VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

[DV52]

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The dealer confirmed to me that VW Australia say that the traffic warnings are not enabled in Australia. Frustrating....

Par2: Your dealer is either incompetent, or he is acting fraudulently, or he just doesn't want to help! Either way you should not accept such nonsense because in doing so, you give the dealer (and the inapprpriately named "Customer Care" people at VW Aust.) license to do the same thing to other customers.

Ask him again and when he gives you the same answer, show him the picture below (taken by alanzadine). Unless he can convince you that this picture was not taken inside a Golf mk7, or that the road between "La Trobe street and Wurundjeri Way" is somewhere outside Australia (it's in Melbourne CBD), I think you will be able to prove him wrong!!!

Then ask him why he refuses to get his service department to change the stored setting in a single adaptation channel (a task that should take no more than 5 seconds). If he says that he doesn't know how to enable the facility, give him a copy of my tweak instructions.

I suspect that after you do all the things that I have mentioned above, your dealer will then try the "Nuremberg defence". That is, he will say something like "I can't help, I'm just doing what I'm told to do by VW Australia". At this point, you have to make a decision!!

[jonoz]

I too have activated everything on my MY15 GTI, delivered late August this year. Unfortunately, the traffic warnings do not work without a recode of some sort. The dealer confirmed to me that VW Australia say that the traffic warnings are not enabled in Australia. Frustrating....

As DV52 stated, definitely working fine in Australia on a MY15 R.

[pepito]

My MY15 GTI is fresh off the boat (Oct '14 build) and TMC is disabled.

After asking my dealer he spun me two lines of bovine excrement:

1. The feature is disabled because it would not work in Australia.
2. Pretended to never have heard of VW owners tweaking their own cars with VCDS.

[Idle]

I too have activated everything on my MY15 GTI, delivered late August this year. Unfortunately, the traffic warnings do not work without a recode of some sort. The dealer confirmed to me that VW Australia say that the traffic warnings are not enabled in Australia. Frustrating....

I think they prevaricate — once coded with VCDS, they work fine in my 2013 TDI.

Main drawback is it's only text on the screen and I forget to look.

[DV52]

I think they prevaricate — once coded with VCDS, they work fine in my 2013 TDI.

Main drawback is it's only text on the screen and I forget to look.

Idle; hi. I agree, the other thing that I like about TMC is the announcement warning by the SATNAV as you approach the road works.

PS: TMC does allow graphics. The reports that appear when you press the "TRAFFIC" button are replicated (usually) as a triangle and "!" Symbol on the SATNAV map. Also if you select the textual report (by touching it), you will get a more fulsome explanation of the event including a picture of where it is. This also happens if you touch the triangle symbol on the SATNAV map. Try it!

[BFPO40]

Traffic did work in my MY14 GTI but no workie in my MY15 Highline. Sucks.....could at least replace the redundant Traffic button with something useful such as mute (Nav Pro - voice control is active)

[DV52]

Traffic did work in my MY14 GTI but no workie in my MY15 Highline. Sucks.....could at least replace the redundant Traffic button with something useful such as mute (Nav Pro - voice control is active)

BFP040: have you tried plugging in the magic number (1024) in the adaptation channel in address 5F? Not sure if this number is valid there, but it's worth a try - I think. For North American Region models, the magic number is "1537".

[BFPO40]

BFP040: have you tried plugging in the magic number (1024) in the adaptation channel in address 5F? Not sure if this number is valid there, but it's worth a try - I think. For North American Region models, the magic number is "1537".

Not as yet, finding someone with VCDS or acquiring my own is a work in progress.

[fontana302]

I just got a new Mk7 Golf R on Friday. I have noticed something peculiar on the Car menu/settings sub menu. I don't have either the "Mirrors & Wiper" or "Opening & Closing" Selections in the infotainment menu:


They are in Factory Settings though:


I have looked at all the coding & adaptation settings in the Central Electronics & Information Electr. modules, can't seem to find it. Looking for some pointers. These were NOT there when I got the vehicle. If someone has some files with these displayed or knows the specific setting, that would be much appreciated.

I would have expected a selection so I can call up a screen such as this:



I have successfully coded:

fan speed indicator in climate control knob
a/c recirculation
comfort blinking cycles
wiper tear drop
drl menu in infotainment unit
sunroof comfort open instead of tilt
windows up/down with door open
CH/LH light auto activation & time duration alteration
inner tail lights as brake lights
start/stop off
traffic info on
driving school mode on
sound actuator off

Logs all fine.

[DV52]

I just got a new Mk7 Golf R on Friday. I have noticed something peculiar on the Car menu/settings sub menu. I don't have either the "Mirrors & Wiper" or "Opening & Closing" Selections in the infotainment menu:

Fontana: First- congratulations! The Golf R is a really fantastic car (I've only driven one for a very short time, but it goes like a cut cat!)!

OK. Let's deal with the missing items in the set-up menu. None of the tweaks that you have listed would normally affect these items. Your picture (above) shows only the first part of the set-up menu. Normally, "Mirrors & Wipers" is the setting after "Light" (shown on your pic) and it is followed by "Opening & Closing". But both these items are on the second page of set-up
When you slide your finger down the RHS of the screen (pull-down the vertical line shown on your pic on the top RHS), what are the screen settings after "Light"? If the missing items aren't on the second page, take a pic of the next page of the setup screen (i.e. after "Light") and paste it here, so we can see it -please

[mythos]

BFP040: have you tried plugging in the magic number (1024) in the adaptation channel in address 5F? Not sure if this number is valid there, but it's worth a try - I think. For North American Region models, the magic number is "1537".

Hi, may I know where you get the codes from? I'm from Singapore and was trying to get TMC here. I activated the RDS, AF, TP and did a channel scan but it seems that it can only detect our neighboring country Malaysia TP. Whereas there's no station with 'TP' in our local channel. Though I know there actually a station which broadcast TP and the frequency. Any idea?

[DV52]

Hi, may I know where you get the codes from? I'm from Singapore and was trying to get TMC here. I activated the RDS, AF, TP and did a channel scan but it seems that it can only detect our neighboring country Malaysia TP. Whereas there's no station with 'TP' in our local channel. Though I know there actually a station which broadcast TP and the frequency. Any idea?

Mythos: It's not a secret. I get the magic numbers for enabling TMC from the stored settings in the adaptation control module maps (admap) that folk from various countries kindly share with me.

I've not had anyone send me an admap for a Golf from Singapore, so I can't suggest what the magic number might be up there. But I'm more than happy to extract the number from a file if you send it to me.

So, what you will need to do is to find someone with an MQB model vehicle (it doesn't need to be a mk7 Golf, although it's preferable) in Singapore that has TMC enabled on their car. If you find a mk7 Golf, then you need to make an admap.csv file for address 5F from the car. If it's another MQB type model,you will need to look through the auto-scan report for the car and take an educated guess where the TMC channel might be hiding (try address 5F if in doubt).

If you want to extract the data yourself, I suggest that you parse the file into an a user friendly application like MS Excel. Once this is done, look down the list of adaptation channels descriptions until you find one that says " Fee-based traffic Information (TMC)" , or something similar. The stored setting next to this channel descriptor is the magic number. It really is as easy as that!

Or, you can send me the file and I will extract the magic number for you

[mythos]

VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

Mythos: It's not a secret. I get the magic numbers for enabling TMC from the stored settings in the adaptation control module maps (admap) that folk from various countries kindly share with me.

I've not had anyone send me an admap for a Golf from Singapore, so I can't suggest what the magic number might be up there. But I'm more than happy to extract the number from a file if you send it to me.

So, what you will need to do is to find someone with an MQB model vehicle (it doesn't need to be a mk7 Golf, although it's preferable) in Singapore that has TMC enabled on their car. If you find a mk7 Golf, then you need to make an admap.csv file for address 5F from the car. If it's another MQB type model,you will need to look through the auto-scan report for the car and take an educated guess where the TMC channel might be hiding (try address 5F if in doubt).

If you want to extract the data yourself, I suggest that you parse the file into an a user friendly application like MS Excel. Once this is done, look down the list of adaptation channels descriptions until you find one that says " Fee-based traffic Information (TMC)" , or something similar. The stored setting next to this channel descriptor is the magic number. It really is as easy as that!

Or, you can send me the file and I will extract the magic number for you

Hi DV52, thanks for the reply. So far I doubt anyone in Singapore has enabled the TMC on the Golf. Probably only a couple of them enabled on the Audi by paying some company to do it. Had posted on the local forum but haven't got any reply yet. For Singapore MBQ Golf with Discover Pro, for long coding of 5F, byte 13, we need to check bits 0-3 to allow the hidden menu to appear. So far I tried a few of the number without getting rejection from the unit such as 1040, 1204, probably these codes are for other countries. Can you provide me with your Discover part number so I can check the feature difference.

Lastly, anyone tried enabling VIM for the MBQ using Vagcom?

[DV52]

Hi DV52, thanks for the reply. So far I doubt anyone in Singapore has enabled the TMC on the Golf. Probably only a couple of them enabled on the Audi by paying some company to do it. Had posted on the local forum but haven't got any reply yet. For Singapore MBQ Golf with Discover Pro, for long coding of 5F, byte 13, we need to check bits 0-3 to allow the hidden menu to appear. So far I tried a few of the number without getting rejection from the unit such as 1040, 1204, probably these codes are for other countries.

Lastly, anyone tried enabling VIM for the MBQ using Vagcom?

Mythos: OK. I guess that you need to get hold of one of those Audi's and look at the Admap! OR you could take a VW mechanic out for a beer (or, two) and have a friendly chat!

Just to confirm, you stated that "long coding of 5F, byte 13, we need to check bits 0-3".
Are you saying that in Singapore, the hidden menu for TMC is enabled by changing address 5F, byte 13 to 0F (i.e. 0000 1111)? A colleague in Russia used Hex 09 in Byte 13 for this purpose.

I have no particular insights for the logic for generating magic numbers to unlock TMC, but just as a suggestion, you might try thinking about these in other numbering bases. For example the magic number for Australia "1024" is equivalent to 400 in hexadecimal.

[mythos]

VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

Yes most of Singapore MBQ is using Discover Pro which need to check bits 0-3. If using the Russian suggestion you get only RDS but not TP. I tried all means to unlock the code dec to hex, hex to dec, TMC location codes but just can't figure out the link.

You mind giving me the part number for ur HU? I wanna check if yours is DAB version.