R36 Wagon RVC Install Questions

[snerlo]

Thanks mate but the issue is that the rubber is sort of right angles but the physical hole is not big enough. Gonna have to do some phoning around i think

[Passat R36]

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Run the coax and the red/white cable through the rubber pipe connecting the rear lid with the body work. It will just about fit, compress the rubber tube length to make it easier. The supplied red/white cable is not long enough to reach the rear boot lid and has to be joined after it exits the rubber tube, the join can be hidden behind the plastic trim that runs up the side of the window.

[XQUIZT]

Oh now I know what you are referring to. To get it past the hole you have to take off the plastic bit & reassemble once it threaded through the rubber bit. The plastic bit is easy, just unclip & it falls away, thread the wire through & your done.

[snerlo]

Thanks mate. Thats the little sucker that i cant separate from the body to even have the chance. If here are some clips on the inside, it is near impossible to get fingers in there so that is where i am at

[XQUIZT]

Check out the link that R36 Passat posted. There is a pic of how it looks when apart. "To get the coax cable through the trim and rubber pipe it’s necessary to remove the outer blue housing. The purple clip just pops off and the blue housing is held on by a clip. The coax connector only fits the housing one way round." I remember it's not that difficult...

[snerlo]

Yeah, the problem is that my coaxial cable doesnt have that outer sheath to remove. It is a one piece moulded section unlike the blue one in the link. That's part of my problem

[XQUIZT]

So there isn't that purple clip which you can slide back & then releases the blue bit? Hmmm, not sure then is it a genuine cable?

[snerlo]

Not sure mate. The camera has the vw symbol and the cable has the proper pin to fit into the back of the headunit.

[nermal]

Do you have a photo of the plug handy?

Have you run the wiring to the headunit yet? I'm curious to know how difficult it is - I'm in the process of installing a subwooffa and am considering whether to tap the inputs at the amp or the head unit.

[Passat R36]

A photo of the RVC kit will be helpful. Where did you buy the kit from?