Has anyone fitted..............

[The Wheel Man]

in dash DVD / sat nav units?

As soem may know im looking for a GTI but i think i may be too fussy as i canoot see a single car with the spec i want, the main thing that most GTI's dont have sat nav fitted.  Now i know its petty but i want it because i think that i looks much better than the std stereo so i might as weel look at after market units.

Ive looked on the net but to be honest i know zip about this kinds thing. 

Any suggestions?

[Hurdy]

I have a Kenwood 7200. Good system and well specced. See below.

http://www.justkenwood.co.uk/stock01/dnx7200.asp

[RedRobin]

I've had Pioneer and now Alpine SatNav/Audio touch screen units in my GTI and much prefer the Alpine. I didn't like the Kenwood SatNav interface at the time I first considered such gear. There's nothing to choose between all of them audio quality wise. Alpine have the most experience in SatNav mapping.

My Pioneer:



Alpine at night with iPod:



Alpine in Germany:

[whitegtidriver]

ive got the pioneer 30gb harddrive double din model in just i can watch tv & dvds its got a dab input i can put screens in the headrests, ipod conector 6disc changer dvd changer itll run a ps2.its got a g metre and accearomitor as well the hd is partioned 20 gbfor mapping (26 european countries) 10gb for music it was the best of all the double dins when i bought it last year BUT it was £2500 fitted along with a speaker upgrade alot better than the standard crap..

[Andy B]

We've been considering an upgrade.

The main thing stopping us getting the Kenwood has been the worry of having the car broken into to have it nicked. Are there any units out there with satellite nav and a removable fascia?

The Alpine pictured above wouldn't do the business for us because it looks like it gets in the way of the vents, and we'd prefer it to occupy the place taken by the RCD300 (like the VW oem model)

[Beefy McMoo]

Hi I've fitted the new RNS 510 from VW.  It was very easy to fit, and gives the full functionality without having to mess around with Vag-com or anything.  It took me about 30mins from start to finish.
Also sounds much better than the standard RCD300.  Not sure about the sat-nav voice though, she sounds very stern 
You get a 30Gb hard disk to copy all of your MP3 files onto, it plays DVD's and accepts SD cards through a front slot.  Finally you get to keep that OEM look at it comes direct from VW.
Hope this helps,
Nigel

[Andy B]

Hi I've fitted the new RNS 510 from VW.  It was very easy to fit, and gives the full functionality without having to mess around with Vag-com or anything.  It took me about 30mins from start to finish.
Also sounds much better than the standard RCD300.  Not sure about the sat-nav voice though, she sounds very stern 
You get a 30Gb hard disk to copy all of your MP3 files onto, it plays DVD's and accepts SD cards through a front slot.  Finally you get to keep that OEM look at it comes direct from VW.
Hope this helps,
Nigel

Beefy - that looks exactly what we want - thanks! One thing I like is the proper buttons at the side, and the fact that it's all lit up in red to match the other lights...

Here's a couple of good threads about the 510:

http://vwnavi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6808

and

http://vwnavi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5993

[CocoPops]

My Ed30 has the 510 as an option, can't wait for it to arrive

Going to be adding the "Premium Bluetooth" to it, so I can use my phone through it

[Andy B]

Beefy - just one question - can you put full postcodes into your 510 yet? I've read there's a problem with full postcodes right now...

[2007GTI]

I have an RNS 510 too - retro fitted.

you cant put full postcodes in, VW doesn't seem to know or care either.