Golf MK6 Apple Carplay Head Unit

[angrycheese]

Wishing to have apple carplay feature in my car, vw golf mk6 2013. Has anyone tried one of these?
Volkswagen Golf MK6 Wireless Apple Carplay Android Auto Head Unit Car Stereo 2009 - 2013 9 Inch | GTzone

From their website, they claimed that it supported youtube and netflix. Not sure is legit or not, they quoted me extra $80 for installation service, is it very easy to install? Plan to DIY if these things are good.

[Lucas_R]

I havent used the GTZone one personally, but by far the most popular option for the Mk5 and Mk6 Golfs is the RCD330 which is a genuine VW unit with Apple Carplay. Being genuine, you know that it will work well and integrate with all the other items like the reverse camera, steering wheel controls and parking sensors etc.

VW 6.5" RCD330 Plus 6RD035187B (No Name) Radio for VW Golf MK5 MK6 Scirocco R Tiguan Passat Polo Caddy

[angrycheese]

I havent used the GTZone one personally, but by far the most popular option for the Mk5 and Mk6 Golfs is the RCD330 which is a genuine VW unit with Apple Carplay. Being genuine, you know that it will work well and integrate with all the other items like the reverse camera, steering wheel controls and parking sensors etc.

VW 6.5" RCD330 Plus 6RD035187B (No Name) Radio for VW Golf MK5 MK6 Scirocco R Tiguan Passat Polo Caddy

It says MK6 Including, will this fits MK6 all years? including 2013 Golf? Is it just simply plug and play?

Sorry if I have too many questions

[Lucas_R]

Yes it fits all Mk5 and Mk6 era cars. So it will fit your Mk6 no issues.

And yes its a plug and play upgrade, so very easy to do yourself with basic tools. I would recommend adding the option of the wireless Carplay dongle which works great and saves you having to physically plug the phone in all the time to use CarPlay.

[angrycheese]

Thanksss mate, but I have a concern about the dongle, people said it has the connection problems, keep disconnected while driving, does it happened to you before?

[Lucas_R]

I had one in my Mk7 GTI for about 2 years (have now sold the car) and it worked flawlessly. I had the one that VWCentral sell.

There are lots of cheap ones for sale on ebay etc so i cant comment on how good/bad those ones are, but the one from VWCentral was good in my experience.

[steavenbc]

I got one from GT Zone last year for MK6 and the installation was neat. However, it did have typical disconnection issues both in Wireless and dongle-connected mode.

I did a firmware upgrade over Wifi, and it seems to be fine now. I never had to use the dongle since then.

[angrycheese]

That sounds pretty good, may I know which one you bought from GT Zone?

Was it this one?

RCD330 RCD340 RCD360 Plus carplay android auto Original Genuine Noname Volkswagen VW Head Unit | Shop Now | Free Shipping Across Australia
– GTzone

[angrycheese]

Ok guy CASE CLOSED, I bought mine from the first link, and it works really well with the navigation and spotify. I never got the disconnection problem, no dongle needed for this model. I've rate it an 8/10 rating for Gtzone, it was super shock that I received no installation guideline in their parcel. But I managed to find the tutorials online, so still alright.

[roguester]

Hey all,

Just sticking my nose in. Having a look at the Gtzone stereo for my Passat. Do you know if it still uses the factory microphone? Just can't deal with endless repeating myself due to a bad quality mic in a unit.
I have tried to reach out to them but get very little in terms of input.. more like a point to the unit on their website and the end.

Thanks

Pete