Hi all,
Can I ask for recommendations/advice please?
I have a 2010 R36 wagon, which was ordered by the original owner with the standard radio (310?) but is apparently fitted with the premium sound speaker system and the underseat BT unit.
The owner immediately replaced the radio unit with a Chinese media unit with BT, DVD player, SD card and navigation.
To me, that unit was never very satisfactory (for one thing, the microphone for the Hands Free was useless, the navigation was pretty crude and the AM radio virtually unusable - FM OK) Now the screen is virtually invisible in daylight and it has started turning itself off and on every few minutes.
So what we need is something much better.
These are the things that are importeant to me - and more importantly, to the wife.
- Excellent AM/FM radio reception - we are in Rural Victoria
- Either USB/SD card (or both) media playback
- BT phone call connectivity (iPhone)
- A good navigation app would be desirable, but not necessarily essential.
- We dont need DVD, or probably even CD
- A bright screen that is easily seen in bright daylight.
- Integration with the white MFD system and the steering wheel controls
- Ability to connect to the parking sensors and a reversing camera (which we will also need to acquire)
- Prefereably looks the same style as the OEM units, but again not a deal breaker.
I am not qualified to self install so I would welcome knowledgeable VW supplier/installer recommendations, preferably in Eastern Victoria or Melbourne.
The OEM 510 type is probably too expensive for us, but open to it. I am thinking budget around $1000, but not fixed on that if I am being unrealistic.
Thanks.
Can I ask for recommendations/advice please?
I have a 2010 R36 wagon, which was ordered by the original owner with the standard radio (310?) but is apparently fitted with the premium sound speaker system and the underseat BT unit.
The owner immediately replaced the radio unit with a Chinese media unit with BT, DVD player, SD card and navigation.
To me, that unit was never very satisfactory (for one thing, the microphone for the Hands Free was useless, the navigation was pretty crude and the AM radio virtually unusable - FM OK) Now the screen is virtually invisible in daylight and it has started turning itself off and on every few minutes.
So what we need is something much better.
These are the things that are importeant to me - and more importantly, to the wife.

- Excellent AM/FM radio reception - we are in Rural Victoria
- Either USB/SD card (or both) media playback
- BT phone call connectivity (iPhone)
- A good navigation app would be desirable, but not necessarily essential.
- We dont need DVD, or probably even CD
- A bright screen that is easily seen in bright daylight.
- Integration with the white MFD system and the steering wheel controls
- Ability to connect to the parking sensors and a reversing camera (which we will also need to acquire)
- Prefereably looks the same style as the OEM units, but again not a deal breaker.
I am not qualified to self install so I would welcome knowledgeable VW supplier/installer recommendations, preferably in Eastern Victoria or Melbourne.
The OEM 510 type is probably too expensive for us, but open to it. I am thinking budget around $1000, but not fixed on that if I am being unrealistic.
Thanks.

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