pod casts thru standard stereo

[richdave]

It's an MY08 though, - richdave what head unit does it have?

Dunno... whatever they put in the car is what it is... I did not upgrade anything just took the standard unit and it is a 6 stacker CD system and has an iPod cable in the glove-box...

How do I tell?

[Swallowtail]

Ideally post a pic of it. does it play MP3 CDs?

[richdave]

Ideally post a pic of it. does it play MP3 CDs?

never tried to play an mp3 disk... will take a snap when SWMBO brings the car home

[richdave]

The front face has mp3 on it below the CD slot so I assume I can play mp3 cd's...

since you cant upload pics directly here I will not post a pic but it looks like the one on THIS page 5th pic down

[drbass]

Looks like the RCD300 to me, to the best of my knowledge these were put into the MY08.
After that it was 310, and then 510 (I think).

Seeya,
Michael

[mtj007]

Looks like the RCD300 to me, to the best of my knowledge these were put into the MY08.
After that it was 310, and then 510 (I think).

Seeya,
Michael

Yeah the RCD-300/500 look very similar, the 500 has a built-in 6CD stacker and a couple of extra buttons below the screen, I'd say that's what's in the OP's car. I don't about 2009 models but I know the current 2010 model Passats have the RCD-510 (touchscreeen without navigation).

It could be worth contacting a dealer and seeing if they have any RCD-310/510s laying around that they've taken out of cars due to the client wanting the RNS-510 navigation unit installed. I'm sure someone on this forum (possibly Golf MkV forums) did that and saved a fair bit of money.

[Swallowtail]

I don't know the differences well enough between the RCDs... so is it one of these richdave?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxJKOJRvWw

Be aware that an upgrade from an RCD300 to a 310 or 510 may require a CAN BUS Gateway upgrade. There is info on this (and some other stuff on upgrading from a 300 to a 310) here:

http://www.my-gti.com/1101/upgrading...er-drain-issue

http://www.my-gti.com/1328/auxiliary...ging-head-unit

http://www.my-gti.com/1336/cd-change...ging-head-unit

http://www.my-gti.com/1088/upgrading...ntenna-adapter

[richdave]

Swallowtail - yes appears to be same as the one in the youtube video.

I dont think I'll be upgrading the stereo... I only keep cars 3 years and phones are obsolete within a year so it hardly seems a worthwhile excersise

Thanks for the info. At least I have an answer now