Hi all,

 

I have a 2014, mk2, CR105 Fabia, Monte Carlo estate, without maxidot.

 

I want to fit a second hand Columbus or Amundsen unit with GPS + Bluetooth.
 

May I ask is this a direct swap? is there something I need to do? Or is it plug and play? I have seen people say about VCDS? Will this be needed? 

 

 

It's a fairly straightforward swap, I did it on ours last year. We went for Amundsen plus with integrated Bluetooth. Apart from the unit itself you need microphone and GPS antenna.

Thanks Chimaera, would I not need to do any thing regarding VCDS? I have just been reading a few posts and some people have flitted but have sound issues? Is this something I don’t need to worry about? 

I fitted an amundsen first which was great and was plug and play, but later updated to a colmumbus unit I got at the right price as it was also DAB.

 

I have messed with endless settings for the sound and for me I think the Amundsen sounded far better in the Fabia to the point I am thinking of going back.

Edited 30 September, 20214 yr by UrbanPanzer

There's no definitive answer I'm afraid. But generally yes you'll need to use VCDS to make it work,

12 hours ago, Rustynuts said:

There's no definitive answer I'm afraid. But generally yes you'll need to use VCDS to make it work,

Chases Rusty, I have just purchased the VCDS now just encase. I don’t have a clue how to work the program. Is it fairly straightforward?

Sorry Rusty auto correct. Cheers  

I'm hoping you bought a genuine cable & not a rip off? If you bought genuine then there's  a world of assistance on https://forums.ross-tech.com/index

which will point you in the right direction of what's possible and how to do the basics. If you bought a rip off, then you're on your own I suspect.

 

2 hours ago, Rustynuts said:

I'm hoping you bought a genuine cable & not a rip off? If you bought genuine then there's  a world of assistance on https://forums.ross-tech.com/index

which will point you in the right direction of what's possible and how to do the basics. If you bought a rip off, then you're on your own I suspect.

 

Hi Rusty, I have brought a second hand one. I hope it will be ok fingers crossed. Thanks for the link