This thread is really appealing to a Niche,
But i'm wondering if someone who has this unit can help me out. I bought it about two weeks ago- had a go at installing it myself, it worked fine, but then started switching off every 5-10min. I'm not great with electronics so i thought i must have made a mistake in wiring it. I took it to get professionally installed- they found the same thing, it would stay on for 5-10mins then shutoff. They tested the unit and it was holding power fine when they tested it, it just wouldn't stay on.
Does anyone have any suggestions/solutions? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
09 Polo GTi "Elke" | APR DV1 | H&R 35mm | Bilstein B8 | Remsa Pads | Pioneer |
Yeh i've tried those. Not much there
Ask the seller. Sounds like a hardware / firmware issue.
Had the same problem with my d5101, im sure i posted a thread here earlier this year on how to fix it, was under the polo head unit thread, about 17 pages in or something
The fix was basically to wire up the red wire from the canbus adaptor to the +12v connection on the wiring harness, the thread had all the details, cant seem to find it
Once you make this change it works flawlessly, great head unit, just installed a sub and 4 new speakers, sounds good still, yet the sound quality leaves a little to be desired, still a great head unit
2016 Golf R, APR Stage 1
2010 Polo GTI 9n3, 4 Program APR Tune, PD160, White line front and rear sway bar
Found it
has anyone upgraded their stereos?
Browse around them pages, its in there
2016 Golf R, APR Stage 1
2010 Polo GTI 9n3, 4 Program APR Tune, PD160, White line front and rear sway bar
Thanks for that mate. Took those instructions to the car audio place today for them to do and they still couldn't do it- they think it's broken (bought it new two weeks ago) but it powers up fine like yours, just doesn't hold power.
There is a case of beer for anyone on here in Sydney who can help me install it (I am hopeless with electronics)
Let me know and i'll come to you!
Would definitely be up for that slab if you were in Melb, but to be honest its quite simple to fix.
I spoke with Eonon and they advised me its a problem with the canbus adapter and the way the wiring harness is configured.
I'll explain it as easy as possible and yes post me the beer
From the image below you can see the red cable going to the canbus decoder box, this allows the head unit to be powered whilst the car aux power is off but falls subject to the cars power saving mode which switches unused components off after 15 minutes.
You simply remove the red wire from the canbus decoder box and wire it directly to a cable that runs on aux power, I wired mine to the blue cable on the harness which provides aux power, when the keys off, it cuts off the power and the unit switches off.
this is the red cable im talking about
this is the final product, removed the blue cable and connected it directly to the red cable, this cable provides the consistent +12v for the aerial, we don't have a powered aerial so it so basically keeps the unit on whilst the cars power is on
You could do this yourself in 15 minutes
Btw howd you go getting the unit to mount flush in your dash?
Last edited by flat6; 01-12-2012 at 06:08 PM.
2016 Golf R, APR Stage 1
2010 Polo GTI 9n3, 4 Program APR Tune, PD160, White line front and rear sway bar
Mine is far from flush unfortunately.. and because of this it makes quite a lot of noise when driving particularly on hot days. sticks out 2 or 3mm also.. plus the radio reception is very poor compared to the factory unit.
BUT I use it all the time for the bluetooh both for playing podcasts from my phone and to make and receive calls and for both of these it does a very good job.
MY10 Golf 118tsi DSG | MY07 Polo GTI
Just upgraded to a Kenwood DPX-U6120 from the eonon, after upgrading the amp and the front speakers twice! I couldn't work out what the problem was, on random days, certain songs it would sound rubbish!
Un pleasantly harsh highs with a lack in bass clarity, tried bloody everything to keep this unit as it had all the features but unfortunately its sound quality is absolute rubbish
The Kenwood unit is amazing, sounds a million times better and actually fits in the dash, I just need to find the correct fascia plate.
Lesson learn't, don't buy cheap Chinese crap if your after sound quality.
2016 Golf R, APR Stage 1
2010 Polo GTI 9n3, 4 Program APR Tune, PD160, White line front and rear sway bar
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