MY10 R36 - upgraded 9W7 Stereo AVRCP Bluetooth works a charm!

[damo_t]

I have no issue with the 16GB SD card. My RCD 510 is the Bosch one which has the RVC compatibility for reference. I will buy the genuine boot handle RVC later to DIY.

Would be really interested on the DIY RVC if you have the time to write it up. It's next on my list.

[R36VW]

Mine has dealer fitted kufatec fiscon BT, I can access phone book both on RCD 510 and MFD. Kufatec Fiscon BT menu also shows in MFD when I switch menus. BT music streaming is fine but I don't use it. Having a 16GB SD card in RCD 510 is enough for me and I don't use the MDI at all.

9w7 is the best kit but so far the fiscon is fine for me.

Yes the Fiscon works fine for the phone and worked well on the FIS and Nav for contacts and dialling but it's only mono and working through front speakers only for BT Audio streaming, no offence but it sounds worse than AM radio. 9W7 is a huge improvement in sound quality plus full text and MFSW control and Nav touch screen control for music.

[R36VW]

I had the 9w7 installed post purchase, and one of the funny things that kept happening when I paired my phone on start up, was that the phone streamed audio by default without fail. It took me a while to figure out that it was a setting on my phone that did this. So just an FYI.

You can set auto Bluetooth audio streaming on and off in RNS510 settings.

[R36VW]

Interesting read guys. I have just installed an RCD510 and am keen to get Bluetooth in the R, but funds are a little tight at the moment.
One question to Passat R36, you have no problems with the 16GB SD card. I thought that the RCD510's could only read up to 4GB. I currently have a 1GB and it is a little annoying but I would love to have more storage.

You need a later firmware version to support large SD cards, depending on how old your unit is it may not support large SD at all. I have a 500GB HDD running off the MDI but it's slow and clunky to navigate compared to voice control or touch screen of the iPhone.

I used to use SD cards just for recent stuff too but since the iPhone has free iTunes Radio and I can stream all my media from my home media server I don't need to copy anything to the car.

I have a 3GB mobile data plan and get through just over 2GB a month of mobile data. On longer trips I use my Telstra 4G wireless access point paired with the iPhone as it has a 8GB plan. It really does make music listening more seamless and simple with the 9W7 and the iPhone streaming.

I can choose from my iTunes iCloud collection, iTunes Radio, my media server running jriver/jremote or buy and play new stuff straight off iTunes. It really is a new more convenient way to listen to music!


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[snerlo]

Yeah Passat R36. I am actually in the throws of purchasing a reversing camera. Gonna attempt to install myself once I get it. I just have to work out which side of the car to pull all the cords down, that's all. I'm hoping that it shouldn't be too hard but I really haven't done any googling yet on installation of it.

[Passat R36]

Would be really interested on the DIY RVC if you have the time to write it up. It's next on my list.

I will write up if I get to that point but not anytime soon. Car Needs some PS3 s and a wheel alignment after that in a couple of month first

[Passat R36]

Yes the Fiscon works fine for the phone and worked well on the FIS and Nav for contacts and dialling but it's only mono and working through front speakers only for BT Audio streaming, no offence but it sounds worse than AM radio. 9W7 is a huge improvement in sound quality plus full text and MFSW control and Nav touch screen control for music.

Yes, you are right, 9w7 is the best as I said and iPhone IS much faster in any aspect. Browsing the music on the large SD card sometime is a nightmare. Maybe I should connect my old iPad Classic to the MDI. Will the iPod Classic drain the battery if I left it connected to the MDI all the time? Any experience? I have not tried yet. Cheers.

[Passat R36]

Yeah Passat R36. I am actually in the throws of purchasing a reversing camera. Gonna attempt to install myself once I get it. I just have to work out which side of the car to pull all the cords down, that's all. I'm hoping that it shouldn't be too hard but I really haven't done any googling yet on installation of it.

The airbags next to each side of the rear seat back rest worry me a lot. They are on the way of running cable down.

[damo_t]

I will write up if I get to that point but not anytime soon. Car Needs some PS3 s and a wheel alignment after that in a couple of month first

Not a problem. You must be driving it hard in 'S' mode. I know I have been on occassion.

[damo_t]

Yes, you are right, 9w7 is the best as I said and iPhone IS much faster in any aspect. Browsing the music on the large SD card sometime is a nightmare. Maybe I should connect my old iPad Classic to the MDI. Will the iPod Classic drain the battery if I left it connected to the MDI all the time? Any experience? I have not tried yet. Cheers.

I've left the iPod classic connected via MDI for extended periods and didn't even think of the potential for battery drain. I would hazard a guess that it is miniscule, but may rotate it with my USB MDI connection more frequently in the future.