Stereo issue

[Rossimac]

....how's the battery holding up in the car...?

[chrisjudd]

No problems. Put the stereo in last night around 7.30, wife started it up this morning at 11 am and it was fine!

Just plugging in the laptop now to try the suggested post much above


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[chrisjudd]

You can always take the plastic connectors off your current leads and just plug the leads in without the plastic house. I wrapped the first one in electrical tape to avoid interference... Worked at treat and saved me £7 (and more importantly the wait from eBay).

The biggest problem you're going to face is the CAN Gateway being an older version which doesn't support this stereo. Essentially, the communication between the stereo and your car will be wrong and the stereo will never fully turn off, leading to a dead car due to battery drain over night.

Odds are the version you've got is not compatible - get a VCDS scan of your car and look for your Gateway's version and compare with the ross-tech website.

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Navigation_System_(RNS510)_Retrofitting

This is a newer version that I bought (mine was 1K0-907-530-F, so needed updating):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OEM-CAN-BUS-GATEWAY-CONTROL-UNIT-for-VW-RNS310-RCD510-RNS510-RNS315-7N0907530AN-/191085346455?hash=item2c7d92fe97:g:n50AAOSwu-BWPW~E

Then you need to:

• Get a backup (screenshots will do!) of your current Gateway's installed modules list (this just details everything in your car that is running through your Gateway)
• Replace Gateway with newer version
• Untick all installed items on the new one (as it probably came from a car which had different installed items) and tick all of the boxes that apply to your car

Job is a goodun.

You can buy pre-coded Gateways ( @Eddie-NL sells these ), where I presume he does all of the work of ticking the boxes for you.

You may need to code the RNS 510 in as well.

Any questions, let us know!

Good luck.

I've got vcds lite and an old vag com cable, won't let me do what your asking, I guess I need the more expensive Ross tech stuff?


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[chrisjudd]

Also, how's the iPhone Bluetooth compatability? Ive been reading up and it seems a bit hit and miss.

Just wanted to check before I ordered a Bluetooth unit for playing music


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[Rossimac]

I've got vcds lite and an old vag com cable, won't let me do what your asking, I guess I need the more expensive Ross tech stuff?

I originally tried a friend's VCDS (illegal version) which I couldn't get to work with my car for love or money.

Ended up just buying the full thing which worked wonders and leaves me with little headaches.

[chrisjudd]

Well it's gone back to doing its swl initialising business tried the cd a few times and it's not working :(


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[chrisjudd]

Anyone want a dud rns510 for parts giving up with it


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[doylebros]

Anyone want a dud rns510 for parts giving up with it


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There's a firm offering fixed price exchange for these,not worth a look down that route?

[chrisjudd]

Who does that?

I've got a double din alpine in the shed that I keep getting tempted to put in


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[doylebros]

It's in a flyer at work but I think it was these

http://www.bba-reman.com/catalogue/Products.aspx?category=992

I can check on Monday if it's still there.