9w7 retrofitted but no phone menu in white full MFD, why?

[aussietig]

I've tried to hold down the phone button on the MFSW and no chime sound, do I have to hold the star button instead of the phone button? I've the 8 button MFSW and RCD 510, not RNS, maybe this is the culprit...

Not a star button! It should be a microphone button on bottom left hand side of SW:

[Toki]

Unfortunately I have the old 8 button MFSW, like the one posted below, and it doesn't have a mic button, only phone and star: do you know if it's possible to activate PTT even with this SW?

[logger]

...just retrofitted a VW Bluetooth KIT Module 7P6035730L.

Hi, do you happen to know what the difference between your dash L variant of the kit and the earlier 7P6035730K variants that are being sold on ebay. I am considering a 9w7 retrofit in my Golf and wanting to know which variant to get and from where. Will have a crack at fitting it myself if it is not too difficult.

[Toki]

Hi, AFAIK they are the same, but the L one have a slightly recent manufacture date.

However, usually the differences are minimal, in terms of software update or a slightly different components here and there inside the BT unit.

What I did during my choice was to find a version that had the manufacture date more similar as possible to the version of the head unit (in my case a RCD 510), take a look at this topic where expert forum member tigger73 advice the thing with more details: https://<br /> http://www.vwwatercoo...ad.php?t=87333

The installation is easy, do a search on this forum, there are plenty of useful topic.

I've bought mine from carsystem for 199€ plus shipping.

Cheers.

[vdubmotorworx]

Hi, do you happen to know what the difference between your dash L variant of the kit and the earlier 7P6035730K variants that are being sold on ebay. I am considering a 9w7 retrofit in my Golf and wanting to know which variant to get and from where. Will have a crack at fitting it myself if it is not too difficult.

The older versions used to have a few issues with the phone not auto connecting...but not many..other than that they appear the same to the user in the car...VDUB..

[logger]

OK thanks for the explanation. Not much difference it seems between K & L then so will probably go for the best price.
Will go hunting for some install threads.

[tigger73]

What I did during my choice was to find a version that had the manufacture date more similar as possible to the version of the head unit (in my case a RCD 510), take a look at this topic where expert forum member tigger73 advice the thing with more details: RCD 510 3C8 035 190 C or 3C8 035 195 F and 9w7 BT compatibility.

Hey I don't claim to be a guru on BT units I just did a fair bit of research from available information when I was looking to retrofit a BT unit into my 2011 Tiguan and the features I really wanted was the phonebook in MFD/RCD510.

In the end I gave up trying to find if the unit was going to be compatible and just confirmed with the seller that it had the features I was after. IMHO there is not enough information available on the various BT units to know difinitively all the compatibility/features/issues of each of the models.

Usually the newer BT units will have improved compatibility with newer phones. I have heard of some of the older BT units having issues with connecting to newer phones - though haven't experienced it myself.

I've also heard newer BT units can have compatibility issues with older head units (again this is not my personal experience just what I have heard). So I upgraded both head unit and BT at around the same time to pretty much current model units with no issues - plus got the features I was after.

I do make calls while in the car so being able to search contacts through the head unit/steering wheel is very useful (don't use audio streaming so not that interested plus I have MDI which I mainly just use for charging my iphone (I know it's a major waste but it came with the car).