Bluetooth Steering Wheel Track Skip

**BlueSVT** · 01-18-2016 02:02 PM

Is there ANY way to skip tracks from any of the steering wheel controls, when using Bluetooth audio? Seems crazy there's no simple "Next Track" button, like EVERY OTHER car with steering wheel control has.

Inconvenient reaching over to the passenger side for the track skip button... Even with the iPod audio, it seems stupid the only way to change tracks is to scroll down to the next track and then hit the select button!

**agent47** · 01-18-2016 02:04 PM

Your car has a heated steering wheel?

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**JoeGie** · 01-18-2016 02:50 PM

if you have the programable button on your steering wheel then you can set it to skip to the next track.

**BlueSVT** · 01-18-2016 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by agent47

Your car has a heated steering wheel?

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Yes... guess that means I'm screwed? :(

**agent47** · 01-18-2016 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSVT

Yes... guess that means I'm screwed? :(

I guess so too. The non heated kind has a * button instead of the steering wheel heat button. That * is a function button- I used it to skip tracks on my 2013. My 2016 has heated s/w. I gotta reach over on the central console and skip tracks if I want.

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**VeryBadman** · 01-18-2016 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSVT

Yes... guess that means I'm screwed? :(

You can buy a flat bottom to replace yours. It will come with * button and you will be good :)

I know what I said sounds really stupid LOL

**BlueSVT** · 01-18-2016 04:05 PM

Grrrr... this is really stupid!!!!

**Soft** · 01-18-2016 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSVT

Grrrr... this is really stupid!!!!

Can't you do that using the left side arrow buttons if you select the yellow music part in the senter cluster?

**cdubya19** · 01-18-2016 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSVT

Yes... guess that means I'm screwed? :(

I think you're out of luck there through bluetooth. I think the programable button is replaced with the heated steering switch.

On the iPod, I can only think of 2 ways without reaching over to the button by the volume.
1. use the gauge cluster screen menu on audio and selecting the next song with the thumb wheel.
2. With the center display on music, use voice command to select the next song via line number.

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**BlueSVT** · 01-18-2016 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by cdubya19

I think you're out of luck there through bluetooth. I think the programable button is replaced with the heated steering switch.

On the iPod, I can only think of 2 ways without reaching over to the button by the volume.
1. use the gauge cluster screen menu on audio and selecting the next song with the thumb wheel.
2. With the center display on music, use voice command to select the next song via line number.

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Dumb, and dumber... LOL

Really irritating that they didn't give that more thought. Would be nice if you could just scroll the left-side wheel up/down to advance and rewind track...

**MadAboutCars** · 01-18-2016 08:11 PM

It's taken them until the RS performance models to realize that Drive Select should be able to be done from the steering wheel, as well.

**hmc2261** · 04-27-2020 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by agent47

I guess so too. The non heated kind has a * button instead of the steering wheel heat button. That * is a function button- I used it to skip tracks on my 2013. My 2016 has heated s/w. I gotta reach over on the central console and skip tracks if I want.

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Resurrecting this from the grave, since this annoys the hell out of me.

So I dont have a heated wheel and I dont think I have a function button. Is there any way to skip a GD song?!

**prestige.phantom** · 04-28-2020 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by hmc2261

Resurrecting this from the grave, since this annoys the hell out of me.

So I dont have a heated wheel and I dont think I have a function button. Is there any way to skip a GD song?!

For the 2012-2018 A-RS 6/7 There were only three possible functions that you could have on the steering wheel. Most people have the * which is like a "wild card" button that allows you to select a few functions. Cars with the cold weather package got an icon of a steering wheel with heat radiating from it, which obviously controls the heated steering wheel. Some later RS cars without the cold weather package got a "Drive Select" button which sent you straight to the drive select menu and allowed you to toggle through different drive modes. The only way to skip a song would be with the * button if you have it programmed to skip tracks.

Unless your car is a later RS6/7, if you dont have the cold weather pkg (thus you dont have the heated wheel) you definitely have the * button.

**coop3422** · 04-28-2020 12:04 PM

I've always found this to be quite stupid. I have a heated steering wheel (which doesn't get as hot as I'd like). I listen to A State of Trance so it's usually 2 hours long of me not skipping so it's not a huge deal. But still seems like a massive oversight. There are so many buttons on the wheel I've literally never touched.

**prestige.phantom** · 04-29-2020 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by coop3422

I've always found this to be quite stupid. I have a heated steering wheel (which doesn't get as hot as I'd like). I listen to A State of Trance so it's usually 2 hours long of me not skipping so it's not a huge deal. But still seems like a massive oversight. There are so many buttons on the wheel I've literally never touched.

You can turn the steering wheel heat up with OBD Eleven or VCDS. I turned mine up a few degrees and its much improved!