Brendan's Candy White MY10.5 Passat R36 Wagon

[passat_r36]

[passat_r36]

[passat_r36]

Bit of an upgrade today [emoji5]

[kamold]

The upgrade bug has bitten!

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[ope126]

Did you have to do any VCDS coding or what is a straight plug and play swap?

[passat_r36]

Brendan's Candy White MY10.5 Passat R36 Wagon

you have to swap two of the pins on the harness around otherwise the climate will not save your settings (will reset to AC on and 20 degrees whenever you restart the car)
I can live with that for a week until i get around to cutting my harness apart [emoji23]

only coding i will need is i want the staging turned on (not required just a cool little bonus)

[profrat]

Forgive my ignorance, for a fellow Candy White R36 wagon owner , can you explain what this new panel is and does?

[passat_r36]

well overall: not a lot

but if you break it down.

1. It looks better / more modern (because it is)
2. Allows for a few more functions (MAX AC / MAX Defrost)
3. Push button for seat heaters - so if passenger gets out without turning it off it doesn't stay of for days like mine used to.
4. Now gives me screen prompts on the RNS510 (ass seen in picture above) where i never had it before.

that's basically it

[passat_r36]

Brendan's Candy White MY10.5 Passat R36 Wagon

Bluetooth Upgrade Time!

Long overdue upgrade to the dealer fitter NOKIA bluetooth kit in the 36.

Removing the old module was a pain in the ass seeing as it was behind the head unit (tucked up under the dash) rather than the factory fitted under the seat option. This kit was a straight swap and because it's a 9zz kit, I keep all functions and all steering wheel buttons (even the phone button that almost always goes with a standard 9w7 kit)

NOKIA kit gave me:
- Stereo bluetooth streaming (head unit only said "BT-Audio") and i had no controls through head unit or MFD.
- Phone button worked on the steering wheel to answer/decline calls.
- No details shown on the RNS510 in regards to calls.
- PHONE button on head unit acted as a MUTE button due to lack of Premium BT module.


Premium Kit gives me:
- PHONE screen/options on MFD display.
- PHONE screen/phonebook/prompts on RNS510 head unit.
- Full control over music through head unit and MFD (skipping tracks/volume etc).
- Full music details on MFD and RNS510 (track/artist/album/track duration etc.)
- Bluetooth music automatically starts on vehicle start-up.



*This is the old NOKIA module*




*Bluetooth menu on RNS510*




*PHONE menu on MFD screen*




*Full Bluetooth music display under AUDIO menu*

[passat_r36]

Picked up some brushed DSG paddle extenders with a chrome bezel today.

[Screwdriverone]

Hey Brendan, that Bluetooth looks good! Can you share details of cost/place/ etc as I need Bluetooth for my 2008 with the rcd510 and am looking at the Denison pro bt or a complete head unit swap


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[hamish88]

Hey Brendan. Where'd you get the RVC, and is it suitable for my 2008 R36 sedan? Need to get my hands on one

[passat_r36]

Hey Brendan. Where'd you get the RVC, and is it suitable for my 2008 R36 sedan? Need to get my hands on one

Hey Hamish88, The RVC is suitable for the wagon as it is a replacement handle/tailgate release assembly. I'm not too familiar with the sedan setup but theres plenty of information around

Hey Brendan, that Bluetooth looks good! Can you share details of cost/place/ etc as I need Bluetooth for my 2008 with the rcd510 and am looking at the Denison pro bt or a complete head unit swap
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Hey mate, bought it off another forum member, cant remember what i ended up paying in the end, was a fair bit for the unit that allows full controls to be kept but it was worth it in the end... Looked at the other ones but i the end you cant go past genuine VW products.

[passat_r36]

Having the blank buttons there was killing me, first one arrived today ready to be hooked up to my garage door opener (write up to come when i have the time)
The second is still in transit (will just be wired up to light up - no other purpose) and will be the suspension adjust button pictured below.

[Vr32wa]

Hey mate, where did you order the buttons to replace the blanks?


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