columbus

[Hughes IRL]

hows it going , have a fabia monte csrlo and looking to upgrade my standard swing radio to a columbus radio sat nav etc!

does anyone know if it is a straight swap and is it compatable and is it safe to get one off ebay ?

would be greatful to get information tanks

[mannyo]

I dont think anyone has got one to work successfully in a Fabia MK2 or Roomster yet. The problem is the Fabia uses an older version of Canbus (V1.6), but the Columbus requires a newer version (V2.0). There are adapters available to convert between the protocols, but at least one member here has tried, and gave up trying to get the Navigation function to work. The columbus relies mostly on speed pulses from the car, these are normally sent via canbus to the Columbus. The Fabia cannot do this, so you have to rely souley on GPS which is only periodically updated to confirm position.

[Hughes IRL]

thanks for ur help manny ! what about the amundsen touch screen ?

[KBPhoto]

Have you seen this thread?

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/144978-fabia-ii-now-with-a-rns-510-columbus/#entry3079370

I've not read all of it, but it seems to suggest it can be done.

[Panosm]

I have a Columbus unit in my mk2 vrs and it works without any glitches. Just needs some vcds fiddling and you're good to go.

[mannyo]

Maybe it depends on the age of the Fabia, perhaps the facelifted version also got an upgraded Canbus.

[Brimma]

Mine works fine in a 2012 Elegance

[hussein]

Got Columbus and Bluetooth working fine on my 2010 Facelift Elegance. No issues and the whole lot took about 45 minutes to install after doing the research. You do need a VCDS cable to get directions on the MFD if you have one, but if you don't have an MFD I imagine it would just work fine without any coding at all (bar a fault code along the lines of 'module not coded', but probably not a biggie).

[pipsyp]

I dont think anyone has got one to work successfully in a Fabia MK2 or Roomster yet. The problem is the Fabia uses an older version of Canbus (V1.6), but the Columbus requires a newer version (V2.0). There are adapters available to convert between the protocols, but at least one member here has tried, and gave up trying to get the Navigation function to work. The columbus relies mostly on speed pulses from the car, these are normally sent via canbus to the Columbus. The Fabia cannot do this, so you have to rely souley on GPS which is only periodically updated to confirm position.

If this were the case surely the Amundsen wouldnt work either; which it of course does

[Hughes IRL]

Got the amundsen 310 as it was the cheeper option ! Bought it off eBay, everything fits fine bu the c.d for the sat nav won't read when the amundsen asks for it ! Any suggestions ?