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Reading success stories of the respective members, I also tried the same on my Polo 2013 Comfortline Petrol. This car model doesn't have the canbus outputs so I ended up spending a lot more than required for the install.
The items were ordered from Aliexpress:
Headunit:
6.5 inch MIB Car Radio RCD330 PLUS
Canbus Adapter :
PQ MIB RCD330 Plus Decoder Canbus Simulator Gateway Emulator
Order was placed on 26.11.2016, I was charged Rs.8884 for both items. Seller was communicated to pack both items in the same package. He had confirmed the same. The seller shipped the package through Aramex on 05.01.2017 and it landed to my doorstep on 11.01.2017. No customs duty was charged (don't know why).
I gladly opened the box, the packing was neat:
and the HU
antenna & reverse camera adapters
but the seller had goofed up and not packed the canbus adapter. On communication he posted it the same day but was delivered in 15 days. So, long wait in store.
Just to play and check the HU, I removed my existing MapmyIndia HU and attached the wiring to RCD.
The existing MMI unit that I had installed in the car.
The unit powered on but no bluetooth, illumination, no switching off with key and switched off after 30 mins.
I became impatient and started looking for canbus adapter locally and found it for Rs.3000/- at a location in Delhi itself at
Classic Accessories
Being in hurry to get the HU installed, I enquired about the item over call and decided to pay a visit. It is a small shop in Ramesh Nagar. The owner Shalinder Choudhary himself is a enthusiast and has bought a Polo Trendline to try out the mods. Says "I don't want to spend the life installing pioneer and sonys".
The unit worked. Sound quality is far improved from stock systems and the MMI HU that was installed. Bluetooth working fine with all contacts and call logs on iPhone. With android you can also read sms on the HU. Also when you select Media, all the contents of music are available to play as you would do on the iphone.
Areas missing are time was not sync, reverse cam not working.
I was 60% satisfied but felt something was missing so ordered a few more items
Canbus cables from vagtune.in
and
replica rosstech cable from EBay:
Researched our forums and internet about wiring the canbus harness and found good deal of help. Got inspired by one of our members who installed an RCD310 into his polo
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/car-en...upgrade-2.html
Best support was from a Russian site
Drive2.ru. It is russian but images and google translate will solve that.
This saturday I made the effort and was able to wire the canbus harness to the HU.
I turned the key and unit turned on, time and temperature were synced.
One interesting feature that I found is, if you have your iPhone paired and you lock your car, the location is saved onto your Maps app.
The reverse cam is still not working, now the time to plug in the rosstech cable. I followed the advice on this thread, did the coding and cleared all the fault codes.
The ignition was turned on and the reverse gear was engaged and what I got:
but no camera display, I tried to re-do the steps but the result was same, then I read on this thread to reset the HU by keeping power button pressed for 10-15 seconds. The system restarted and finally I got:
but on disengaging and re-engaging the reverse gear, I got black screen again.
So after reading this tiring post, please suggest what to do next, I get the camera image on clearing the fault codes on HU and resetting it, but not after that.
Do I need a new OEM camera from aliexpress or is there something that I am missing.
Any support would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading.