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    Help - RNS510 install backfired

    I just put in my new RNS510 and Bluetooth kit. Got it in and did some coding in VCDS (which didn't qiuite match any guides but was close enough). Thought it was going ok when I was going through the screens on Setup in the RNS510 and clicked on Maps or Navigation and it was loading something which took ages. I thought it was trying to find the satellites, so I tried starting the car to get out of the shed. No go. Car doesn't even crank over. Now when I turn on the ignition the dash goes crazy, flickering lights and relays behind the dash clicking. The display between the speedo and tacho is blank.

    Tried taking out the RNS510 and bluetooth and putting the Audience back in, but same thing. Can't run VCDS because the ignition power won't stay on.

    Things I did wrong (but I wouldn't have thought would matter) - didn't have my antenna adaptor yet so I connected one of the antenna cables. I wouldn't think that would have any ill effect, just maybe the radio wouldn't receive (or not as well as it would with both connected).
    Last edited by wfdTamar; 28-07-2012 at 02:24 PM.
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    OK, with an 08 you shouldn't have the gateway problem - but Skoda's may be slightly different to VW's. Do you have a half height MFD in the middle of the dash?
    This sounds a lot like a flat battery - I have heard of people's going flat after 20-30 minutes with the install, but personally I've gone much longer (but my car does 400km/week). Modern cars don't even crank with a flat battery.
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    Oh bummer. pity your not down south i could of had a look for you. if got a teaster that will tell you if the battery is just flat or fried and how many cells are gone and the CCA left. 99_FGT is on the money start with the battery. there are so many electrical components in them these days it dosnt take long for them to go flat quick. i imagine your interior lights where on for a hour or more then having the ignition, dash on while your coding.
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    Yeah, definitely check the battery first. If the battery voltage is OK, turn the headlights ON and measure the voltage on the battery again. If the voltage is bellow 12V after charging with the lights are on, replace the battery.

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    I did have the lights on and was mucking about coding for about 30 mins. The battery could have been low to start. Just connected my CTek charger and it's showing only 2nd stage out of 8, so I reckon that's it. Jeez that scared the crap out of me. I did check the dash panel fuses which are ok. I'll charge overnight and try tommorow.

    Thanks, it'll be a relief if it's that simple.

    Forgot to say I did put an updated CanBus gateway in (for the battery leak issue), but that's been fine for a couple of weeks since I did it.

    I think it's the mad dash lights and clicking relays that threw me. Not like any low battery I've had before, but I've only had this car 6 months so I'm not used to its bad habits.
    Last edited by wfdTamar; 28-07-2012 at 05:15 PM.
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    my last car was a MY08 subaru liberty GT spec B and it freaked me out when the battery started to go. it would start shuting things down. first the aux power outputs then sat nav followed by radio and then the climate control would go as the volts droped. once it turned of the climate control screen but the A/C was still going and i couldnt shut it off untill i stoped the car.
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    This happened to someone else recently in VIC, heaps of faults and the dash lit up like a Christmas Tree.. Well below 12 volts.

    Gavin

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    Quote Originally Posted by h100vw View Post
    This happened to someone else recently in VIC, heaps of faults and the dash lit up like a Christmas Tree.. Well below 12 volts.

    Gavin
    Off topic, but recently had a similar experience. Just received new vcds cable and playing around with it unknowingly put it into transport mode. After auto scan had no interior lights, no radio, and no working key fob. Every scan I did threw up new errors. Thankfully, an email to Ross Tech soon had me sorted.
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    Yes, that's what it was. Fine this morning. Except the RNS510 won't play CD/DVD's. It loads them and reads the album etc but won't play.

    It's a H61 3970 model. I'll try the latest firmware.
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    make sure the files are in the correct format etc
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