Using an SD card in the RCD510

[Rocket36]

I have a MY09 too (same MFD) but my stereo unit is different to that one. I tried to get a HCDS car to work but couldn't.

[Swallowtail]

16GB Kingston SDHC card = not working.

[Rocket36]

Yeah I can't get any of the HDSC cards I have to work... No matter as 4 DVDs and the HDD was full!

[zsolt_downunder]

16GB Kingston SDHC card = not working.

I have a TRANSCEND 16GB SECURE DIGITAL HIGH CAPACITY CLASS 6 CARD as found on link below and it works just great.

http://www.hboutlet.com.au/catalog/p...ucts_id=199204

Make sure you first FORMAT the SDHC card as FAT32 and then it's a matter of just copying your MP3 files onto the SDHC card..

Do you get the "Processing" message on the RCD510 when you insert the SDHC card?

[zsolt_downunder]

Yeah I can't get any of the HDSC cards I have to work... No matter as 4 DVDs and the HDD was full!

Rocket36/Swallowtail

SDHC CARDS ONLY WORK WITH RCD510, RNS510 ONLY HANDLES SD CARDS [MAX 2GB]

[Swallowtail]

Rocket36/Swallowtail

SDHC CARDS ONLY WORK WITH RCD510, RNS510 ONLY HANDLES SD CARDS [MAX 2GB]

WTF... why would they do that?!?!?!

[Swallowtail]

I have just ordered 2 x Transcend 4GB SD cards from techbuy.com.au. Apparently they are the biggest non-SDHC SD cards you can get, and they are getting to be hard to get.

[Radius]

WTF... why would they do that?!?!?!

Reading through the Jetta / MK V forum - looks like the RNS 510 has been around for a while (?since the 1st gen MkV golf), whereas the RCD510 is a recent development for various MY09 models & golf Mk6. Perhaps this explains why one is only SD compatible while the other has the up-to-date SDHC format.

In terms of why VW hasn't upgraded the existing RNS 510 in line with the new RCD.... the more I read into the forum, the more it seems that VW habitually and sporadically "updates" features on their vehicles, even between significant MY intervals.... creating a lot of confusion about "who's got what function" in the process!

[bennobee]

I am sure with a firmware update the rns-510 to could sdhc cards no problem. i am sure i have read of people using them in fact in iverseas forums.

[nting]

Swallowtail, I might be wrong, but I'm almost certain that SDHC is 4GB and up and non-SDHC is 2GB and below. So not sure if they will work in your RNS.