Summary of Bluetooth Options for RNS510 & RCD510

[noisuf]

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to embark on the Skoda B bluetooth upgrade for the Red MFD in a Golf R32. I have a few questions:

I have a Polish kit arriving soon.

1) I read the CAN bus cabling is not compliant to VW specs. What's the adverse affects of using the plug and play cables supplied without replacing with compliant cable? Is the change to compliant cable difficult?

2) Any update on A2DP support?

3) Finding it difficult finding good shielded microphone cabling. GTI site stated 2 core 14/.020 shielded cable (DRAKA DE FLRYWBYM 0.5-A+0.5-A is suitable) but this can only be bought in at least 70m rolls.

4) How sensitive is the microphone? If I wanted to avoid the invisible approach in the dome light...could I put it discreetly elsewhere closer to the RNS510?

Cheers.

[BlackSuperb]

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to embark on the Skoda B bluetooth upgrade for the Red MFD in a Golf R32. I have a few questions:

I have a Polish kit arriving soon.

1) I read the CAN bus cabling is not compliant to VW specs. What's the adverse affects of using the plug and play cables supplied without replacing with compliant cable? Is the change to compliant cable difficult?

2) Any update on A2DP support?

3) Finding it difficult finding good shielded microphone cabling. GTI site stated 2 core 14/.020 shielded cable (DRAKA DE FLRYWBYM 0.5-A+0.5-A is suitable) but this can only be bought in at least 70m rolls.

4) How sensitive is the microphone? If I wanted to avoid the invisible approach in the dome light...could I put it discreetly elsewhere closer to the RNS510?

Cheers.

I'll answer questions 3 and 4 as I have the Polish kit but with a white MFD in a Skoda.

Microphone and cable came with the unit so no need to source elsewhere (at least mine did).

I have my micrphone installed in the light fitting in the roof of the car. I don't know about the Golf but in the Skoda, there is a place where the microphone clips in, and the microphone is designed to so. Sensitivity wise, it works perfectly, and the quality is so good, people rarely realise I am talking in my car using the hands free.

[noisuf]

I'll answer questions 3 and 4 as I have the Polish kit but with a white MFD in a Skoda.

Microphone and cable came with the unit so no need to source elsewhere (at least mine did).

I have my micrphone installed in the light fitting in the roof of the car. I don't know about the Golf but in the Skoda, there is a place where the microphone clips in, and the microphone is designed to so. Sensitivity wise, it works perfectly, and the quality is so good, people rarely realise I am talking in my car using the hands free.

The ad said microphone but did not say cable...and the photo didn't show a microphone cable either...we'll see...I've found some shielded speaker cables but not in that size...

Did you install the microphone yourself? I'm just a bit iffy about pulling interior parts apart although I do have a few instructions...

[Pepe]

The ad said microphone but did not say cable...and the photo didn't show a microphone cable either...we'll see...I've found some shielded speaker cables but not in that size...

Did you install the microphone yourself? I'm just a bit iffy about pulling interior parts apart although I do have a few instructions...

My kit from the Polish guy came with a cable long enough to run a Mic up to the bit where the lights are, plus the A2DP loom etc.

[BlackSuperb]

......Did you install the microphone yourself? I'm just a bit iffy about pulling interior parts apart although I do have a few instructions...

I got a local car audio place to do the installation because it was my first go. All the guy did was run the cable from the bluetooth unit via the front door pillar and fed it to the receptacle in the roof. There was already a microphone installed in there from the pissy Nokia based bluetooth that came with the car. That’s the one that doesn't integrate with the RNS510.

With the Skoda Superb, there is plenty of room behind the dash to store the bluetooth unit so I didn’t have to place it in a bracket under the seat – which makes the cable run a little easier too. I used my own Vagcom to program the canbus though.

Now I'm more confident, I had a go at installing a reverse camera and all went well.

[noisuf]

Hopefully I'll get confident REALLY quickly.

[sharkablue]

Well the guy in Spain has not updated my shipment details still and tomorrow will be a week since I paid for it.

I have sent him a message via Ebay today and I am still to hear back from him.

Not looking good so far.

Has anyone received their items from the guy in Spain?

[Peteaussi]

Well the guy in Spain has not updated my shipment details still and tomorrow will be a week since I paid for it.

I have sent him a message via Ebay today and I am still to hear back from him.

Not looking good so far.

Has anyone received their items from the guy in Spain?

I ordered mine a week and a half ago (18th) and he hasn't updated anything. I emailed him and he sent me a tracking number which says that it has left Spain but who knows where it may be now.

It will come when it comes. At least it is in the mail!!!

[fergus]

Well the guy in Spain has not updated my shipment details still and tomorrow will be a week since I paid for it.

I have sent him a message via Ebay today and I am still to hear back from him.

Not looking good so far.

Has anyone received their items from the guy in Spain?

Patience please mate. I buy quite a bit on Ebay and it's pretty good 99.9% of the time. The guy has an excellent rating and you have Paypal protection. Most of us won't have experience with Spanish postal services so we aren't too sure how prompt they are. I ordered mine the same day as yours and the last update I had from the Spanish tracking site was that if left Spain to travel internationally on 23rd but we have no idea how many other countries it goes via before it lobs in Oz - I think it's pretty unlikely that it will be direct rom Spain.