BOSCH RCD-510 Vs Delphi RCD-510

[Bambazonke]

Pawnii no plan to upgrade the Can bus as I have been told all Tiguans came with the updated one that prevents power drain. Will monitor battery state over the coming days to be sure. Unit to be installed after the other half returns from doing the weekly shopping. Will report back if any issues.

Phone button on the left on the newer Bosch units previously it was on the right. In the latest users manual published in 2010 VW advise the button locations vary according to what your radio for that countries market comes with ie TIM (EU)DAB (EU) DAB+(AUS NZ?) SAT radio (subscription required & only works in USA & Canada).

Iamthestig it comes with 3 other additional multi pin sockets which i assume are for the MDI, Bluetooth & reversing camera. I am ordering a MDI interface for ipod/iphone unit from Germany off ebay which landed in Aus should be around $200. I will have it set up in the cubby hole not the centre console as per factory installation

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My apologies phone button on the right on the newer units, it used to be on the left in pre 2010 units

[Pawnii]

Fantastic Bambazonke.
chuck a few before/after pics up

[Bambazonke]

Six torx screws in and out and 15 mins later unit installed! easiest and quickest installation I have ever done. radio does not work at moment as I need an antenna adapter which I have ordered off a seller on eBay for $12 inclusive of postage from Poland where the oem part (Fakra) dealer here wants $50! Will report back on this issue in due course.

Cd shuttle and SD card media work well and all controls on steering wheel and display in the instrument cluster work perfectly as I feared I would have had the visit the local dealer for recoding which thankfully is not the case $350 so far and well spent in my opinion compared to what I had installed previously

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Fakra part I think is made in Poland along with the std alloys that we're fitted to the car!

[rpstry]

My experience was similar installing mine into the GT pretty straight forward - just be patient with delicate trim pieces. MDI + 729B Skoda Bluetooth are waiting to be installed on mine also.

[Bambazonke]

Good to hear rpstry I gave the BT & MDI the flick and opted for an OEM RVC which has in my opinion made better use of the radio's graphic screen capability. I hardly use the cd shuttle and have copied all my music onto a number of SD cards and use it in the same manner as an iPod with no problems I have a Garmin gps that has Bluetooth and an inbuilt fm transmitter that takes care of the hands free issue