ANS-810 / ANS-510 (PROPER RNS-510 alternative)

[DkN]

Sorry I meant iPod interface. My old Pioneer head unit that had an iPod interface allowed video and audio from my iPhone.


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Just through the standard iPod port, to play video files on your iPhone? That should be possible, but I have to confirm with my technician if that's planned for the new unit.

[jitwei]

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[kamold]

Re: ANS-810 / ANS-510 (PROPER RNS-510 alternative)

Just to make your life easier I would install the original radio. Then plead ignorance.
I had a battery die in my last car after about 18 months and it was replaced under warranty. I may or may not have contributed to its early demise...

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[Transporter]

I agree, but there is a way to mesure the battery drain and if there is a b.drain it would be just a matter of removing the radio fuse to test if the unit is at the fault, which I daubt would be the case, if wired properly.

[jitwei]

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[starionx]

Ever since I've got the ANS-810, the SatNav has driven me insane. About 50% of the time I start it up, it would take anything up to 10 minutes to get a signal. I've done some testing, and I think I have figured out what the problem is.

Both at home and work, I park my car in an underground car-park. I don't get any gps signal. Over the last 2 weeks, I've waited until I'm just about to exit the car-park to turn the SatNav on. At home, it gets a signal within a minute after it has finished booting (most of the time, straight after booting up). At work, it takes a few minutes, but I attribute that to the tall buildings around.

I'm wondering if there is some logic in the SatNav system that says that if it doesn't get a signal within a certain amount of time after booting up, it goes into some sort of timer routine to check for a signal. This is pure speculation on my part.

All I know is that it works as it should now. Of course, I can no longer use the SatNav auto boot after power up.

[DkN]

Ever since I've got the ANS-810, the SatNav has driven me insane. About 50% of the time I start it up, it would take anything up to 10 minutes to get a signal. I've done some testing, and I think I have figured out what the problem is.

Both at home and work, I park my car in an underground car-park. I don't get any gps signal. Over the last 2 weeks, I've waited until I'm just about to exit the car-park to turn the SatNav on. At home, it gets a signal within a minute after it has finished booting (most of the time, straight after booting up). At work, it takes a few minutes, but I attribute that to the tall buildings around.

I'm wondering if there is some logic in the SatNav system that says that if it doesn't get a signal within a certain amount of time after booting up, it goes into some sort of timer routine to check for a signal. This is pure speculation on my part.

All I know is that it works as it should now. Of course, I can no longer use the SatNav auto boot after power up.

Have you tried the reset in this post?

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f78/ans-810-ans-510-proper-rns-510-alternative-73179-42.html#post869822

Sometimes GPS signal issues might arise after a firmware flash.

[wai]

One thing I have noticed is that the reversing graphic of the optical parking system has stopped coming up since the last firmware update was applied. The sensors are working as I hear the beeps, just not which sensor has been triggered.

[DkN]

One thing I have noticed is that the reversing graphic of the optical parking system has stopped coming up since the last firmware update was applied. The sensors are working as I hear the beeps, just not which sensor has been triggered.

That's interesting - those without OPS had issues with the OPS menu showing up on reverse - looks like in the last update they accidentally reversed the OPS detection

[duaned]

Mine is still going great with the reverse camera (latest firmware). Shame it's useless during the day because the screen on the head unit can not be seen with a bit of light shining on it. Hopefully the new model has this addressed.

[DkN]

Mine is still going great with the reverse camera (latest firmware). Shame it's useless during the day because the screen on the head unit can not be seen with a bit of light shining on it. Hopefully the new model has this addressed.

Daylight glare is a problem for most LCD screens, even the latest Smartphones can't avoid it - I'm pretty sure the RNS-510 isn't much better here, if at all.

Do you have the screen brightness set on high? You could also consider an anti-glare screen protector, though they tend to be matte and may reduce screen clarity.

As for RVC that does work fine, the latest firmware seems to only have reversed the sensor for OPS so that people without OPS see the OPS screen and people with OPS don't. If you have RVC but not OPS, this wouldn't really affect you, but if you didn't have RVC either, and it thinks you have OPS, it will switch to the full screen OPS menu where you will be stuck with it when in reverse.

[duaned]

Agreed, mine was coming up with the OPS with the RVC connected but there is a little arrow head on the screen that I pressed and it moved the OPS screen (which was on top of the RVC screen) completely away. Win! The Matt screen protector, where do you obtain one that fits the 7 inch screen version?

[starionx]

Agreed, mine was coming up with the OPS with the RVC connected but there is a little arrow head on the screen that I pressed and it moved the OPS screen (which was on top of the RVC screen) completely away. Win! The Matt screen protector, where do you obtain one that fits the 7 inch screen version?

I bought an Ipad screen protector and cut it to size. Mind you, after sticking it on, I found that it was too dark for viewing so I removed it.

[bazzle]

Screen reflection.

I bought an Ipad screen protector and cut it to size. Mind you, after sticking it on, I found that it was too dark for viewing so I removed it.

I did the same, perfect. I used a clear finish one.
Only issue I have is when I wear polaroids

Bazzle

[Guest001]

I did the same, perfect. I used a clear finish one.
Only issue I have is when I wear polaroids

Bazzle

Turn the screen protector around 90 degrees and that will fix polarisation.

Had a ticket machine in a bus like that and if I turned my head to look at it end on it came clear.