Hi. 

I have a 2017 1.2 tsi petrol yeti in which is fitted an Amundsen Head unit. 

The head unit is the standard factory fitted unit with 4 buttons down each side, and 2 card slots for, on the L. The navigation card, and on the R. an SD card with all our CD's etc. 

The unit is failing mostly due to screen issues, and I know that it's possible to get it fixed. 

But I'd rather change it for a more up to date unit. 

I'm not too bothered about satnav, as we still use a Garmin unit on the dash, which frankly, as proved on a 2,000 mile journey into Europe last year is far more accurate, and certainly easier to keep updated. 

So as it's basically just a double din unit, and the ONLY thing I want to retain is the on screen front and rear parking sensor display,  can anyone please suggest an aftermarket alternative which will go straight in please. 

I understand I would lose some steering wheel controls like phone and speech control, but I never use those things anyway.  

The Amundsen has never been very good, so it's time we dumped it and moved on. 

Thanks for any advice. 

I fitted this and the steering wheel controls still work fine.

Added - Rear parking sensors beep and distance bars appear on the display, although they are not as big as before 

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/517999-bluetooth-head-unit-options/?do=findComment&comment=5806182

Edited 11 December, 20232 yr by aubrey

Aubrey

 

Thank you very much indeed for this. 

I will take a look. 

Did you fit it yourself? 

I'm fairly comfortable with replacing head units, did it need any special connectors. 

 

Thank you. 😊 

Yes, fitted it myself. As you probably know it's only a matter of gently prising the head unit surrounding trim away and 4 torx screws to remove the old unit. The only special connector it needed was those 2 additional items I wrote about on that Roomster post, The dual Farka antenna adapter and the Golf canbus cable. The canbus cable has a 12v antenna DC out that I soldered and heat shrunk to the 12v power feed for the antenna adapter (amp}. Then it all just plugged together in the car. That android head unit is only about 3cm deep so there is loads of space left behind for the gps antenna and cabling as the original Skoda unit is normal depth. It really is just plug and play with those 3 items. Keep your wiring neat with cable ties, it is quite straightforward.

Hi Aubrey

 

That's brilliant, and SO helpful. 

 

Getting the Amundsen unit out is something I did previously to just see what was involved, and really simple. 

Right, I think I owe myself and my wife a Christmas present. 

 

Big Thanks. 😊 😊