MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: Jay_bcfc on March 20, 2012, 08:19:50 pm

Title: HELP std headunit edition 30 problem
Post by: Jay_bcfc on March 20, 2012, 08:19:50 pm

Hi Guys, hope someone can help me. I have the standard headunit in my edition 30 (with the 6 cd in dash) and for the the first time have come across a problem.

I got in the car tonight and the stereo would not player any of the cd's, so took them all out cleaned then and blow the headunit clear of any dust tried to put the cd back in and it just seems to take ages to find the cd (4 minutes!) while making loads of wierd noises like there is a cd stuck and high pitched clanking.

It has been fine until tonight, the only thing I have done to the car is have it re-mapped and lowered yesterday.

any advise?  :scared:

Title: Re: HELP std headunit edition 30 problem
Post by: Mev on March 20, 2012, 08:43:08 pm

RCD 500? Is it spending the time "reading" the disc? If the wiring has been mucked about with there may be no permanent live feed so it has to reboot when the ignition goes on.

Title: Re: HELP std headunit edition 30 problem
Post by: Jay_bcfc on March 20, 2012, 08:59:12 pm

Yeah it's the RCD 500...thats exactly what its doing reading the disk all the time.  I don't think the wiring would have been messed about with. What would you say the best solution would be? remove headunit and check wiring? thanks

Title: Re: HELP std headunit edition 30 problem
Post by: Mev on March 24, 2012, 05:34:51 pm

I had this problem when I mucked around with the permanent and ignition feeds when fitting a parrot wiring harness. I realised it was rebooting each time I turned the ignition on but when I rewired with a permanent live it went back to normal. I would suggest that you find a permanent 12v connection fom either the harness or, if feeling daring, from the battery. Then connecting straight to the appropriate connector on the quadlock. This should confirm that your headunit is working correctly and the fault is in the wiring harness.

Scary stuff so you may need to ask some more tech minded types for advice on this.

Title: Re: HELP std headunit edition 30 problem
Post by: Jay_bcfc on March 26, 2012, 09:00:35 pm

It did sound like it was rebooting all the time but has stopped reading cds altogether now, however the radio is working fine..the wiring hasnt been messed with, and it was just a out of the blue problem. I have managed to get hold of a RCD510 unit, so i'm going to install that later in the week and see if there is any other problems.
how did you re-wire yours for a permanent live...I have got no idea about this sort of thing :(