Fitting RNS 510

[fab5freddy]

Hi guys & Gals, quick question regarding fitting my new RNS 510. It's a revision c led screen, sw3800, 7.1 maps. Will it need coding? I have the arieal adaptor, is there anything else i'm missing? Also i have the ipod adaptor fitted to my old head unit, can that just be connected to the new unit? Thanks in advance of any help. James

EDIT forgot to add i have midline display and no mfsw, so am i right in thinking it should just be a plug & play affair? Or is there more to it. Thanks again

[alexperkins]

As its a version C, youll need a CAN gateway above a version K (L or higher) else you will get battery drain same as me (the modified firmware to avoid battery drain does not work on version C units)   I have just had to order an AD gateway to get around this so it shuts down properly.

If you have a multi function steering wheel, you may need to recode the RNS to work with the steering controls as it doesnt always work first time

The rest is pretty simple as you have the aerial adapter. The only thing you will need to do is move pin 2 to pin 3 on the iPod lead that plugs into the back of the radio or youll get a huge amount of interference.

As shown here, the wire highlighted in blue gets moved http://www.my-gti.com/1336/cd-changer-audio-sound-quality-problems-after-changing-head-unit

[Creatz]

No you just need the 4 digit code,Its pretty much plug and play.
The only prob you will have,If your car is older than 2008 you will need
a different can-bus gateway,this is a small black box that talks to the stereo
through the ecu and tells it to shut down once the car has been turned off for a while.
If you have an old can-bus the stereo doesn't shut down and the HDD keeps running and your
Battery will go flat, the other option to prevent this,is to change the Firmware of the stereo
to an earlier version

[fab5freddy]

Lads thanks very much for the quick replys, i've a november 2007 build date (2008 reg) Canbus be ok? I've no access to VCDS to find out which version i have. Take a punt and see what happens? Or replace canbus now? What you think?

[alexperkins]

Should be alright. Mine was an earlier 07 plate running a K gateway, so you should be an L or an M 

Try it and see 

[fab5freddy]

Will do

[Creatz]

Mine is the same model as yours, open the little storage cupboard next to drivers door,and pull it out
behind there is your can-bus gateway.







your looking for a black box with 1ko 907 530 ad

[Creatz]

oh and if its not there,it will be up underneath the drivers foot well



has a red plug clipped into it, the above post are my pics from when i tried to find mine
i was lucky and had a brand new one because of a warranty fix

[fab5freddy]

Thats brilliant mate thanks for that 

[alexperkins]

Cheers for the photo creatz! Ill be replacing mine later this week so that helps in locating the bugger!

Warranty replacement...arent you lucky! 

[Creatz]

Thats brilliant mate thanks for that 

No prob mate,i was in the same situation as you few weeks ago.
Bought an RNS and didn't know if i had the right can-bus.

Searched for hours underneath the steering wheel from all the different write ups that pointed me to there
and it turned out it was behind The little cupboard next to the drivers door.

I have the same car as you and they did change the can-bus in 2008,so its the cross over period
so fingers crossed matey that your ok

[Creatz]

Cheers for the photo creatz! Ill be replacing mine later this week so that helps in locating the bugger!

Warranty replacement...arent you lucky!  

yeah by the previous owner,
I was just extremely lucky to have had that done on my car.
VW showed it was replaced on there system in December 2010, i bought the car in
January 2011    

[alexperkins]

Happy days! Mine unfortunately is the original and doesnt want to play ball 

[fab5freddy]

another quickie lads, wheres the best place to put the gps aerial?

[alexperkins]

Up in the top air vent. Theres some space in there. Worth doing a search on the forum for it :)