2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF ECO mode

steps extent:
basic safety instructions =>page 8.
Use data media suit able for Media mode =>page driving can distract the driver from traffic situations.
cles).
Setting the too high can damage
hearing . This can sure of the ears to
Sudden may occur when the audio source is changed or connected.
Please lower the volume before changing or connecting to an audio source .
Driving recommendations and traffic signs in the navigation system may differ from th e actual traffic situation.
and displays.
adjust your speed and driving style to road, traffic, weather, and visibility conditions.
data media tract the driver from traffic and to
Connecting cables of devices may obstruct the drive r.
Unmounted or improperly mounted external
devi ces can be thrown through the
on the stee ring wheel, strument panel , seat backs or between these
areas and the occupants. External devices
can cause serious injury in the event of an
acciden t, if th e airbag s
The center armrest can interfere with the e r' s elbow movement and thus cause
Always keep the armrest while driving.
can be caused by laser beam s if the housing of the CD is open ed .

Media source Conditions for playback
Audio file playback via Bluetooth®a)_ - The device or vehicle must be equipped with a suitable mo­
profile
connectable for audio output 1
MDI. External data media -
Compa tible with mul timedia interface
a) is a registered trademark of Bluetooth
Limitations and notes
Dirt , h igh temperatures and mechani cal damage
ca n render a data medium unusable. ob­
serve dat a medium manufac turer information .
Quality differences between data media
of different
manufa cturers can cause prob lems during play­
back.
Observe
requirements regarding copy­rights!
Th e data med
ium configuration or the devices or
prog rams used for recording can cause individual
tr acks or data medium
to be unreadabl e. lnforma- lion
regarding best practices for
the creation of au­
dio files and data media (compression rate,
tag, etc .) can be fo und on the
The r ead time can vary depending on the
size, usage status (copy and delete processes) ,
folder st
ructure and file type .
define a ce rtain playback se­
quence. do not save any
on page 3 and note the intro­ductory information on page
Audio files on data med ium are often sorted via
data directories CJ and in order to de­
fine a certain playback sequence.
directories and on the data medium
are sorted in nume rical and alphabetical order by name .
Figure
18 shows an example of a typical au­
dio data containing tracks directories and
subdi rectories .
The tr acks are played back
as
1. Track and in the root directory.
2.
in the first dir ectory F1 in the root directory of the CD.
3. Track® in the first subdirectory F1.1 of the
directory F1
4 . Track ® in the first subdirecto ry F1.1.1 of the subd irectory F1.1
5 . Track
in the second subdirectory F1.2 of the directory F1
6. Track ® and ® in the second directory F2
are treated
select ing different playback modes (Repeat, Mix) 28. Audio mode

Fig. main m enu : Ex tras function butto n
i n mode.
on page 3 and note the
Depending on sett ings , Subdirectories are mode
During press the !Extras) func tion t on in the MED IA ma in menu.
one of the
1
main menu wit h
Th e pop-up windo w in the funct ion button
( fig .
Bri eny touch this function button to end the mode and continue the
sequence of
mode can be activated or deactivated by brieny pressing the adjustment knob 1
!scan): Th e first seconds of each tr ack in the curre nt or media source be one after the
o ther . The scan start with the next track .
The tracks of an aud io CD are back in random order.
!Mix T he tracks of the cur rent are in random order.
!Mix The tracks of the curr ent data medium are in random order.
!Repeat Track): The track is repea ted.
!Repeat co): The tracks of the audio CD are repea te d at t he end of the CD.
!Repeat The tracks of the curren t
Random they are
deact ivated or the data medium is removed. <1
Media settings menu(SETUP)
on page 3 and note the button to open
the Media settings menu. The choice of setup tions dep ends on the device and equipme nt.

and requirements
system FAT16 (<2GB) or F A T32 (> 2 GB).
iPodsrM and iPhonesrM of different genera­tions3>. MTP or Vista" trademark.
and formats
-Audio in OGG-Vor bis and AAC mat.
-i n
of the
are protec ted trademarks of Apple
it can take M TP they are ready to
For data media that are divided into tions . the first partition is recognized.
Read about
Fig. 34 media source interface).
on page 3 and note the
The can damage the adapter and of function.
Do not connect media to the radio navigatio n syste m at the same time fo r
musi c via a n d via the to Fig. 35
Connect an appropriate adapter to the interface
Connect the dat a medium t o the
switch on the the appropriate data mode.
Despite indica tions to th e contrary, the
Audio mode

Ejecting
a CD from the ing, press the button in orde r to move the to i ts ejection position.
no after press ing the
the CD is not removed from its eje ction posi­
tion. CD and after about 15 seconds the CD is
than 3 sec ­
onds . The ar e mo ved one by one to the ejec­
t io n pos ition.
S tatus
CD
CD is being provided .
CD
i s ready .
LE D i s sw itched off.
LED is up.
L ED flashes
LED
the stora g e compartment o n
the passenger side o r the front arm rest,
ve rify that the change r or the c an be dam aged. Fi g. 38 Loading and removing int o and from the magazine .
on p age 3 and note the
Audio mode

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

Damage to safety belts re duces their effective ne ss and increa ses the risk of seri­ous personal injury and death whenever the
v ehicle is being used.
Torn or frayed safety belts can te ar, and
damag ed safety belt hardware can break
web­
bing, bindings, buc kles, or retractors are damaged , hav e the belts replaced immediate­
ly with the correct replacement belts proved by Volkswagen for your vehicle, mod­el , and model yea r.
Fig . 45 Warning light in the instrume nt
Lights up or Possible caus e flas hes
Driver and front p asse nge r have not
tened their safety belts, if fr o nt passenger sea t is occup ied.
Heavy items on the front passe nge r seat.
Whe n the ign itio n is switched on, seve ra l warni ng
and indica tor lights come on brie fly for a func tion
check. They go out after a few seconds.
A warning chime also sounds.
Replacement after a crash may be neces­
s ary even if a sa fety belt shows no visible damag e. Anchorages that have been loaded must also be inspect ed .
D amaged safety belts must be replaced ; they cannot be repaired .
Never try to repair a dam ag ed s afety belt yourself. Never remove or modify the safety
belts in any way.
Have safety belts, bindings, retractors and buckles replaced by an authorized
Always keep the belts clean . Dirty belts
may not work
tory information and heed the WARN­on page 69.
Proper response
Fasten safety belts .
Re move it e m s f
rom fr ont passe nger seat and
stow them safe ly .
T
he safety belt wa rnin g light comes on f or 6 sec­
onds when the ignition is sw itched on. A warning
ch ime also sounds for up to 6 seco nds if the driv­er's safe ty belt is not bu ckl ed . Th e c hime stops
soone r if the driver buckles his or her safe ty be lt.