Nightmare with RNS510 SAT NAV ebay seller

[mortygt140]

VWjon yes it does mate I think he has recently changed it to that name it used to be something else??

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[VWjon]

Cheers lads, whilst doing my research on the RNS510, some site say about disconnecting the cars "Compass Module" as the rns510 already has its own??

Apparently it causes a conflict of data bus traffic with both in use?? meaning the car doesnt know where it is???

Have some of you guys had to do this? or just not bothered, have you gone from the standard rcd300 / rcd500 or from the previous MFD2 Sat nav?

[sundaydriver]

Yes thats him

To give him a tiny bit of credit i got the replacement unit today as promised before 1.00pm.Its got a couple of tiny marks on it but its a million times better than the other 3.

Also just a quick question he gave me firmware2009 on disc, what improvements does that make on the sat nav unit (its a versionB)?

[mortygt140]

Nice to see you got it sorted sundaydriver the 2009 c version f/w will give you the below improvements

http://www.my-gti.com/1198

VWjon the uk/euro vw's dont have a compass it is done through the RNS510,  the US RNS doesn't have a built in compass and instead has one in the boot.

Darren

[p3eps]

Mine was from stirlicas13 on ebay.  Its from Lithuania, but the guy was very helpful and answered emails straight away.  He even gave me £25 back into my PayPal as the unit has a couple of hairline scratches on the shiney plastic bit (which you can't see unless looking for!).

[sundaydriver]

Cheers Darren, i did'nt know if i should try it as everything seems to work (displays clilmate controls,steering wheel controls work, displays radio and ipod info on the dash etc)

[mortygt140]

Do you get nav info on the info display?? if not poss that your satnav is not activated in the can gateway.

If the nav isn't activated then when you are routing somewhere you will not get the directions in the white info display or the compass on normal driving.

Darren

[sundaydriver]

No i dont get nav info in the info display box, how can i activate that??

[Aidy06]

Needs coding via VAGCOM mate

[VWjon]

Cheers morty, forgot to mention im getting the RNS510 for a MK5 Gti, but I assume it will be the same. Just go to find a decent one now.

In my search I have come across different HW versions. HW03 with the Version C firmware upgrade WONT take SDHC cards (over 2GB). HW04 with the upgrade will accept SDHC cards (cards up to 32GB). I take it HW11 will accept SDHC cards with firmware version C as well?

(To avoid confusion for anyone, SDHC is a high capacity SD card, stores over the standard 2GB up to 32GB)