MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: Mako V12V on November 25, 2009, 07:10:18 pm

Title: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: Mako V12V on November 25, 2009, 07:10:18 pm: YAY! Just had my RNS510 installed today at VW Blackburn. Took them an hour and a half!! Anyway, the charge was as per quoted at Â£55 incl vat so am happy with that :happy2:

Question - after the units first use from the VW garage to home and after turning the unit off and the car's engine, I noticed a quiet humming noise from the unit. Is this normal? I sat in the car for a few minutes but it carried on. I then left the car for an hour and when i came back all was quiet. It's since done it again. Is it cooling itself down?

I'm not overly concerned except for the posting about a newly fitted RNS510 flattening a battery - could the unit be using battery charge after everything is switched off?

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: JPC on November 25, 2009, 07:13:06 pm: Yeh it will whur away for a while. It doesn't turn itself straight off in case you return to your car after a short period
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: QD MBE on November 25, 2009, 07:23:51 pm: It has a cooling fan built into the rear of the set. It is normal for the fan to remain on cooling the set after use. It will shut down after a few mins.
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: Oli on November 25, 2009, 07:25:49 pm: Phil, where did you buy the rns 510 from if you don't mind me asking??
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: stealthwolf on November 25, 2009, 09:42:08 pm: The satnav, when first started, takes ages to startup and be useable. If you get out and return to the car within twenty minutes, it will be ready to use straight away. After twenty minutes, you have to wait for it to load again. Bit like sleep mode and bootup in a computer.
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: Mako V12V on November 25, 2009, 11:19:48 pm: Thanks for the reassurances chaps :happy2:

I'm prob not gonna use it too much as a sat nav but it looks so, so, soooooooooooo much better than the basic RCD300 model and i'm sure the sound quality is much better......or is it because i'm convincing myself of that cuz of the loadsa dosh i spent on it!

Oli - I bought it off Ebay, but it's not one of the Lithuanian or other "foreign" ones. The chap selling it lived in Bury only about 15 miles away so I saved myself Â£20 odd quid in postage and collected it. He'd taken it out of his Seat Leon before selling the car. It's a VW RNS510 with VW start up screen and part number, version B with all maps installed but no disc. He supplied a new GPS antenna as he couldn't get his other one out!

Costwise I beat the highest bidder by Â£5 with 3 seconds to go and got it for Â£505, so i'm quite chuffed with that. It really is worth it :smiley:

Btw, he left his crappy music on the HDD................who the hell are a group called "Elbow" :confused:
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: JPC on November 25, 2009, 11:24:11 pm: Elbow are from bury! Lol. I think? "throw those curtains wide, one day like this a year will see me right" I quite like that song!
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: Mako V12V on November 25, 2009, 11:27:32 pm: Quote from: JPC on November 25, 2009, 11:24:11 pm
Elbow are from bury! Lol. I think? "throw those curtains wide, one day like this a year will see me right" I quite like that song!
:signLOL:
I prefer Pantera :laugh:
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: JPC on November 25, 2009, 11:29:25 pm: I'm lost!
Title: Re: Does the RNS510 hum/buzz after use??
Post by: Mako V12V on November 26, 2009, 01:11:14 am: Quote from: JPC on November 25, 2009, 11:29:25 pm
I'm lost!
Google them!