Changing the Volkswagen RNS 510 Colour Scheme

Volkswagen set the colour schemes as follows, changing the colour scheme is easy to accomplish with Vagcom/VCDS.

Highline: Tiguan, EOS, Golf, Golf Plus, Sharan NF and Passat

Sportsline: Golf R32, Golf GT, Golf GTI, Scirocco, Passat R36

Premium:  Touran, T5 – Multivan, Touareg, Caddy, Passat CC

Using Vagcom/VCDS open Channel 37 – Navigation

Select “Coding – 07″ to start the [...]

Volkswagen Central Electronics Control Module (CECM)

The Central Electronics Control Module (CECM) is situated above the pedals on the drivers side and controls all the lights in the car, monitors them, controls what appears in the MFD under the lights menu, controls the leaving home and coming home lights function,  controls the horn(s) and other features. There are different variants of [...]

Adding Interior Door Handle Illumination to the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta – Front

This guide is not yet complete – any information contained within has not been confirmed yet.

Parts required:

Suitable LED and resister for 12V operation.
000 979 009 (000979009) - Repair Wire (1 required for 2 doors or 1 required per door – see below)
I’m not sure if there is a spare ground on the controller or if an [...]

Adding Interior Door Handle Illumination to the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta – Rear

This guide is not yet complete – any information contained within has not been confirmed yet.

Parts required:

Suitable LED and resister for 12V operation..
000 979 018 (000979018) - Repair Wire (1 required for 2 doors or 1 required per door – see below)
I’m not sure if there is a spare ground on the controller or if [...]

Adding Door Warning Lights to the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta – Rear

This guide is not yet complete – any information contained within has not been confirmed yet.

Parts required:

1K0 947 411 A (1K0947411A) - Door Warning Light (1 per door)
1J0 971 972 (1J0971972) - Connector Housing (1 per door)
000 979 019 (000979019) - Repair Wire for Connector Housing (1 per door – 2 connectors)
000 979 018 (000979018) - Repair Wire (1 [...]

Enabling cornering lights in the Volkswagen Golf Mark V with factory fitted fog lights

Enabling static cornering lights in the Volkswagen Golf Mark V (Mark VI is covered in it’s own guide) only requires a few changes via Vagcom/VCDS.

The cornering function works when your headlights are activated (either manually or via the RLS) under the following conditions

The indicator is activated either by holding it down or clicking it into [...]

Adding Door Puddle Lights to the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta

This guide covers the installation of the puddle lights to the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta front doors as fitted in some countries and specifications of Mark V’s and to some models of the EOS. Along with the Door Warning Lights these really light up the area around the side of the car.

The light operates every [...]

Installing a Golf Mark VI Rear View Camera (RVC) into a Golf Mark V

Requirements: RNS 510 with firmware version 1100 or greater or RCD 510 (not sure of firmware version requirements for RCD 510 and not all RCD 510′s have the video input on the rear – at this stage we’re unsure if only RCD 510′s supplied with cars optioned with the RVC come with the video input).

Most [...]

Volkswagen RNS 510 coding when installing with a factory amplifier

When retrofitting a RNS 510 into a vehicle with a factory amplifier coding is required to drop the “output stage power 26 dB” to “output stage line-out 12 dB”.  Poor sound quality and other problems will occur if this coding is not performed, the easiest way to see that the coding has not been performed [...]

Volkswagen RNS 510 navigation warning when vehicle is in motion

Volkswagen RNS 510 / Skoda Columbus navigation units may display the following warning when attempting to enter navigation destinations via the keyboard and/or when attempting to enter navigation destinations via speech and require the “I am aware” box to be pressed to continue.

Operating the device while
the vehicle is in motion
distracts from driving and
can be dangerous.
I [...]