Volkswagen Golf/Jetta SAT NAV

[rark]

The two antenna leads? AM & FM? If so I only listen to FM anyway.

The reverse camera would be handy, but may have to wait until I have the cash to pay someone to hook that up.

[allypally]

Correct me someone if I am wrong here, but the Golf has 2 radio antenna.
The stick on the roof, as well as an electric one on the window.
Both have seperate leads, with different coloured fakra plugs on the radio end. The white is the window aerial, while the brown is the roof aerial.
I have heard someone saying one was for AM and the other for FM (brown).
Try to get the best of both, by joining them with a Y piece. Advanced Ice do such a connection, but they are currently out of stock.

[rark]

The stick on the roof is AM, and a thin wire running in the window is FM.

Can you get a Y piece to join the fakra plug? Or do you just solder them manually?

[FJ Steve]

The stick on the roof is AM, and a thin wire running in the window is FM.

Can you get a Y piece to join the fakra plug? Or do you just solder them manually?

I might be wrong, but, I was under the impression that the MKV has a twin aerial system, which worked together to produce the best signal available. It is not (IMHO) roof = AM and window = FM or vice versa.

AdvanceICE are currently out of stock (as Allpally said), but I am sourcing the components from a local Car Audio specialist as detailed a little earlier in the thread by GTIMK5 (Andrew).

I replaced the OEM antenna with a Sharan Stubby one from Dubaddiction. Works fine, but FM will drop some quality of reception amongst some of the "hillier" parts of our suburb. AM is not an issue (that I can tell). So it will be interesting to see how the AVC goes with the Sharan antenna next weekend.

[dkan]

While I was surfing the Internet for antena solution I have found this interesting resource. Hope this might be helpfull...

http://www.meinwirt.com/webserver/vw...adio/mk5audio/

There are some PDF documents there about antena system.

[rark]

I got my AV9000 yesterday.

Before I go and hack at the dash in my Passat, what is the procedure for removing the standard CD palyer.

[dkan]

Try to look here

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2186433

This is the write-up on how to remove radio

Hope this help.

[rark]

Thanks dkan. I'd tried searching, but my search phrases must not have been good enough.

[rark]

Well got my unit installed (with a few frenzied emails to other members).

Once I knew how to safely remove the necessary dash parts, it was reasonably quick. Haven't attempted to install the reverse camera yet.

TomTom (default) and Route66 pre-installed. TomTom seems to work quiet well. Last time I turned the car on though, Chinese language defaulted and had to tell it where to find TomTom again? Weird.

Radio - installed the brown antenna wire. FM is crystal clear at the moment, so I might not worry about getting the white antenna wire into the loom. Already a spaghetti of cables behind the unit, which is hard enought to tuck away and position the unit without cursing.

MP3 CD - works fine. Quicker between folders/songs than VW unit. Will try pluging in a USB stick tomorrow.

DVD - having an issue with video not playing (displays a warning to stop?) but audio works in the background. Any suggestions? (Irish_Tim suggested earthing the handbrake wire, will attempt tomorrow).

[gtimk5]

The DVD not playing is definately due to the handbrake wire not going to earth.
How did you go with mounting the GPS antena?
Andrew

[POLARBEAR666]

I can tell u exactly how to install reversing camera as I did it the other day... I did a write up on it on mk5forum I think. just search for it.

[rark]

The DVD not playing is definately due to the handbrake wire not going to earth.
How did you go with mounting the GPS antena?
Andrew

GPS Antenna - Passat installation

Remove light sensor from dash - gently prise up.

Remove bolt underneath light sensor

Remove dash grill - gently prise up from steering wheel side (four clips) as it has hinged clips on the windscreen side.

Remove front centre air vents - gently prise out

GPS mounted in the dash grill. Antenna cable can then fit between the plastic moulding to the rear of where front centre air vents sit (grey foam strip that cable can be pushed through). No cutting or trimming required.

Cable then drops down into the radio unit space below.

Radio unit removal as previous links:
- remove face of the two top centre storage compartments (below front centre air vents)
- remove radio unit surround
- remove 4 bolts

[rark]

Grounded the handbrake wire and it fixed the DVD warning. Now it works stationary and moving.

For future reference Passat owners - there is a chassis ground point near the drivers left shin. Remove the front firewall plastic cover (two plastic screws). Remove the centre console "driver's side" side trim (one bolt near firewall, then pull trim downwards). A ground point is then exposed (which already has a ground wire running to it). Undo the nut, add your ground wire, and feed easily back up into radio unit rear.

[blutopless2]

took delivery of my unit for the jetta the other day.
due for a service so will get them to install it at the same time.

[allypally]

I quickly dropped the AVC9000 into the Golf this afternoon, and connected the CANBUS plug, the radio antenna (1) as well as connected the REMOTE Lead from the adapter box to the REM lead from the AVC.
The unit powered up OK, but I had NO steering wheel controls functioning.
Anyone got any ideas?
I would have thought that the CANBUS plug would have carried the Steering wheel button wiring, and was surprised to see a wire from the adapter needing to plug into a wire from the unit.