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I just changed out an old Fiscon Bluetooth Plus kit for a 9W7 from MFD3.com. (Ive still got the original factory oem cheapo BT kit too, that's the first thing I changed)
The 9W7 went straight in with no coding or wiring changes and I now get AVRCP text display, MFSW control and stereo Bluetooth Audio.
However I already had the factory mic wired for voice control with the additional Fiscon mic for its BT module and had upgraded firmware a few times so Im about a version or 2 behind.
The factory harness was already wired for stereo BT too which was a bit of a surprise and I removed the Fiscon mic during the install.
Changing over I only had to change 1 pin assignment on the green block on the back of the radio from pin 3 to pin4 to get the factory mic routing in and out of the RNS 510 so both BT and 510 work from the one mic. The voice recognition seems to be better for phone dialing on the 9W7 compared to my old setup where I used the RNS voice recognition.
The star button on the MFSW now controls the 9W7 voice control and the "i" button on the RNS 510 controls the 510 voice activation. I know you can change the long coding with vag-com to disable the phone voice control to re-enable the 510 voice control from the MFSW but I mostly use the voice control for phone stuff anyway. As I said the 9W7 seems to do better with voice recognition than the 510 and I can still push the 510 info button to do voice control of the Sat Nav. (I use Siri on the iPhone for most of my navigation now anyway)
Loving the BT stereo streaming with text display and MFSW controls.
It even works for iTunes Radio and my other music app Jremote which streams my music from my home server running Jriver media centre 19. (think of it as a private iCloud service streaming my own music and playlists) I used it going on a drive out to Orange NSW and back over Easter and it worked flawlessly over a mixture of 3G and 4G Telstra mobile on the iPhone 5S.
Just thought anyone considering this upgrade should know its definitely worth it! I used to run a BT kit plugged in to the AUX port in the centre console just for iPhone BT streaming and its so much better being able to just get in and go, and it all works. Being able to control it from the MFSW rocks.
Just did my 45k service and all is good. Recently fitted 19" 255/35 contisport 5P on 19" replicas and they are a great upgrade too! Still 50% brake pads/disc. Next 60k service is the big one with the DSG oil change and a few other things. Loving this car, might be a 7/8 year keeper!
(must resist urge to do Dynaudio retro oem upgrade... must resist... )
The 9W7 went straight in with no coding or wiring changes and I now get AVRCP text display, MFSW control and stereo Bluetooth Audio.
However I already had the factory mic wired for voice control with the additional Fiscon mic for its BT module and had upgraded firmware a few times so Im about a version or 2 behind.
The factory harness was already wired for stereo BT too which was a bit of a surprise and I removed the Fiscon mic during the install.
Changing over I only had to change 1 pin assignment on the green block on the back of the radio from pin 3 to pin4 to get the factory mic routing in and out of the RNS 510 so both BT and 510 work from the one mic. The voice recognition seems to be better for phone dialing on the 9W7 compared to my old setup where I used the RNS voice recognition.
The star button on the MFSW now controls the 9W7 voice control and the "i" button on the RNS 510 controls the 510 voice activation. I know you can change the long coding with vag-com to disable the phone voice control to re-enable the 510 voice control from the MFSW but I mostly use the voice control for phone stuff anyway. As I said the 9W7 seems to do better with voice recognition than the 510 and I can still push the 510 info button to do voice control of the Sat Nav. (I use Siri on the iPhone for most of my navigation now anyway)
Loving the BT stereo streaming with text display and MFSW controls.
It even works for iTunes Radio and my other music app Jremote which streams my music from my home server running Jriver media centre 19. (think of it as a private iCloud service streaming my own music and playlists) I used it going on a drive out to Orange NSW and back over Easter and it worked flawlessly over a mixture of 3G and 4G Telstra mobile on the iPhone 5S.
Just thought anyone considering this upgrade should know its definitely worth it! I used to run a BT kit plugged in to the AUX port in the centre console just for iPhone BT streaming and its so much better being able to just get in and go, and it all works. Being able to control it from the MFSW rocks.
Just did my 45k service and all is good. Recently fitted 19" 255/35 contisport 5P on 19" replicas and they are a great upgrade too! Still 50% brake pads/disc. Next 60k service is the big one with the DSG oil change and a few other things. Loving this car, might be a 7/8 year keeper!
(must resist urge to do Dynaudio retro oem upgrade... must resist... )
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