RD's R36 - The newest Additio

[kamold]

I'm not far away in Baulko so can help you out.

[racedirector]

Thanks Kamold, you're a legend. Will contact you once it's all in. I can see what all this programming is about as well....

[prn31]

My MY10.5 wagon was fitted with 9W2 Bluetooth from new and upgraded to 9W7 in 2011. A “reputable” VW specialist stuffed it behind the RNS510… Can’t recall whether it is wrapped or not but maybe it contributes to the rattles that I keep chasing in this car – there is one on the left hand side of the dash and an annoying one coming from the rear parcel blind.

Interesting that you are coming from an AU Falcon XR8 – my R36 replaced a 2001 AUIII Fairmont V8 wagon – a very rare beast that I tricked up with Tickford stuff: wheels, suspension, steering wheel and even the engine. It was a nice thing, ginormous inside compared to the Passat but it liked to drink– 14-15l/100km around town if I took it easy. In the R36 I’m getting mid11l/100km, which is an improvement.

I also note that you have Dynaudio as standard – it was ordered on my car but due to a stuff up with the paperwork was never fitted. Interested to know whether the Dynaudio (Lear) amplifier under the passenger seat has two plugs or not? They changed the standard (Blaupunkt) amplifier between MY08 and MY09 from twin plug to a single plug. It supposedly means the Dynaudio retrofit is not plug-and-play for MY09, MY10 and MY10.5 R36s because of the different plugs and makes doing the swap difficult because you need a different wiring loom.

[kamold]

All 600w Dynaudio amps have the same set of 2 plugs, up to and including in the MY16 CC after which they switched to optical (MOST) bus connection.
The 'Dynaudio' amp in the Golf is actually the 250w amp that is standard in the R36....hence the disappointment many Golf Dynaudio owners have voiced over the years. This has the single 50pin connector.

[snerlo]

Haha, funny this. My previous car to my R36 was an AUII XR8 which I absolutely loved and I will rue the day I sold it for the rest of my life. Loved that thing. It had the best noise!! The 36 is a nice rig and in a totally different class, but my XR8 had presence!!

[racedirector]

How cool is that, 2 R36 owners owned an AU XR8 I still have mine, deciding whether to keep it or sell it. Thinking I may make it my project car, its just the room I don't have that might kill that idea

Still haven't put my Bluetooth in yet, I may get it done today or tomorrow. Been looking at Ross Tech cables, a Sydney distributor has the 10 VIN version for $480, about the same as I could get one from the US. They are out of stock of the 3 VIN versions Just have to convince my wife it is a good idea.....

[racedirector]

So its been a while and nothing done to the R36, just don't have a lot of time. Last weekend I tried to install my bluetooth and yet again ran out of time. However, I found the car has a microphone installed and that is connected to the RNS510. When I install the piggyback cable it does not have the matching wiring to take the installed microphone to the unit but has a plug for the microphone and lead I got with the kit.

What would the one in the car be for? If I disconnect/replace that with the kit microphone, what will I lose? The star on my steering wheel just mutes the unit, as does the phone button without the 9w7 installed. Any info would be appreciated on what to do next.

This weekend I will attempt to fully install the bluetooth..... depending on weather of course.

Cheers

[kamold]

The one in the car would be for voice control of the RNS.
However if the RNS and steering wheel aren't correctly coded for voice control then the star button will just mute.

So your existing mic should be connected to the mic in pins on the RNS. Then your bluetooth unit's mic pins should be connected to the mic out pins on the RNS. That way you can get both voice control on the RNS and microphone for the bluetooth module.

[racedirector]

Hi kamold

Thanks for the reply. Worked out the star, language was wrong. Changed that and it came alive.

Looks like I'll need to find some pins and sockets to fit the plugs so i can route the current mic wires through the piggyback. I'll go visit Jaycar tomorrow to see what they have.

Cheers

[racedirector]

Long time between posting, the ole girl is still ticking along nicely. Haven't had time to do anything to it since the bluetooth install however.

With regard to bluetooth, how do you stop the RNS510 switching to bluetooth whenever something happens with the phone? On the wifes 206 TSI nothing happens until you tell it to, on mine every little touch on my phone will switch the radio to bluetooth. Along with that I get no track information when actually using it, is it supposed to do that?

I am sure I missed some coding when I originally installed the unit but I can't seem to locate any concrete information on a full set of settings. Anyone have any insights?

Cheers