Feeler: RNS-510 Group Buy

[Top Cat]

Im pretty sure the ones from TommyCupra aren't a lot more and they are brand new. 

Nath i am not sure but i believe the ones from Tommy are also these refurbed models, as far as i know you can not buy them new anywhere other. than VW. I could be wrong though. 

[182_blue]

Yeh tommys are refurbs unless otherwise stated

[Greeners]

Then I repeat what I said earlier, where the hell are they getting all these faulty units? 

[Ifti]

Agree with Greenouse - would be nice to know where all these refurbs are coming from, and why there seem to be so many?! Is the failure rate really that high?

[JPC]

i thought the ones from tommy were half inched from the place in the Czech republic where they make them?

[BeezerDiesel]

i thought the ones from tommy were half inched from the place in the Czech republic where they make them?

I had that impression too. A bit like buying re-furbed mobile phones from some places only to find they are brand new!!!
Either that or all over mainland Europe there are VW owners waking up to find their expensive upgrade radio has gone walkies overnight.....

[182_blue]

i thought the ones from tommy were half inched from the place in the Czech republic where they make them?

nope, they are refurbs

[182_blue]

i thought the ones from tommy were half inched from the place in the Czech republic where they make them?

I had that impression too. A bit like buying re-furbed mobile phones from some places only to find they are brand new!!!
Either that or all over mainland Europe there are VW owners waking up to find their expensive upgrade radio has gone walkies overnight.....

this was and probably is still true for allot of the units sold, especially so from the polish sellers from what i understand

[pazz]

All I have been told so far is that they "come from Europe" and there is a 2 week wait for orders over 2 units.

If you have a better idea please hand out the details rather than just slating this one!

Please dont shoot the messenger, it is just an idea to get things started.

[pazz]

Just bought one yesterday... I would of joined this.

Curley, where did you get your unit from? Was it a new unit or a refurb like these?

[stealthwolf]

i thought the ones from tommy were half inched from the place in the Czech republic where they make them?

Me too. Had no idea they were refurbs.

Did a whole box load of these fall off the lorry as they were being moved, marked as 'damaged' and then being sold on? Something fishy going on.


Who else has the RNS on here?

[winrya]

I got mine from tommy. First one had a dead hard drive but 5 weeks later I had a version b. I paid £620 delivered but I got a lucky deal:)

[pazz]

I got mine from tommy. First one had a dead hard drive but 5 weeks later I had a version b. I paid £620 delivered but I got a lucky deal:)

Version B's are quite rare so I hear. I believe the only difference between A and B is the video output feature so you can connect additional screen's to the unit.

[winrya]

I got mine from tommy. First one had a dead hard drive but 5 weeks later I had a version b. I paid £620 delivered but I got a lucky deal:)

Version B's are quite rare so I hear. I believe the only difference between A and B is the video output feature so you can connect additional screen's to the unit.

Yea everyone was after the board on vwnavi.com but was never clear about differences. I know the volume display is in a different part of the screen.  Also some of the menu's are slightly different. Sure I read the interface to add external hd's only worked with version b

[182_blue]

if you update a version A to version B with the firmware update its reported to work in just the same way as a newer B unit