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Offline MaXXeH

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DAB?
« on: 22 March 2011, 15:16 »
Do any of the units recive DAB radio?

Offline Exonian

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Re: DAB?
« Reply #1 on: 22 March 2011, 19:16 »
MK6 Golfs, Sciroccos etc all come with the option of DAB. Thus the DAB tuners from those will fit a mk5 with the appropriate ariel.
I don't have DAB in my MK6, but I do have a Pure Highway in my other car. It's a seperate tuner that is supposed to mount on the windscreen like a SAT NAV but I wired mine into the car and hid the wiring behind the trim to make it invisible. Works well and only cost 50 quid.
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Re: DAB?
« Reply #2 on: 24 March 2011, 15:34 »


I retro fitted a RCD510 with DAB (spent 9 months looking for one) to my GTI.  Had to install a new aerial but the system works a treat.  Also had to upgrade the CANBUS so all in it was quite expensive, but I wanted to keep it all oem. 

No i can drive around listening to 6 Music awesome :cool:

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Re: DAB?
« Reply #3 on: 24 March 2011, 15:44 »
do you just need the rcd510?   anything else?


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Re: DAB?
« Reply #4 on: 24 March 2011, 16:37 »


you need a specific RCD510 which comes with in built DAB.