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  1. Hi! There are a lot of different brands that offer Android stereos for our cars. I've had two different ones. The first was an Erisin, the second a Joying. I now have a Columbus dab+ installed. My thoughts on the different Android units: * Never get one with 1GB of ram. Get at least 2GB. They've started offering four now I think. * The stereo will behave much like an android phone, but for some reason (to keep costs down I guess) they are a lot slower. A five year old good brand Android phone will outperform these stereos, however as long as you get at least 2GB ram, they will work fine for normal use. Just don't expect to play any games on them etc. * I haven't been able to find one with as good as or better sound quality than the built in stereo. Even my old Swing sounds miles better. However lots of people don't seem to mind and rate the quality as ok/fair. * They will not integrate with your original bluetooth if you've got it. I had to disable mine (pull the plug from the BT module under my seat) to avoid trouble. They come with their own bluetooth for you phone, as well as their own mic. * They have LOADS of features and cool stuff to show off. You can run Spotify for music and your preferred navigation app at excellent resolution. Makes my Columbus look very old. Get a 4g modem and you can stream music/radio and browse the internet. * As long as you get a Skoda/VW version, fitting it is completely plug and play. My Erisin even had the normal Quad-lock plug in the back, so it was a direct replacement. The only thing you'll (maybe) need, are adapters for the antennas if you're planning to use a built in GPS/DAB antenna instead of the ones that come with the unit. For me, it was too much work. I was never completely happy with the way it worked, there was always one thing or another that I wanted to fix or tweak. That combined with sound quality just made me go original instead. I still keep an eye on the forums over at XDA-developers though, just in case someone makes a super android unit with excellent sound quality some day. The perfect solution would be one of the new Skoda units, retrofitted with everything working. Guess I need a new car
  2. Hi! I did this last year. Bought an OEM roof antenna from ebay for something like 80 pounds which supports FM/AM/DAB/NAV/GSM along with some FAKRA extension cables. Straight swap on my mk2 vrs. Removed two plastic clips from the back end of the roof liner which allowed me to pull down the liner enough to reach and unscrew the old antenna from the inside. Was too lazy to use a-pillars for wires, so I used the back one (c/d-pillar?), down and tucked cables under the carpet. Nice and quick job. Everything was plug and play. No additional power needed afaik, but I guess that depends on which head unit you put in (mine is an rns510/columbus). Reception is flawless.
  3. Indeed, the Android aftermarket units I've tried works fine, including reversing sensors and camera, however the sound quality is in my experience horrible on all of them, and yes you can install things like ViperFX software eq's but they still sound like crap compared to my original Swing unit. The ultimate unit for me would be something like the RNS510 with Android auto and Apple Carplay. Unfortunately that's not an option with the old 510's, and if it was, it would be too expensive for me. After trying several Android units and never being 100% happy, I ended up with a second hand RNS510 Dab+ unit, at least for now. Working great so far.
  4. I recently installed a second hand Columbus Dab+ in my 2013 vRS and I'd like to set it up with a reversing camera. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding an RGB camera that will fit the Fabia. I thought I'd located one, but it turned out to be too big (trunk handle camera, probably fits Octavia/Superb). Does anyone know if a camera was available as an option at any time during the MK2/5J lifetime? If not, it looks like I'll have to go with an aftermarket CVBS camera and a converter to RGB, which means I will miss some of the functionality of the OEM setup.
  5. You could also retrofit an RCD310 DAB (VW Swing) if you don't mind the display colour... Just a random search hit: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAB-Volkswagen-VW-RCD-310-DAB-Digital-Radio-CD-MP3-RCD310-510-300-Code-/181114811071 I think you'd need a separate BT kit as well though.
  6. Borrowed a VCDS cable and fixed this in five minutes with the CAN equipment list.
  7. Update on this topic: OBDEleven guys don't appear to know why I can't see the installation list and tell me to try to use coding for adding the NAV to gateway. I don't really know enough about coding to do this yet, so I would appreciate if anyone can help me understand how. My gateway info: System description: GW-K-CAN TP20 Identifier: J533 Hardware number: 6R7937087M Hardware version: H28 Software number: 6N0909901 Software version: 0555 Coding: 032200 Protocol: CAN:KWP2000 Looking at VCDS screenshots that show the gateway equipment list and modules, I need to enable module 37 (navigation). Does anyone happen to have a list that shows the coding for this CAN gateway? If I understand correctly, there are only three bytes to code and these bits and bytes make up the list, so I should be able to do this via coding if I only knew where/how to add the 37.
  8. Upon further reading I think everything would probably be ok if I could just get Navigation added to the installation list. No idea why I can’t edit it in obd11. I emailed their support.
  9. Cheers Gizmo, I don’t plan to change anything unless I’m sure it’s ok. Anyway, I found out how I should have been able to edit the Can Gateway list in obd11, however the icon for editing is missing in my app. According to what I can find, this happens if the car has Can GW 1.6, however I’m pretty sure the facelift mk2 fabia has v. 2.0. Maybe the app doesn’t have the correct config for this car and treats it as a pre-facelift?
  10. Howdy! Just received a second hand Columbus which I'm setting up in my Fabia mk2 facelift (vrs). More or less plug and play, replacing my original Swing unit. There are a couple of things I want to enable/change though, and I see guides for doing it with VCDS, but am unsure about long coding and adaptations in OBDEleven. * Enable navigation on maxidot - in VCDS it should be (copied from another topic in here): Click select control module Enter 19-CAN-BUS and click on installations, then tick 37-Navigation. Enter 37-Navigation and go into the long coding helper to set it up for the car, self explanatory apart from display type, I chose the bottom one from the list of 3, I think it was 'Highline'. Ensure 'Use BAP' is ticked. * Change boot logo to VRS (also copied from another topic on this forum): Controller 5F - Information Electr. 07 - Coding Byte 18 By default the Value is 00 Change the value to: 00 - Skoda Default 01 - Skoda VRS 02 - Scout 03 - Lauren and Klement 04 - Greenline Now, does anyone know how to do this with OBDEleven? I had a go last night, but coudn't figure out how to code the correct bits & bytes. For example, module 19 is called something else, but looks to be the CAN-BUS / Gateway, however I was not able to find any byte 37.
  11. I completely forgot about this thread. Sorry. I did receive my camera after the usual 6 weeks delivery. Unfortunately it does not fit my mk2. The frame/boot handle part of the camera is too big. I'll measure it later, maybe someone else needs one. I suspect it will fit a couple of other Skoda models. I'm still looking for an alternative.
  12. Both the ones I linked has got the rectangular plug which goes into the yellow socket on the back of the head unit (check all the photos). There's just another connection in between because it's impossible to get that big plug through all the places you need to pull the wire through. The second set looks to me like it's of a better quality than the first one. My biggest concern is will the camera/handle itself physically fit my Fabia... It says it fits Golf Plus, Jetta MK5 / MK6, Tiguan and Passat B7, but I have no idea if those cars has the same size as the Fabia.
  13. Hi guys! I'm buying a second hand Columbus for my Fabia mk2 vrs (2013). I've been using an Android stereo with one of those cheap backup cameras with the yellow connector cable replacing the boot handle. Now that I need to do changes anyway, I think I'll opt for replacing the camera with a cheap OEM RGB camera mounted in the same location. The VW/Skoda brand ones are very expensive, so I'm considering the OEM ones sold on Ali Express. Question is, will they fit? Has anyone tried them? Have a look at these examples (hopefully the links will work): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-OEM-VW-RGB-Rear-View-Reversing-Camera-RVC-For-Golf-Plus-Jetta-MK5-5-MK6/32538363821.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OEM-Original-VW-RGB-Rear-view-Camera-For-Golf-Plus-Jetta-MK5-MK6-Tiguan-Passat-B7/1196289535.html As far as I can tell, they should fit, however Ali Express sellers aren't exactly known for using quality pictures of their items. Does anyone know if the VW models mentioned in the ads use the same boot handle types as we do in our Fabias? And no, we don't really need these cameras, but I like having everything
  14. So, I've been pretty certain my Fabia does NOT come with a DSP/sound system. The sound from the original Swing unit that came with the car is very good though. Since I bought the car I've tried several alternatives to this head unit. RCD310, RCD510 and different Android units. The Android units mostly sound, uhm, less than impressive (as expected), but I would have thought the RCD310 dab and RCD510 dab sounded at least as good as my Swing. Strangely, they both sounded a lot worse. Both were the VW variation, not the Skoda ones. Now this led me to thinking maybe I do have a sound system and these units are not coded for it? Unfortunately I didn't have access to VCDS at the time so couldn't check. I suppose another possibility is that both of them were in fact coded for a sound system and I don't have one. Would that impact the sound as well? Are there any ways of checking for certain if I have got an improved sound system or not?
  15. Ah, now I've spotted your signature! I'm pretty sure it will be too expensive right now, but we could always have a chat via PM. You never know.
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