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Diy disaster
« on: June 05, 2016, 05:54:27 pm »
Someone please help before I loose my marbles!
I have an rns510 fitted and yesterday I fitted a Bluetooth unit and harness which I bought from this forum,
During the instal the cars battery died so I got a new one.
Yesterday the radio worked fine, I could recieve and make calls.

Today, the polar fis doesn't work, though I never checked it yesterday so maybe it's been off since then
The volume buttons don't work on the mfsw
The radio turns its self off after 30 minutes
And you have to turn it off when leaving car,
Can't connect via Bluetooth for music or calls

Also I had the glovebox out and have a fault on dash from this


Have the gremlins took up residency in my car?
Can I sort out these issues
Can anyone shed any light??

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2016, 12:00:25 am »
anyone near you with vagcom?

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2016, 12:12:22 am »
I tried a guy from the list but he's long since moved on,
I'm in Sunderland but willing to Travel

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2016, 10:32:40 am »
1st thing I'd do was to disconnect the battery again. What BT module did you fit, btw? I have that in my Ed. 30 and the Polar BT/Battery module to make the BT info to show in the instrument cluster.

For now, my guess is your PolarFIS module is blocked so the info doesn't reach the CAN correctly. It needs resetting and that can be done by disconnecting the battery. You may as well check if you have the latest firmware installed and update it if needed.

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2016, 12:40:27 pm »
Not sure if @skard still has his cable to scan it with as he is up that way

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2016, 01:30:31 pm »
Well I woke to a flat battery this morning, the head unit must be drawing power all the time even with ignition off
I'll be home in an hour so I'll try disconnecting battery again

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2016, 03:16:42 pm »
1st thing I'd do was to disconnect the battery again. What BT module did you fit, btw? I have that in my Ed. 30 and the Polar BT/Battery module to make the BT info to show in the instrument cluster.

For now, my guess is your PolarFIS module is blocked so the info doesn't reach the CAN correctly. It needs resetting and that can be done by disconnecting the battery. You may as well check if you have the latest firmware installed and update it if needed.
I've fitted a 7p6 kit
Got no display from polar fis, head unit sounds like it's running constantly even when turned off,
Just got home disconnected battery will see what happens in ten minutes.
The main thing I need sorting is the head unit running constantly and draining battery

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2016, 03:25:06 pm »
You might need to correctly code the BT module as well. Something is making a conflict with the CAN gateway.

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2016, 06:21:52 pm »
Disconnected the battery, left it twenty minutes.
Bluetooth works as does mfsw...
I can't work it out....
Still have airbag fault up which is getting sorted song with the polar fis

Hopefully it starts tomorrow

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2016, 07:17:49 pm »
Sounds,like you need a newer can gateway. Pm pashka on here. He's very helpful. Cant assist with the vag com I'm afraid.

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Re: Diy disaster
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2016, 07:21:24 pm »
If the car has a RNS-510 fitted from factory like mine had it has a CAN gateway L, that is new enough to handle the BT module and avoid the battery drain problem.

If the PolarFIS isn't showing in the cluster I'd disconnect it and see if everything else works well without it. The BT module has to be coded to remove the not correctly coded error on the VCDS scan.