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blueislander80:
Absolutely superb help thank you for putting that together. I can certainly live without Dab, and I have a little Bluetooth unit that could work through aux as well so that wouldn't be the end of the world. Aux is very important and the sd card would be great. Way less bothered about the cd player.
I'll have a serious think about all of this. I'd prefer not to spend silly money but I also do want to try and keep it fairly oem so one of these options will fit. In terms of fitting are there any particularly good specialists out there? I don't mind doing a head unit myself but I wouldn't want to start doing wires and looms etc
Cheers all!
mk5Eire:
--- Quote from: grey golfster on November 06, 2016, 06:49:38 pm ---I don't actually want/need a new gead unit, but thanks fir your work on this guide!
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There are plenty of kits that plug into the cd changer of your stock head unit and give you usb/aux/sd card functionality. Vw do an mdi kit that runs into the glove box or armrest if you have one.
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flashp:
Have a read here also http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,84703.msg1039245.html#msg1039245
And here: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,106899.msg1036912.html#msg1036912
And also this: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,84703.msg869637.html#msg869637
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pudding:
--- Quote from: PatchySan on November 06, 2016, 04:37:59 pm ---Bare minimum is to upgrade the Canbus Gateway otherwise you will experience Battery Drain with these OEM units. You can get the 7K0 907 530 canbus gateways for about £20 uncoded or about £30-40 precoded.
Most people tend to upgrade to the European RCD510 or RNS510 stereos but it will need the additonal Bluetooth module should you want BT stream and have telephony. It also does not include any USB/AUX options by default, you will need to purchase additional wiring through where the ESP buttons are. And to make things more complicated not all RCD510/RNS510 have DAB. You can tell by looking at the back of the unit, if it has a black port then the unit has DAB. All in all the RCD510/RNS510 while one of the most aesthetically pleasing is also one of the most expensive OEM options you can buy - you'll be looking around £500+ for all the options fitted in.
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I got my RNS510 through some VAG car radio specialist on ebay. I can't remember the name of it, but he supplied me with a 'Q' revision 510 with an internal software tweak to fix the battery drain issue. Just putting that out there because you don't strictly need a newer gateway, and it's an utter git to replace too. It's dependent on year of the car and year of the radio. Mine's an 07 plate and I've left it at Gatwick for 2 weeks with no battery drain.
Agreed on the RNS510 being the best looking unit, but it's by far the best sounding option unfortunately. And the price of the Bluetooth module is crazy, which puts the overall cost too close to the flagship Kenwood NAV unit the dealers supply & fit, which sounds superior.
trackep:
sorry to hi jack the thread. But i'm just after something i can plug my ipod/iphone into and something the wife can call me on when she is driving (doesn't like driving on an evening on her own :rolleye:. The RCD330G plus looks like the one? Will this be just a straight plug and play on my 2009 ED30? thanks for any input.
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