAuxiliary inputEONSupports other networks (Enhanced Other Networks).FMFrequency modulation (very high frequency, VHF).MDIExternal data medium (Media Device Interface, e.g. iPod ®
).RDSRadio data system.TMCStation for traffic reports (Traffic Message Channel).TPTraffic Programme.

Index
A
Address entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 102
Anti-theft protectionCode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Radio coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Areas with special regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Autoscan MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Autozoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 102 AUX-IN multimedia socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AUX volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
External audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AUX-IN multimedia socket See: AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AUX 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AUX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AUX 2 External audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Avoiding traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Base volume
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Bluetooth Automatic pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Bluetooth audio (external audio source) . . . . . 37
BT audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Button tone See: Confirmation tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C
Cabriolet models (ejecting CDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Calls to SEAT services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Car park search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CD eject in Cabriolet models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CD mode See: MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing station names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checkbox – ticking and clearing . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Confirmation tone Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Cursor
See: "Enter mark" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
D
DAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Additional services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Additional stations from the main menu . . 25
Additional stations on the DAB station list . 27
Changing an ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deleting station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
FM programme tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Incoming messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Programme tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching incoming messages on or off . . . 27
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Updating the station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Data, deleting See: Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Day or night design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
103
Index

DeleteDestination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Telephone user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Delete memory See: Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Deleting All entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Navigation data on memory card . . . . . . . . 48
Radio presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Station list (DAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stored DAB stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Demo mode (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Destination Displaying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Petrol station or car park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Searching for a point of interest . . . . . . . . . 57
Stored destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Editing destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storing destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Destinations Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Destination window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dialogue Push To Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Digital radio See: "DAB" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Additional display information . . . . . . . . . . 11
Air conditioning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Keyboard layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Kilometres or miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Dynamic route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
E
Enter mark Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Entries, deleting See: Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 102
Explosion: areas of risk Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
External audio source Bluetooth audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Data medium requirements (MDI) . . . . . . . . 42
External data medium (USB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MEDIA-IN multimedia interface . . . . . . . . . . 42
MP3 player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
See: AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 41
See: AUX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
External data medium See: MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
F
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Flagged destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 102
Function buttons (soft keys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Function keys
See: Function buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
G GALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Geoposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
GPS status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
H Hard keys See: Unit buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
I
Ignition off Switch-off delay (timeout) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Input volume (AUX, MDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Input window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interference from a mobile telephone . . . . . . . 10
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
iPhone See: iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
104 Index

iPodControlling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
K Keyboard layout Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Kilometres and miles display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
L
Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
Last destinations Selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
M
Main menu MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Navigation NAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
TRAFFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Main Menu Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Main telephone menu Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Voice mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Map
Speed limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 102 Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
iPod operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Audio data CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Autoscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
AUX-IN multimedia socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AUX volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bit rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bluetooth audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
CD cannot be read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing Media source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ejecting CDs (Cabriolet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Input volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MDI volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Media source selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory card cannot be read . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Mix (random play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing subfolders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Random play (Mix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Scan function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Searching the folder structure . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
TP (Traffic Programme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 22
Track information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Track repeat function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
VBR (variable bit rate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
WMA files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MEDIA-IN See: MEDIA-IN multimedia interface . . . . . . 42
MEDIA-IN multimedia interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Installation location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
See also: MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Media sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 38
Memory card (SD card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mid-range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Miles and kilometres display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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