Get Infotainment system -> Media Guide for Volkswagen Tiguan 4 Door Third Generation (2024-2025)

Media

Introduction

In media mode you can play back media data from data carriers via the Infotainment system and save your favorites for quick

access.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the following data carriers can be used as media sources:

USB storage medium, e.g. USB ﬂash drive.

Bluetooth device, e.g. cell phone.

SD card.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the following types of media ﬁles can be played:

Audio ﬁles, e.g. music.

Video ﬁles.

You can also use streaming services, depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries ⇒ Online Functions.

Restrictions and instructions for data carriers

Dirty, overheated or damaged data carriers are not to be used. Read and heed the information provided by the manufacturer.

Difference in quality between data carriers from different manufacturers can cause problems with media playback.

Wrong conﬁguration of data carriers can lead to the data carriers being unreadable.

The storage volume, condition (copy and delete processes), ﬁle system, folder structure and the amount of saved data can

increase the time taken to read data carriers.

Playlists only deﬁne the order of play and refer to the saved location of the media ﬁles within the folder structure. No media

ﬁles are saved in playlists. To play a playlist, the media ﬁles must be present in the data storage device memory location, to

which the playlist refers.

Volkswagen is not responsible for damaged, altered or lost files on data carriers.

Playing a Media File

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Connecting and Selecting a Media Source

1. Connect the media source.

2. Tap My media and select your preferred media source.

Searching For and Selecting Media Files

You can search for and play media ﬁles from a media source in a variety of ways.

Searching the Selected Media Source

You can ﬁnd all of the media ﬁles on the connected media source via a folder structure or by using the full-text search.

1. Display the folder structure.

2. Searching the folder structure for a desired track.

Or: to start the full-text search, tap

The input line is displayed.

3. Enter the name of the desired track.

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The list of the found tracks updates automatically during input.

4. Tap the desired track.

When playback starts, if the selection is located in a folder on a media source, all of the media ﬁles located in the folder

will be added for playback.

If a playlist is played back, all available tracks on the playlist will be added for playback.

5. Close the selection with

Saving the Media File as a Favorite

Only media ﬁles that are saved in My Media in the music and video folders can be saved as favorites. You can save individua

tracks, albums, artists and genres as favorites.

1. Start playback of the desired track.

2. Open the favorites list.

3. Tap an available storage location.

Or: tap on an already occupied favorite position, and press and hold for approx. three seconds.

4. Select from the selection list:, e.g. title.

The selection options in the selection list depend on the data attached to the media ﬁle. If a genre is not indicated for mus

ﬁles, the genre cannot be saved as a favorite.

If a video ﬁle is currently being replayed, only this video can be saved as a favorite.

The selection is saved in the selected favorite position as a favorite. If the favorite position was already occupied, the

previously saved favorite will be replaced by the selection.

Selecting a Media File from Favorites

1. Open the favorites list.

2. Tap on your favorites.

Depending on the selection, all tracks heard during the current playback will be added to favorites.

Entertainment playback via the Infotainment system

The Infotainment system can play music and videos.

Video mode

In video mode, the Infotainment system display can play a video from a data carrier.

The video sound is played back via the vehicle speakers.

The video image is only displayed when the vehicle is stationary. The Infotainment system display will be switched off when

the vehicle is moving. The video sound will continue to be played.

In some countries, for road safety reasons, no video image is shown even when the vehicle is stationary.

Depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries, video from a streaming service can also be played back ⇒ Onli

Functions. A stable Internet connection is required for playback via a streaming service. There may be costs associated with

your mobile network provider for doing so.

Functions and Symbols

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Functions

The functions and possible media formats depend on the vehicle equipment and are not available in all countries.

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Media playback and media control via connected media sources.

Audio playback in these formats:

AAC.

APE.

ALAC.

FLAC.

MP2.

MP3.

MP4.

Vorbis.

OPUS.

WMA.

WAV.

Video playback in these formats:

MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (.mpg, .mpeg, .mkv, .avi).

ISO MPEG-4 ASP; Xvid (.mp4, .m4v, .mov, .mkv, .avi).

ISO MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (.mp4, .m4v, .mov, .mkv, .avi).

Windows Media Video 9 (.wmv, .asf, .mkv, .avi).

Cross-device playlists.

Cross-source media database: My media.

Data from all media sources connected to the Infotainment system are stored in a media database.

If My Media is selected, the categories (e.g. music) and connected media sources are displayed.

All media ﬁles from USB devices are ﬁltered by category (e.g. albums). This category view is always displayed In My

Media. The classic folder structure of the individual USB data carriers can also be found in the My Media menu.

Media search.

Media streaming (online).

Symbols

The symbols depend on the vehicle equipment and are not available not in all countries and may look different depending on

the Infotainment system.

General symbols

1. To open the main menu, open the home screen and tap

⇒ Overview of Infotainment system.

Or: Tap MEDIA.

Or: Press MEDIA.

Start replay. Pause replay. Go to the previous track. Skip to the next track.

Repeats the current track.

Repeats all tracks.

the favorites list.

Activate random playback.

Search current media source (list view). Close list view.

Open

Go back one folder level in the media source.

Opening the settings.

Symbols for media sources

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My media: select cross-source media database My media as the media source. Connected USB devices and their folder

structures may be selected under My media. Bluetooth audio: select a device connected via Bluetooth as a media source.

Set up available streaming services.

Streaming services which have already been set up are represented by their own logos in the list of media sources.

Symbols for categories and groups of media ﬁles

Music tracks.

Videos.

Playlists.

Albums.

Artists.

Genres. Podcasts.

Audiobooks.

Video replay symbols

Replay video in full-screen mode.

Minimize replay.

Online Functions

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the Infotainment system features online functions in media mode.

Online functions in media mode are not available in all countries and vehicle models.

Online functions in media mode include streaming services, for instance.

Prerequisites for using online functions in media mode:

The vehicle has VW Car-Net.

You have registered and you have an active VW Car-Net user account.

Your vehicle is assigned to your user account.

You have purchased a corresponding active data package through the VW Car-Net app or through the VW Car-Net

website, USA: vw.com/carnet, Canada: vw.ca.

Streaming services

Prerequisites for using streaming services:

The requirements for using online functions in media mode have been met.

You have your own user account for the relevant streaming service.

Setting up streaming services

Depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries, you can use streaming services directly through the Infotainment

system ⇒

Introduction. There must be an internet connection to use streaming services ⇒

Introduction.

1. Select Media Streaming as the media source.

A list of available streaming services is displayed.

2. Select the desired streaming service.

Either an input ﬁeld for inputting the registration data is shown or a guide to registering with the provider is displayed.

3. Enter the login data for the desired user proﬁle and conﬁrm.

The streaming services will be added as a new function key in the list of media sources.

Depending on the country, you may need to log in to the streaming service again if you change your privacy settings, for

example.

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