Just recently purchased a golf r32 mk5 2008. I saw some notes written under the description of a rcd330 on Amazon. It states that you cannot use the steering wheel controls if your car is older than 2009 and that i would have to remove a “can gateway” in order to not drain my battery. Is there any other models that can bypass this?
Update: I found out i can get a steering wheel adapter to fix the battery drainage problem. But will that allow steering wheel controls? I seen a video on yt where someone was demonstrating it being able to control the volume but i seen some people have problems with changing the song or other controls
I may be wrong but if someone can clarify That’d be greatly appreciated! Also is there a difference between the 330 and the 330 plus? Or the model like 187 A or B
I’m wanting to install an RCD330 head unit (apple car play). One of the things stopping me from buying one is dynaudio, some people report that it works fine and others have no sound what so ever. I was wondering if anyone had tips on what firmware or any other specifics to look out for.
Finally decided to jump into RCD330 world and purchased an 187F version from LemonShark (Aliexpress). Shipping was smooth, the seller always replied fast and had no issues. Installed the radio like 4 hours ago and switched between phones with it and here are my thoughts:
Radio - works really well and apparently I have RDS, so there's no issue in identifying the radio station
Apple Car Play - works so smooth, the switch between apps and siri integrations with app messages is just awesome
Android Auto - well.. I bought this one because I'm an Android user and I'm kinda disappointed on how Android users are treated. Tested on 4 different devices (Pixel XL 2016, S10 lite, Redmi Note 8, Pixel 3a) and on all of them, Android Auto worked really wonky. App is lagging, the switch between Google Maps, Waze and Spotify is laggy and it seems like sometime it struggles to work.One more thing here - there aren't messaging apps for Android Auto? Noticed that Car Play supports Messages, Whatsapp, Telegram and Siri can dictate if there's a new message.
What I tried so far:
- different cables, even the original from Google - a bit worse than the Anker that I had before
- Force closing and removing cache from apps
Should I try an update on the software of the RCD? From Y520 to 55..something?
So uhm, I don't have tools to check if it's currently draining or not (no VCDS, no multimeter... I'm basically born without hands ) .
However, even if the car is turned off for hours upon hours (nightly, 4 hours whatever) It never ever shows the boot screen. Is this a potential problem? But the lights never blink and the radio DOES respond to ignition where it boots up normally and when it shuts down it tells me "Dont forget your phone!".
I can just apply this adapter and be 100% sure? Or can this CAUSE problems? The original radio in the car was a RCD 310 as shown in the picture/image below.
Thanks in advance!!! Sorry for my lack of understanding all of this... I just want a nice radio but am not too technical. <3
Hello everyone! I bought my first ever Volkswagen yesterday. 2015 Passat TSI SEL Premium. It has the Fender Audio system but I think from reading on it everywhere else it is called Dynaudio (I’m in USA). I believe my car has a RNS510 stock, but I have no way of knowing because I wasn’t informed the radio didn’t work. I figured it out after I left the lot. The VW Fender Audio splash screen is all it will show. It will intermittently go black and then come back on. I have tried every single reset key combination I could find online and I even downloaded a Josi software fix that I burned to a DVD. The unit will not enter the SWL mode to even read the disk.
So I’ve lost hope in repairing it which brings me here. I have spent days reading about the RCD330/340 units from China.
Can someone help me sort out what I need to order that will work with my car and retain factory steering wheel controls, backup camera and have audio output (apparently that’s an issue with the fender system) I don’t know how to code the unit to make it work and every seller on AliExpress just tells me it won’t work.
Any help is appreciated greatly .. no music is killing me.
Hey Guys,
its's been a while since I was here last time... forgot the old login data or my account was deleted.
So I have Installed a RCD 330 about two years ago, everything was working pretty fine (except Camera not always showing while on R)
Since my battery was nearly dead, I had to replace it with new one. After installation I have noticed that no Camera or even PDC is shown. As soon as I activate R gear the radio volume get lower, but nothing appears on the screen and there is no long "piep-tone" as before. PDC is working fine as I checked it- it just wont be displayed as before.
Why this is happening? No code changing was involved, just battery has been replaced.
Unfortunately I don't own VCDS to check if no changes in coding was made.
I bought a RCD 330 noname 187B and I just mounted yesterday. The radio it self is working because I can hear the sound also the button lights are on and the touch sound is working.
The problem is that the display it self is remaining black.
I tried to restart it by keeping the power button for 30 sec and the restart was done because I saw that the lights of buttons were off and on again but still the problem of the display was remaining.
I would appreciate any feedback or any suggestion
Many thanks
Enri
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