Hello,

 

I've installed an Erisin Android head unit on my Pre FL Octavia a couple of days ago and have a couple questions about the CANBUS integration.

The head unit i bought is linked below

https://www.erisin.com/products/erisin-es8715v-8quot-dsp-android-100-car-radio-carplay-amp-auto-gps-4g-dab-wifi-for-vw-seat-skoda

With the CANBUS integration I don’t get any climate info or PDC info on the screen, although the unit detects the car is in reverse, volume drops and the sensor sounder works.

With the factory unit (Stream MP3) I got two little distance graphs from the rear of the car when the PDC was activated, I also had key info from the climate flash up when being used i.e front demister on etc.

Has anyone had any experience with the pre FL cars using android units, I've seen a lot of info about the FL versions which seem to integrate everything fine. 

I did quite a bit of reading yesterday which suggested the PDC graph may appear if I hook up a rear camera or maybe if I used a Polar FIS to emulate the display but not sure if this only works for original VW head units?

 

Thanks

Fitted a non android Erisin unit to my pre F/L MK2 and I cant recall if the parking sensor display worked as I would use my mirrors and rely on the audible warnings, soon after I fitted a reversing camera and it had the trajectory lines which moved with the steering, I'm pretty sure that it took up 2/3 of the screen and the bit on the right was the parking sensors.

 

The Climatronic stuff never displayed but its not needed, the climatronic display tells you all that you need to know.

I tried hooking up a camera, that part works ok but still don’t get the parking sensor display. Not sure if it’s my head unit or something to do with the car module versions. Mines a 58, so last of pre FL so would have thought it’s ok. 
 

Do you know what gateway version yours was? Anyone else have experience of this? 

I wonder if this is the same issue I had when I fitted a Columbus to my 57 plate (MY2008) Octavia with PDC. The pre-fl PDC uses a different protocol to the FL and it didn't show up on stereo. It wasn't until I fitted a Polar FIS that it shows the distance display on the stereo.