VW Dealer retrofitting

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VW Dealer retrofitting

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Hi Chaps
I've been looking at getting App Connect/Apple Car Play retrofitted at my local VW Van Centre, I've asked a question on this subject in another more specific relevant thread I found, but I was wondering if anyone on here had any experience of retrofitting items that were not originally specced by the original Dealer/Purchaser ? I've been quoted £250.00p all in including the VAT for the App Connect/Apple car Play if compatible ;)

Specifically, as well as App Connect, I don't have a Reverse camera on mine, or the Folding Mirrors option, but for some reason the original owner specified Heated front seats :o

I've done a reverse camera myself on another Caddy, and was using the RCD330 No Name head unit in that one, and it works fine, but I wanted to find out if anyone had had the OEM camera fitted up, and what sort of cost are we looking at ? same with the folding mirrors really ?
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Re: VW Dealer retrofitting

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Not sure about App Connect as my head unit was a basic Composition Colour and was so much hassle & expense to upgrade to Discovery Media, I ended up buying an aftermarket unit instead. You should be OK if you already have Discovery Media though.

Regarding the RVC, I had a similar issue. The van already had OEM camera fitted. On the mk4 this is a composite signal but with a quad lock connector instead of RCA phono. I had to get my local car audio place to make up a lead which converted the quad lock to RCA to fit into my head unit. If you get a camera aftermarket with a standard RCA phono connector you will need something like this to get it into the back of your OEM head unit:
https://incartec.co.uk/product/Add-Came ... ems-27-243

Of course if you get the OEM camera, it should work but obviously this is ££££..

Once in you will have to code it to enable RVC function, etc.
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Re: VW Dealer retrofitting

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Do you now if this will work on the rns 315 genuine Vw unit ??
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Re: VW Dealer retrofitting

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Not sure mate, I think it's only for the quad lock on the later units.
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