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My Mk5 2.0 GT
Andy:
Some good mods Adam
Yorkie92:
It's all about creature comforts :happy2:
The little chirp makes all the differance :smiley:
Where abouts in yarmouth are you anyway?
Yorkie
lukemk5gti:
I'm possibly looking at the xCarlink again so I've a few questions for you if you don't mind?
Does the MFD2 come out handy enough with the 2 supplied radio removal keys?
How did you secure the xcarlink in the glovebox? Did you have to drill a hold to feed the cable and then secure it in place with 4 bolts?
Is the wiring on the back of the MFD2 handy enough to do?
Thank you!!
boardyuk:
Thanks all, got confirmation of the next few mods today so should see more changes in the next few weeks hopefully :party:
--- Quote from: Yorkie92 on September 22, 2014, 10:14:55 pm ---It's all about creature comforts :happy2:
The little chirp makes all the differance :smiley:
Where abouts in yarmouth are you anyway?
Yorkie
--- End quote ---
It is indeed, I'm about 2 roads back from the front on the way to Sainsburys.
--- Quote from: lukemk5gti on September 23, 2014, 10:45:57 am ---I'm possibly looking at the xCarlink again so I've a few questions for you if you don't mind?
Does the MFD2 come out handy enough with the 2 supplied radio removal keys?
How did you secure the xcarlink in the glovebox? Did you have to drill a hold to feed the cable and then secure it in place with 4 bolts?
Is the wiring on the back of the MFD2 handy enough to do?
Thank you!!
--- End quote ---
Sure, I got my dad to give me a hand drilling out the 4 holes to mount the XCarLink in the glovebox (he did it in his Porsche so he knew what he was doing!) and then used 4 bolts to hold it in place. There's already a pretty big gap behind the VW folder near the right which passes behind the console so easy to get things wired in without too much hassle.
Once you get the sections of trim off that need to come off to remove the MFD2 it's just held in with 4 screws (mine doesn't use radio keys for the head unit those are for the changer in the arm rest), then it's just a case of give it a firm tug and out it pops, being careful not to do what I did and let it hit the climate controls as it marks easily. It's really easy to do once you know what your removing, I replaced my MFD2 with the RNS510 in about 15min the other day so it's not too hard at all.
Wiring it in is as easy as pop the changer plug out from the main harness, plug the XCarLink where the changer plug came out from and plug the changer into the XCarLink. The plugs will only go in 1 way so it's simple as can be, there's also a ground cable to connect so I just attached this to a ground point on the MFD2 and that was it.
I'll see if I can get a pic of the wiring for you later tonight if you want now I've pulled it all out.
lukemk5gti:
Fantastic, a pic would be great!
I'm still in between minds as the Bluetooth isn't great but it's a cheap fix and I don't want to change my MFD2 as I have it fully loaded with sat nav etc.
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