MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: aidogti on July 01, 2010, 04:57:24 pm

Title: mfd2 help
Post by: aidogti on July 01, 2010, 04:57:24 pm

hi lads i just bought a mfd2 for my 05 gti, the dvd drive wouldnt work, it wouldnt take a disc... so broght it to an auto electrician and he pointed out that my quadlock block had only 2 blocks connected... power and speaker, so my question is do i need the other 2 blocks or do i need just 1?? the one for the cd changer??? the guy also said i need a wiring diagram from vw.. would i get 1 off the net??

any help on this lads....

Title: Re: mfd2 help
Post by: ub7rm on July 05, 2010, 08:03:57 am

IIRC some of the ports will be empty at the back of the quadlock depending on your equipment, such as if you don't have the CD changer / ipod prep / phone kit.  Wouldn't worry about that (though if you want to listen to anything other than the radio when using the nav you will have problems).

TBH it sounds as if you simply have a duff unit.  I know there is a repair kit for the DVD reader.  Does it accept CD's?  I think there are two seperate reading heads, one for a DVD and one for a CD.  Might be the issue.  Any chance of punting it back to where you got it from?

This is a good resource for nav problems:

http://vwnavi.com/forum.php?s=b409efc8d10cb6d2e84d53ae45d56f4a

Title: Re: mfd2 help
Post by: aidogti on July 05, 2010, 06:58:45 pm

no it wont except cd's or the dvd the maps are on.. it seems to have no power to the drive at all.. is there not a nav power source fron the little green 12 pin block??

Title: Re: mfd2 help
Post by: ub7rm on July 05, 2010, 07:40:09 pm

Does the actual unit power up?  I doubt there is a seperate power supply for the nav part.  It was a simple plug and play for me from a base spec RCD300 to MFD2 ...

I think there is a transport mode to stop the heads moving about and getting damaged during transport.  I don't know if this is software enabled or if its a physical locking mechanism.  Maybe worth looking into but there is a good chance I'm just speaking out of my arse here ...

Title: Re: mfd2 help
Post by: aidogti on July 05, 2010, 07:50:58 pm

yeah powers up perfect, i actually have it in the car now, the radio works fine its just the cd drive wont work... its very strange, i thought if there was a fault wit cd drive it would come up on the screen saying fault, and when you changed from rcd 300 to mfd2 can you remember if your quadblock had the blue or green blocks?

Title: Re: mfd2 help
Post by: aidogti on July 12, 2010, 08:30:58 pm

problem solved there was a loose connection....  :happy2: