RNS510 Question, newbie... so please forgive if asked too many times

[dArK5HaD0w]

as everyone else already mentioned - just unplug the old n plug the new. everything will work.
although u'll need to do some vcds coding to tell the car that u now have an rns510 unit in place.

however, if u want to make use of voice control for the rns510, u'll need to do some re-wiring so the mic is wired into the rns510, instead of the bluetooth unit, as it currently is.
if u leave it as is, u'll only have voice control for phone calls.

going slightly off topic now - why does the top spec performance golf not come with the rns510 as standard?!??!?!
it comes with the best of everything else - why did vw skimp on the headunit?

[tonymy01]

going slightly off topic now - why does the top spec performance golf not come with the rns510 as standard?!??!?!
it comes with the best of everything else - why did vw skimp on the headunit?

Yeah, it is definitely a nice profit maker for them, no way that thing is worth $2500... the US market did it a bit differently, but then the US versions of the Golf R really cut back on some of the nice things we got standard to meet their silly low prices they all demand there.

[avdo_]

Thanks mate, much appreciated.

As for the voice control, I'm not too fussed about it as long as I can take/make phone calls.

I asked the same question when I was buying the car, and dealers response was "its easier this way to make more money".

I found a unit for sale here in Australia on ebay, link below.

NEW VW RNS 510 SAT NAV RNS510 F LED DVD Video in Motion Golf Amarok Map5.0 2012 | eBay

What do you guys think, reasonable or expensive?

as everyone else already mentioned - just unplug the old n plug the new. everything will work.
although u'll need to do some vcds coding to tell the car that u now have an rns510 unit in place.

however, if u want to make use of voice control for the rns510, u'll need to do some re-wiring so the mic is wired into the rns510, instead of the bluetooth unit, as it currently is.
if u leave it as is, u'll only have voice control for phone calls.

going slightly off topic now - why does the top spec performance golf not come with the rns510 as standard?!??!?!
it comes with the best of everything else - why did vw skimp on the headunit?