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RCD300 upgrade
« on: March 29, 2011, 10:57:22 am »
Hi guys, please tell me if I posted at the wrong place. Do I need a new CAN BUS gateway if I upgrade a non-mp3 RCD300 to a RCD300 mp3 one? or is there any other ones that I can upgrade to without changing the CAN BUS? as I know me and car electrics will end up with a big red FAIL!!!!

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 11:36:54 am »
Can Gateway only needs changing when moving to a 310 or 510 (RCD and RNS).

No battery drain with the RCD300 MP3...

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 12:09:06 pm »
Nope, I changed my RCD300 to a RCD300-MP3 without changin anything othere than the head unit, Just need the code for the new unit.

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 12:51:55 pm »
I assume it'll be the same too for my 2005 car then!

*runs off to look on ebay for a RCD300 mp3 version!!!!

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 04:54:15 pm »
Yeah mine is a 2005 car aswell.

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 10:38:01 pm »
Can Gateway only needs changing when moving to a 310 or 510 (RCD and RNS).

No battery drain with the RCD300 MP3...

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I have an 05 and retro fitted RNS310 and didn't changed it and all worked fine ;)
« Last Edit: April 01, 2011, 11:55:45 am by Betty02 »
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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2011, 11:46:57 am »
Hi, are all RCD300 (mp3 enabled) radio's made by GRUNDIG and will say RCD 300 MP3 on the back?

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2011, 10:29:01 pm »
Hi, are all RCD300 (mp3 enabled) radio's made by GRUNDIG and will say RCD 300 MP3 on the back?

The Mp3 unit has MP3 above the CD slot from what I remember (or is that he RCD500)....easy to spot.  :happy2:

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2011, 11:18:09 am »
Yet another question now guys, I still haven't found a rcd300 mp3 at a decent price yet (I'm a bit skint after paying for the car itself a few weeks ago!)

I've burnt an audio CD and plays fine in the RCD300 however at the end of the last track, it just goes into a crazy mode and cannot seem to loop back to track 1, did I just simply burnt the CD wrong or is there some kind of trick to it?

Any suggestions guys? Many thanks!!

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2011, 11:19:51 am »
How long is the last track?


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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2011, 11:24:03 am »
Not that long, 3 or 4 mins? It was a Rihanna song, I just put a load of songs from the missus's laptop onto the disc.

once the song finished playing, the track numbers then flickers between 20 (the last track) to numbers in the 30's, and this just goes on and on... until I turn to knob on the right to skip to track 1. Thanks

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2011, 11:26:10 am »
Could be a corrupt burn

Try a different last track and burn slower


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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2011, 11:28:26 am »
Thanks Alex, will give that a go... It's good to know that  non GTI member is welcomed here too. By the way I have a 2005 1.6FSI sport

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2011, 01:43:50 pm »
Always burn discs using good quality media and the slowest burn speed.

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Re: RCD300 upgrade
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2011, 02:34:42 pm »
Always burn discs using good quality media and the slowest burn speed.

I agree, I burnt some cds last week and they dint turn too good....they stopped working in a couple of hours lol