Thought i'd post this here as it may be useful for some of you, I did this in my previous passat too.
As the passat has a USB socket you can add all your music onto a USB and always have your entire library in the car.
I use a 30gb stick as I have quite a large collection but 16gb wiill do for most.
First you need to format the stick (erases everything so backup anything you want to keep).
Go to my computer icon and right click. Click on manage. Open device manager and find your usb drive.
Right click the drive and select properties.
Choose the policies tab and select the option 'optimise for performance. Click ok.
Now go back to my computer and open it, you should see your usb drive there, right click on it and select 'format' Choose NTFS in the dropdown then click start. Once complete you can safely remove your USB stick.
Now go and plug your USB drive into the car and select media, it should come up, when you open it it will say no files found on usb drive. (this step may not be needed, but i did it anyway incase the car adds any firmware onto the stick to recognise it in future)
Now remove again and plug into your PC, drag and drop your music folders directly into the root file of the drive (the first screen that opens when you open the drive).
And thats it, you should now be able to plug into your car and have all your music organised by folders you dropped in.
Note: The USB drive i had for my previous passat was not recognised by the new car, so I re-did the above (backing up the music first) and all worked fine after.
Enjoy!
As the passat has a USB socket you can add all your music onto a USB and always have your entire library in the car.
I use a 30gb stick as I have quite a large collection but 16gb wiill do for most.
First you need to format the stick (erases everything so backup anything you want to keep).
Go to my computer icon and right click. Click on manage. Open device manager and find your usb drive.
Right click the drive and select properties.
Choose the policies tab and select the option 'optimise for performance. Click ok.
Now go back to my computer and open it, you should see your usb drive there, right click on it and select 'format' Choose NTFS in the dropdown then click start. Once complete you can safely remove your USB stick.
Now go and plug your USB drive into the car and select media, it should come up, when you open it it will say no files found on usb drive. (this step may not be needed, but i did it anyway incase the car adds any firmware onto the stick to recognise it in future)
Now remove again and plug into your PC, drag and drop your music folders directly into the root file of the drive (the first screen that opens when you open the drive).
And thats it, you should now be able to plug into your car and have all your music organised by folders you dropped in.
Note: The USB drive i had for my previous passat was not recognised by the new car, so I re-did the above (backing up the music first) and all worked fine after.
Enjoy!
