Group buy: RVC low for Passat, Tiguan, Octavia?

[wingrove]

ok thx. will be great to hear more.

[tonymy01]

You can get the radar screen to overlay the left side of the rvc by programming rvc into the ops section of iirc the body electronics. Most guides for fitting rvc only mention programming the nav/radio, and don't mention this extra bit to set if you have ops.

[tigger73]

OK. So I'm 3/4 way through installing the RVC. All cables are in. All I need to do is connect up power and reverse switch.... but need to know which wire is which.

Educated guess is

red/black: +12V
blue/black: reverse light
green/brown: 0V

If anyone has installed one of the AliExpress units and got it going please let me know....

Otherwise I'll let you guys know when I get it working.

[Transporter]

Just looking at the camera connector and there are red, yellow and brown wires so go by that. The yellow is the reverse light and red is the power on the camera connector.

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[tigger73]

OK so the RVC from our Chinese friends is in and working. I've got it hooked up to a near new RCD510 head unit and picture quality is reasonable.



Thanks for confirmation Transporter you were right - the red/black is 12V, brown/green was 0V and blue/black is connected into the reverse light to switch the unit on/off.

I connected the brown/green to the top of the hatch/boot, the red/black to the centre pin of the power socket in the boot (left side) and ran the blue/black to the right side to pick up the reversing light (as there were no reverse light wires accessible on the left). Things were made simpler for me as my reversing sensors were already connected in here and I just picked off the same wire as the reverse sensors were connected to.

Anyway so the units seem to work OK and for $120 (and a few hours pulling trims and running wires) it's a worthwhile investment.

[Transporter]

...and I must say the picture looks good. It has more fish eye effect than the OEM camera but the colours look good and the resolution is not worst than the OEM rvc, it may even be slightly better. I will be fitting in in the RS Octavia next weekend.

[Buckets]

Well, the handle doesn't fit the Jetta, so if a Passat/Tig/Octavia owner in Melbourne (or anywhere else for that matter) is looking for one, PM me.

[kamold]

Not sure when I'll get a chance to do mine, just too much going on at the moment.
Good to see someone has already got it done.

[wingrove]

excellent. its a long way from the boot to the head unit. Did u have to cut any trim?
Any chance of a shot of the camera fitted in the boot to see what it looks like?

[Transporter]

You don't need to cut any trim
The camera is not visible when looking at the hatch.

[Tom Watson]

Well, the handle doesn't fit the Jetta, so if a Passat/Tig/Octavia owner in Melbourne (or anywhere else for that matter) is looking for one, PM me.

PM sent

[tigger73]

excellent. its a long way from the boot to the head unit. Did u have to cut any trim?
Any chance of a shot of the camera fitted in the boot to see what it looks like?

Will have to post a photo next week as I won't have a chance to do it until then. It's hardly noticeable all you see is a little camera peeking out under the boot. The boot release handle is not so wide as a bit is now taken up with the camera.

It's the same as the OEM look so if you can find a picture in a brochure this is how it will turn out.

[99_FGT]

Interested if anyone has done one on an Octavia hatch, as that doesn't have a handle per se but has the touch button to release the boot.
Al..

[DkN]

Will have to post a photo next week as I won't have a chance to do it until then. It's hardly noticeable all you see is a little camera peeking out under the boot. The boot release handle is not so wide as a bit is now taken up with the camera.

It's the same as the OEM look so if you can find a picture in a brochure this is how it will turn out.

It has a VAG part number it's a genuine Chinese VAG item so I would expect it to look OEM

[tigger73]

It has a VAG part number it's a genuine Chinese VAG item so I would expect it to look OEM

That's right its a genuine Chinese made part