Retrofit of RVC to MK6 Golf

[Idle]

I have a spare 129, 3 131s and a 133. Send me a PM and I'm sure we can sort something out.

Unfortunately I can't use just one 129 (minimum 2, so far as I can see) and already have the others, so had to pass on Pepe's kind offer.

Finally had a reply from jon@ecstuning, who sent me a shopping cart already set up, but advised they are unable to airmail the items — it's UPS or nothing, lowest rate $US59.38 (for items that weigh in at less than 40 grams total and would fit comfortably in a DL envelope!)

I can probably source them from the UK, but at this time of year airmail will take a month or more (already have a small packet on the way from there — posted early last month and still not here. Same size package from USA would be here in 5 or 6 days.)

Not real happy about cutting the connector off the camera wires, but it now looks like being a sweatstick job.

My own fault, of course, should have realised ECS could supply all the bits and ordered them with the camera instead of trusting to local suppliers.

[Transporter]

Finally got my replacement VAG-COM cable today (first one was a dud)... et, voila:



By the way, to the OP, it IS possible to have both the RVC and OPS working at the same time, it just requires an extra bit of VCDS coding. You can see it shows an image of the car on the left of the screen above which is just a smaller version of the silhouette you normally see on the OPS screen.

How did you go with it? Did, I miss your How to post?

[Pepe]

How did you go with it? Did, I miss your How to post?

There ws a thread in the electronics forum about it... I haven't gotten around to doing the DIY guide yet. It works a treat, been in for a couple months now and not quite sure how I did without it, makes parallel parking a dream!

[Idle]

I've had mine in for a while and, strangely, I'm having trouble convincing myself to trust it.

Probably 70+ years of turning my head (now quite an effort, BTW) and squinting in mirrors makes the habit hard to break...

Incidentally, for those looking to fit one, for a Mk 6 you don't need all the bits specified in some of the DIY guides.

Here's what's really essential:
1 piggyback fuse adapter ("Carpoint" — I found this on Ebay from UK) which avoids having to dismantle the dash.
Reverse camera and badge assembly P/N VW 5K0 827469 AM ULM (1 Req’d)
Wire Set for Camera P/N VW 5M1970161AC (1 Req’d)
Contact Housing P/N VW 4B0973712 (4-pin for latch connector — 1 Req’d)
Contact Housing P/N VW 3B0972722 (4-pin for Camera Power (1 Req’d, only 3 pins used))
Wire Set VW 000979131E (fits both connectors, 4 Req’d, you’ll have half of one left over.)
A couple of metres of 7.5A wire similar to the power lead that comes with the video lead.
Heat shrink tube or tape (tape is expensive!)
Electrician's tape (good quality, not the rubbish sold in those multi-coloured supermarket packs.)
A drain tube from VW for the camera (ECS have them, I think, they also have the other VW bits) — or do what I did and get a bit of food grade PVC tubing from Clark Rubber.
A decent set of plastic trim tools (if ordering the unit from ECS in USA, they have an excellent set for about $10.)
A nice flexible probe 70cm to a metre long and strong string to pull the cables through from the dash.
Wire cutter and stripper, soldering tools and the know-how to use them.
A few small zip ties are handy, but not essential.
Pliers, a T20 Torx driver, common sense and almost infinite patience.

I started to write a blow-by-blow guide, but it quickly got to 6 pages and still isn't finished, so it'd be too big to post here, I think.

[Transporter]

I started to write a blow-by-blow guide, but it quickly got to 6 pages and still isn't finished, so it'd be too big to post here, I think.

No, it wouldn't. You can start a new thread and post it there as as many posts it takes.
Many people would be interested in that incl. me.

Good luck and thanks for your contribution.

[Pepe]

I've had mine in for a while and, strangely, I'm having trouble convincing myself to trust it.

Probably 70+ years of turning my head (now quite an effort, BTW) and squinting in mirrors makes the habit hard to break...

Incidentally, for those looking to fit one, for a Mk 6 you don't need all the bits specified in some of the DIY guides.

Here's what's really essential:
1 piggyback fuse adapter ("Carpoint" — I found this on Ebay from UK) which avoids having to dismantle the dash.
Reverse camera and badge assembly P/N VW 5K0 827469 AM ULM (1 Req’d)
Wire Set for Camera P/N VW 5M1970161AC (1 Req’d)
Contact Housing P/N VW 4B0973712 (4-pin for latch connector — 1 Req’d)
Contact Housing P/N VW 3B0972722 (4-pin for Camera Power (1 Req’d, only 3 pins used))
Wire Set VW 000979131E (fits both connectors, 4 Req’d, you’ll have half of one left over.)
A couple of metres of 7.5A wire similar to the power lead that comes with the video lead.
Heat shrink tube or tape (tape is expensive!)
Electrician's tape (good quality, not the rubbish sold in those multi-coloured supermarket packs.)
A drain tube from VW for the camera (ECS have them, I think, they also have the other VW bits) — or do what I did and get a bit of food grade PVC tubing from Clark Rubber.
A decent set of plastic trim tools (if ordering the unit from ECS in USA, they have an excellent set for about $10.)
A nice flexible probe 70cm to a metre long and strong string to pull the cables through from the dash.
Wire cutter and stripper, soldering tools and the know-how to use them.
A few small zip ties are handy, but not essential.
Pliers, a T20 Torx driver, common sense and almost infinite patience.

I started to write a blow-by-blow guide, but it quickly got to 6 pages and still isn't finished, so it'd be too big to post here, I think.

We should combine efforts, I wrote some stuff too but CBF finishing it... your list of things to buy looks longer than what I used in the end too.

[Idle]

We should combine efforts, I wrote some stuff too but CBF finishing it... your list of things to buy looks longer than what I used in the end too.

The list could be cut a little, (2 of the VW wires and one contact housing could be dispensed with) but more soldering would be needed around the camera and the unit could no longer be removed without cutting wires. Difference in cost would only be about $25.

There's also a cheaper way to fit a fuse than the one I used, but it would look (and be) a bit of a bodge.

One fine day I'll finish writing my guide, I suppose, then I'll have to edit it so it makes sense...

[Ryan_R]

Looking forward to reading those guides when you finish them (hopefully photos are included)

[jumpman]

Just thought I'd give some info on this on.

I just retrofitted the RVC onto my '11 Golf R with the RCD510. The car has OPS as standard. The install was surprisingly straight forward. Sorry no photos since my garage did the work whilst I watched. I purchased the camera with harness off ebay (ww*carsystems*pl).

When the RCD510 was removed, it actually has a label on the unit indicating that it was RVC compatible. Plugged the camera harness into the unit and connected the 12V+ and earth. The extra yellow wire from this harness is the trigger for reverse so no need to connect from the front. Took the positive from the reverse light at the rear and connected that to the connection. The rest of the connections were plug and play. Had to cut a small tube for the drainage.

There was alot of checking on the VAGCOM so that the RVC and OPS worked together. Luckily, we had a GTI in the shop which has RVC as standard and just copied the settings via VAGCOM. When reverse is triggered, OPS comes on first but with the RVC, there is now a button on the bottom right of the screen 'RVC', when you press that, the screen switches to the camera view whilst the OPC continues to sound.

I was quite hesitant initially about the install before hand since I had not been able to find any instructions specific to Golf R and RCD510 but it turned out straight forward. Hope this helps some of you.

[Ryan_R]

Good to hear. I was going to ask which garage you used but then just noticed your location (HK)