Retrofit of RVC to MK6 Golf

[Pepe]

Yep, that's one of my reference sites... Along with Mav's and this :

How to: VW OEM Rear View Camera Install

And this for the Bluetooth fit:

HOW TO: Install a bluetooth car kit

[dave_r]

Yep, I'll leave that stuff to you fella's! I'd end up with 3 panels and 10 screws left over

[Ryan_R]

Regarding the 'can't fit RVC and OPS together':

I know the Golf is capable of doing it together (have seen plenty of videos to support that). My only guess was that retrofitted RNS510s didn't have enough inputs to support both. Perhaps an additional adapter is needed.

Would love to have the rear camera and/or OPS but the installation seemed far from easy. If Pepe can do it in under 12 hours without screwing anything up then I will be quite tempted to do it myself. Either that or I could drive from Melbourne to Sydney and spend $1800 :p

[Pepe]

If Pepe can do it in under 12 hours without screwing anything up

Optimistic given I nearly chopped off 2 fingers installing my S2TPP paddles lol But that was my own stupid fault...

My bits and bobs haven't shipped from the US yet, so I won't be doing the install this weekend... hopefully next.

[Ryan_R]

Hehe, the paddles wouldn't be too useful without fingers.


Hope it all goes well next weekend.

[Corey_R]

Regarding the 'can't fit RVC and OPS together':

I know the Golf is capable of doing it together (have seen plenty of videos to support that). My only guess was that retrofitted RNS510s didn't have enough inputs to support both. Perhaps an additional adapter is needed.

Would love to have the rear camera and/or OPS but the installation seemed far from easy. If Pepe can do it in under 12 hours without screwing anything up then I will be quite tempted to do it myself. Either that or I could drive from Melbourne to Sydney and spend $1800 :p

Hey Ryan_R. I've little knowledge of the physical hardware differences between the revisions of the RNS510, however, I saw on a AskaVWSalesGuy video that the ability to display RVC and OPS together came with a firmware update to the RNS510.
Now, this doesn't mean that you don't also need a certain revision of RNS510 or that there is some contingency with retrofitting, but I thought the information may be useful.

[Ryan_R]

They are the videos I was referring to (I'm one of his subscribers)

[elisiX]

Not having the RVC fitted when I ordered my car is one of the small regrets I have.

However I cannot be stuffed having the car pulled apart to retro fit the cabling etc.

[Peteaussi]

RVC is one of the things I like most about my car, apart from the detroits and awesomeness of a 6 speed manual 2.0L turbo. I don't know how I will ever go back to parallel parking without it. Good luck on the retrofit.

[Maverick]

Regarding the 'can't fit RVC and OPS together':

I know the Golf is capable of doing it together (have seen plenty of videos to support that). My only guess was that retrofitted RNS510s didn't have enough inputs to support both. Perhaps an additional adapter is needed.

The RNS 510 has one video input for a RVC camera. The RCD 510 does not unless the car was ordered with a RVC.

OPS information for display on the RNS and RCD headunits is over CAN bus so no video input is required.

And yes a retrofit can have both OPS and RVC.