Firmware updates for European RNS510 units

[festeret]

Hi there,

First, congratulations for your excellent work.

My question is:

There are important differences between FW4020 and FW5238? My unit is a RNS 510 "A" ... could I install the 5238?
Have you a modified fw5238 for units "A"?
Currently I have a modified version of your fw4020 working perfectly in my unit.

Thanks and regards.
Jorge (Spain)

[kamold]

Do not install 5238 on your unit. You could damage the radio board. It is only for new units with DAB tuner hardware.

[Skidmarks]

First, many thanks for the custom firmware.

I have a 2009 Golf 6 with a RNS 510 B unit that was running a very old firmware version (1300). I used the custom 4020 firmware from this thread. I burned it with the default windows 8 burn software on a cheap CD-R at full speed and was able to succesfully install it. I only needed to put the navigation maps back on it from the DVD, but otherwise no VCDS coding was needed. I also got the new partitions automatically no need to first install a different firmware version, you can go straight to 4020.

I do have some questions:

• I now have the service menu, however I do not see an item to allow downgrades?
• Can I install firmware 4120 on my B unit, what are the differences between 4020 and 4120?
• When I haven't used the car for a day or so and I switch from Radio to Media it goes to CD instead of SD (the option I last used). If I click on SD it does remember what folder it was playing. I haven't noticed this with the old firmware as far as I know.
• Using MIX on SD media, it seems to forget which tracks it already has played. You can hear song B 2 times while song C was never played. I don't think that is firmware related though as it was also the case with the previous original firmware.

Thanks for the good work!

[kamold]

1. It's there down the bottom somewhere can't remember.
2. You need to check you hw_radio version. If it's 04 or below you could damage your tuner board upgrading to 4120. Difference is a male English nav voice.
3. Haven't seen that behaviour.
4. Random is random. Don't know what sort of pseudo random algorithm they use but you can get the same track again depends on many factors.

[FJ Steve]

In regard to the "Mix/Random" comment....I notice that there is not any particular pattern, and yes, song B may get played 3 times in 2 days during my daily 35km commute to work, but song C may not be heard for months (5Gb music loaded at this time).

My Ipod Classic (160Gb) is truly random.....it's a loooooooong time between repeats

[Skidmarks]

1. It's there down the bottom somewhere can't remember.

I can't find it, also not a the bottom:

2. You need to check you hw_radio version. If it's 04 or below you could damage your tuner board upgrading to 4120. Difference is a male English nav voice.

Is that the "HW-Version" field?



It seems that the 4020 already has the English Male voice:

[kamold]

You aren't holding down setup for long enough. After that menu shows, keep holding down setup.

[Skidmarks]

You aren't holding down setup for long enough. After that menu shows, keep holding down setup.

Ah I see, after doing that I indeed get a whole bunch of extra menus. Including enable downgrade.

I also saw in one of the menus that my HW radio version is 004 so I won't be upgrading to 4120.

Thanks for the answers.

[festeret]

Thanks for your rapid response !

Sorry to be heavy, but I would like you to confirm that I definitely can not install 5238.
These are the details of my RNS 510:

HW Version H74
SW 4020
HW Vehicle 0xC001
HW Radio 0003
SW Radio EUR_CHN_1300

Are there noticeable differences between 4020 and 5238?

I know I can damage the unit, but there is no way of being able to install?
Are you going to modify in the near future fw 5238 for "A" units??

Thanks again.
Jorge (Spain)

[Belix]

I upgraded from 4Xxx to 5238 for one reason only - when giving directions the older firmware would say "DAMMA" instead of the name of the town. Ie take off ramp toward damma. 5238 fixed that. Other than that, it gives the option to turn on radio text instead of showing the station shortcut names, but it's badly implemented (could have been done in the radio station name section instead) so I leave it off.