OPS RNS-510 Installation Problems

[walbjj]

ok, i was just emailed a phone number of a guy called steve that advises vw on all matters electrical for vwa. he apparently is the carsystems.pl "man on the ground" so to speak and i called him and he seemed confident and knew exactly why derek couldnt get it to work. i have passed his details along to derek, so hopefully he can get some better ideas on this ****fest
steve himself said its not a simple plug and play, well if u know what ur doing, it is, but with the level of instructions and diagrams, then no, it will take a first timer a few tries and hours

[Matchew]

ok, i was just emailed a phone number of a guy called steve that advises vw on all matters electrical for vwa. he apparently is the carsystems.pl "man on the ground" so to speak and i called him and he seemed confident and knew exactly why derek couldnt get it to work. i have passed his details along to derek, so hopefully he can get some better ideas on this ****fest
steve himself said its not a simple plug and play, well if u know what ur doing, it is, but with the level of instructions and diagrams, then no, it will take a first timer a few tries and hours

Sounds very promising Walbjj. Please keep us informed on how this goes, I might have to ring Derek tomorrow and see if I should delay returning my sensors if he can get some useful information on getting these to work.

[walbjj]

yes, i emailed derek the details, as i still have a downpipe and intake to install next week amongst other small details to tidy my car up.
the key is getting derek motivated to talk with the guy as he seemed disenchanted with installing the ops unit. hopefully after talking with steve, it might fire him up

[walbjj]

Ok, organized my car for the ops for mon along with dp and intake. Derek had a good talk with this steve fella, and it sounded promising. I'll report back next wk

[markwid]

Thanks for the update walbjj. Keep us posted because there is not much info on this out there if you google.

As an aside, I am keeping my fingers crossed but so far so good. Mine is still working well.

[walbjj]

As far as I know, ur pretty much the only mk6 owner that has retrofitted the eBay kit and gotten it to work. Ive seen mk5 owners with it and haven't come across any from the USA forums. Therefore, it must work. Just need to find the solution

[Matchew]

Keep us informed Walbjj, hopefully Derek gets it working for you on Monday.

[wandersen]

Let me know if you get it working. I asked Derek a year ago if he'd do an OPS on my '07 Passat and he said flat out "no, we don't do 'em". The passat already have front/rear sensors so it may be an even easier job to get it working.

[walbjj]

I assume it's just an audio parking system then?
It might be more work to get the optical running as u need new control modules and wiring Is the issue

[mg2307]

Does anyone know if the same issues apply to the kits available from carsystems.pl

[walbjj]

Does anyone know if the same issues apply to the kits available from carsystems.pl

hey mg, mine is the carsystems kit. straight from poland.
another tidbit of info. the t-cera kits are also the carsystems kits, he said they are the main guys and the others r resellers. carsystems make their own wiring harnesses and they package the modules up and sensors into the kits that u see on ebay, etc.

the thing is, they dont give adequate instructions, and any hack like me will have no chance of installing it. u need expert knowledge as well as the correct tools to get this done. i would be patient, ill report back with where im at.

[grtuned]

Try to code unit using 100102 this coding is from a parklife unit installed in a vw, change the 1 in the middle to 2 if its a manual vehicle.\ not saying this will fix it but could be worth a try or compare it.also code the radio unit so it knows it exists

[grtuned]

also try post a diagnostic log of what you got installed?

[walbjj]

Car went in this morning, Derek went to work on some things, and took a look at the ops parking kit and the wiring. The verdict is
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IT ****ING WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad that he sorted it out. I'm pissing my pants in joy actually. I haven't been this happy since that paternity test came back negative.
Anyone that was looking at this as a cheaper alternative to a rvc or just as a aid to parking, then Derek has got mine working properly. It throws some errors but he said that might be due to the module not being a vw part and a skoda part but it has no effect on the operation

[mg2307]

Walbij,

Good news, congrats that you have it sorted.

Care to provide a bit of a run down of the steps necessary to make the kit work.

I am keen as to purchase the kit, however I am not so sure I can find an installer in Melbourne that will have the skills to get it all working so I need as much info as possible before I part with the green to get the kit...and get holes drilled in the bumpers!

Cheers,

MG