Autopolar FIS+ Advanced Install

[Ryan_R]

Might have to get one then, I'm getting annoyed with the default digital speedo again. Changed the display to focus on the analog one but the wheel rim blocks the view of the top of it (can't needle tip see from 80 to 110+) if I have everything adjusted as recommended by the Driving Experience tuition.

That said I still don't feel like pulling my wipers off to get at the CAN Gateway

[readerr0r]

I can't say as I have looked into it very closely yet. There was a setting in there to set the home and dipped positions but I haven't actually seen it work yet. (That said I haven't spent any time doing much of anything at all over the weekend).

One thing I did notice this morning what driving to work… the speed indicated in the new menu is *actual* speed, not the number that your MFD usually displays…

Psychologically that's going to be interesting, we are almost conditioned to drive a few km/h over knowing that your speedo is out just means you also know your probably not really speeding (i.e. 64 indicated is really 60) and even then if your doing close to 70km/h indicated you're still unlikely to get pinged since it's more like 65… (Your local police may view this differently).

Now all of a sudden you have a (near) dead accurate speedo you really do have to stick to the limit Although I suppose on the upside you will know how fast you are really going.

Just a side note, you can see both your real speedo speed and GPS speed in the RNS510's secret menu (Navigation -> Dead Reckoning and Navigation -> Matched Postion)

[The_Hawk]

Just a side note, you can see both your real speedo speed and GPS speed in the RNS510's secret menu (Navigation -> Dead Reckoning and Navigation -> Matched Postion)

Really? I never knew that was there... not that I have looked very hard

Will have to have a look at that tonight! So I can have three speeds, indicated, actual and GPS... nice.

[brimway]

It all started with this thread and the idea of an inbuilt digital boot gauge.

Essentially it's talking about the AutoPolar FIS products (I warn you that if you click this link you will want one, consider yourself warned):
Autopolar Official Web site
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I ignored your warning, might have to sell the P3

[jamesatfish]

One thing I did notice this morning what driving to work… the speed indicated in the new menu is *actual* speed, not the number that your MFD usually displays…

I think I'll be buying one of these devices just for the flexible speedo display - I much prefer using the digital speedo but find it annoying that you can't have the speed displayed all the time in the MFD - surely the speed reading would be a more useful 'always on' display than my compass heading or the time? If the FIS+ can display speed along with some other useful information that would be perfect.

I'll have to double check but I had a feeling that the MFD digital speedo in my parent's Tiguan displays the *actual* speed - from memory it certainly reads lower than the analog speedo. The MFD display in the R on the other hand is exactly as you describe - displaying the analog 'adjusted' speedo reading.

[Ryan_R]

Yes but it takes ~20 seconds to get there after holding buttons and finding it, then repeat if you have to switch back to another screen to do something. I did it once or twice to verify but it's not really a permanent solution compared to modifying the MDI

[tigger73]

OK. So now we need a flat road, cruise control "on" and then reports on all 3 speeds thanks

[AdamD]

I'll have to double check but I had a feeling that the MFD digital speedo in my parent's Tiguan displays the *actual* speed - from memory it certainly reads lower than the analog speedo. The MFD display in the R on the other hand is exactly as you describe - displaying the analog 'adjusted' speedo reading.

The digital speed in the Tig will be the same as in the Golf - more accurate than the analogue gauge (yes, they are different, and yes, they are both out), but still with some fudge-factor padding in there for safety/legal compliance (in Australia, the speedo must be 100% accurate or read over, never under).

[AdamD]

You have 6 "pages" to configure which can each have different parameters on them, you can then cycle through the pages.

Do you just scroll through the pages with the left/right arrows on the steering wheel, as you do with the "standard" pages (main, radio, navigation, settings etc)? That'll make for quite a few pages in there to cycle through now! Can you enable/disable the extra pages at will?

[The_Hawk]

Sort of, you cycle left/right to go through the different sets (like main, radio, nav, phone etc) but when on the FIS menu you then press up/down to cycle through the 6 different set of screens. AFAIK there is no way to disable any of the sets/screens.