MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: HDautos on September 23, 2012, 11:11:44 pm

Title: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: HDautos on September 23, 2012, 11:11:44 pm

The sat nav, maps and HDD seems to only work when it wants too. Most of the time HDD is not lit up and the sat nav says insert DVD disc. Guessing I may need to update it? anyone had this problem?

Title: Re: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: Degudodger on September 27, 2012, 03:14:42 pm

It's not unheard of for the hard drive to fail in the RNS510, maybe yours is not long of this earth.

Title: Re: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: Squeeguk on September 27, 2012, 06:17:46 pm

Rip out the old HDD if that is the case and replace it with a solid state unit. Should speed it up some. Does also mean virtually disassembling the whole unit unfortunately.

Title: Re: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: bacillus on September 27, 2012, 07:18:15 pm

Quote from: Squeeguk on September 27, 2012, 06:17:46 pm

Rip out the old HDD if that is the case and replace it with a solid state unit. Should speed it up some. Does also mean virtually disassembling the whole unit unfortunately.

Does the hdd have a standard sata interface?

Title: Re: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: Squeeguk on September 27, 2012, 08:13:55 pm

As far as I know, it has an IDE interface.

See here:

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f78/rns-510-hdd-replacement-ssd-swap-diy-60984.html (http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f78/rns-510-hdd-replacement-ssd-swap-diy-60984.html)

Title: Re: RNS510 problems with sat nav and HDD
Post by: HDautos on September 27, 2012, 11:17:35 pm

Thank you for the replys. Sounds like I may have bought a dodgy one :(