Brendan's Candy White MY10.5 Passat R36 Wagon

[passat_r36]

[passat_r36]

[passat_r36]

Bit of an upgrade today

[kamold]

The upgrade bug has bitten!

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[ope126]

Did you have to do any VCDS coding or what is a straight plug and play swap?

[passat_r36]

you have to swap two of the pins on the harness around otherwise the climate will not save your settings (will reset to AC on and 20 degrees whenever you restart the car)
I can live with that for a week until i get around to cutting my harness apart

only coding i will need is i want the staging turned on (not required just a cool little bonus)

[profrat]

Forgive my ignorance, for a fellow Candy White R36 wagon owner , can you explain what this new panel is and does?

[passat_r36]

well overall: not a lot

but if you break it down.

1. It looks better / more modern (because it is)
2. Allows for a few more functions (MAX AC / MAX Defrost)
3. Push button for seat heaters - so if passenger gets out without turning it off it doesn't stay of for days like mine used to.
4. Now gives me screen prompts on the RNS510 (ass seen in picture above) where i never had it before.

that's basically it

[passat_r36]

Bluetooth Upgrade Time!

Long overdue upgrade to the dealer fitter NOKIA bluetooth kit in the 36.

Removing the old module was a pain in the ass seeing as it was behind the head unit (tucked up under the dash) rather than the factory fitted under the seat option. This kit was a straight swap and because it's a 9zz kit, I keep all functions and all steering wheel buttons (even the phone button that almost always goes with a standard 9w7 kit)

NOKIA kit gave me:
- Stereo bluetooth streaming (head unit only said "BT-Audio") and i had no controls through head unit or MFD.
- Phone button worked on the steering wheel to answer/decline calls.
- No details shown on the RNS510 in regards to calls.
- PHONE button on head unit acted as a MUTE button due to lack of Premium BT module.


Premium Kit gives me:
- PHONE screen/options on MFD display.
- PHONE screen/phonebook/prompts on RNS510 head unit.
- Full control over music through head unit and MFD (skipping tracks/volume etc).
- Full music details on MFD and RNS510 (track/artist/album/track duration etc.)
- Bluetooth music automatically starts on vehicle start-up.



*This is the old NOKIA module*




*Bluetooth menu on RNS510*




*PHONE menu on MFD screen*




*Full Bluetooth music display under AUDIO menu*

[passat_r36]

Picked up some brushed DSG paddle extenders with a chrome bezel today.