Rear view camera for tiguan - install completed

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Firstly thanks to CADman for this original thread with pics & instructions.

Wouldn't have gone ahead with this install without it!

Nevertheless ... thought I'd add some more and help others to avoid the hours of sore finger tips and scratches that I endured.


VCDS Coding

I actually did the coding upfront (and not at the end as suggested), once I tapped into the power supply of the RNS510 wiring harness (following CADman's instructions) and connected the RVC onto the end of the cable supplied.

This way I could check for sure that RVC was powering up and showing up on my RNS510 display before running any cabling.

NOTE 1: At this stage you will see RVC icon on the display when you put car into Reverse (without engine on). But will just get a black picture if you press on the RVC icon as haven't connected RVC to reverse trigger wire.



Doing coding upfront to enable RVC (i.e. Module 37 - Navigation, Byte 3, checking the Bit 6 box) also allows you to check and make sure that the RVC plug on the back of the RNS510 is secured properly. Getting this assurance will save you pulling out the unit later on, if there was a bad connection and one less problem or re-work to worry about.

NOTE 2: Do not leave too much slack in the cable supplied behind the head unit. Just enough to pull the unit out and access the back to unplug. Otherwise, you may run the risk of not having enough cable to reach the handle. Lucky for me, there was just enough with say 5cm spare only. You seriously don't want to come up short right at the very end.


Running cable in back seats

CADman mentioned one bolt securing the back door trim. Here's what it looks like:



Realistically, you only need to lift up the magazine holder trim to feed the cable to the boot.

NOTE: It's extremely difficult and not worth the effort, removing top part of the rear door trim and seat belt, to try and feed the cable strictly right along the side of the car. Just in between this magazine holder trim and the backseat is fine!





Once you're past the back seat and into the boot section, force the cable back into the RHS (bottom) panel of the boot.

You will need to undo the two screws holding the chrome hook (if you have 147TSI or 155TSI) and the parcel shelf, to loosen the whole top half of RHS (bottom) panel.

NOTE: No need to undo the bolt right at the front bottom of the RHS (bottom) panel of boot.

Once loosened, pull the RHS (bottom) panel towards the middle of the boot, to run the cable behind the RHS (bottom) panel and towards end of the boot.

CADman's original pic for reference, but have marked the location of screws with 2 red 'X's:




Tapping into Reverse Wire Trigger

Here's where the set of 3 wires is for the reverse lights:



Never had a multimeter and so unplugging the black socket to see if that affected the reverse light helped locate the right set.

NOTE: CADman mentioned 2 blue wires. They were actually 2 blue/black wires in my MY2011 Tig.



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