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Offline Adamski

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NW Newbie
« on: December 02, 2014, 07:59:46 pm »
Evening all

Just taken delivery of a 2007 Mk5 GT TDi 170 with DSG box... it's a sensible(ish) replacement for a Freelander 2 i6 HSE which returned a hugely depressing 16 MPG. £500 annual tax... no thanks.

I'm hoping to upgrade the stock RCD 300 head unit for something with Sat Nav and Bluetooth - I'd like to stick with OEM but keep seeing the phrases "battery drain" and "gateway modules" mentioned... need to do a bit more reading.

Other than that, the vast expanse of grey plastic at the back of the car will have to be coloured in at some point.

Anyway... hiya.

Adam.

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Re: NW Newbie
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2014, 08:29:15 pm »
Welcome  :smiley:
Some of the 07 skip the battery drain issues but to be safe go for and RNS-510 upto Revision H I have got the H it's fantastic  :happy2:

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Re: NW Newbie
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2014, 08:31:49 pm »
Welcome!

Where abouts I the NW are you?

Also, get some pics up  :smiley:

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Re: NW Newbie
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2014, 08:52:25 pm »
So an RNS-510 on Revision H wouldn't be fussy about the gateway? This is good news, cheers Kieran.

I'm in Saddleworth Dave... just outside Oldham.

Pics to follow   :happy2:

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Re: NW Newbie
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2014, 09:14:15 pm »
So an RNS-510 on Revision H wouldn't be fussy about the gateway? This is good news, cheers Kieran.

I'm in Saddleworth Dave... just outside Oldham.

Pics to follow   :happy2:

I got the revision H on my 2007 edition 30 works perfect with the gateway you could get any revision A,B,C,D,E,F,G or H I think might have put to many there haha, higher the letter later the revision  :happy2:

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Re: NW Newbie
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2014, 01:40:39 am »
Welcome mate, :worthless:
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