ANS-810 / ANS-510 (PROPER RNS-510 alternative)

[DkN]

I've read as much as i could, and i think i'm ready to purchase this unit. Just a few questions, for you DKN, i didn't see these asked in previous threads (perhaps i just didn't see it, sorry)

1. The RNS510 has three different color schemes accessed using vagcom (highline, sportline and premium). It looks like the ANS model mirrors the premium color scheme. Do you know if the ANS has the ability to change color schemes like the RNS models?

2. Will the volume fluctuate with the speed of the vehicle like my current premium 7 radio?

3. If a car is equipped with Dynaudio there is a vagcom change so on the RNS 510 boot up splash screen shows the Welcome to VW sound by Dynaudio. Do you know if this is a possibility on the ANS?

4. I think i read somewhere that you do not ship to the US, but if i buy directly from Audiosources, can i pay your member fee to receive firmware updates?

thanks so much!

1. The ANS only has either the red VW theme or the green Skoda theme.

2. Not at the moment, but it is a planned feature.

3. I don't think this is possible. Most of the VCDS values are designed to affect the RNS only. The ANS units have decoded the CAN-Bus to communicate information to the MFD and get things like AC and other information, but not to read RNS coding. Of course this is possible but I don't think they will spend the R&D for something like this (which requires monitoring the CAN-Bus signal and extensive testing for each individual value) when the unit is otherwise perfectly functional.

4. Yes you can pay $25 AUD to subscribe to my update service.

edit: on second thought for the Dynaudio thing though, there won't be a VCDS value read, but I think it's perfectly possible to allow user customisation of the loading screen, so you can manually choose the Dynaudio welcome screen. Audiosources have been playing with user selected loading screens lately, I'll see what they can do. Perhaps you have some pictures / recording of the Dynaudio boot screen to help out?