Info for those looking at RNSE upgrades

[sync24]

I will take that as a no then?

Sorry mate - a bit slow on the response... Anyway - no it still does not have a 7 digit postcode search but I found the combo of 4 digit and almost instant road lookup and select just as usable. Prob here I see as if you don't know what the road is called at the 4 digit Post code location you are stuffed!

[sync24]

Is it possible to retrofit the multifunction wheel? I didn't think you could.

Apparently you can - a TT-RS wheel will fit with a relocation of the SPORT button and a fair few £££££ spent on the TT-RS MF FBSW with airbag/wiring loom

[PetrolDave]

You mean use the digital TV signal for DAB

The radio stations on Freeview are not the same ones as on DAB, many are common but not all.

[MikeFish]

Prob here I see as if you don't know what the road is called at the 4 digit Post code location you are stuffed!

You say that but on many occassions I have entered the postcode (well as much as it will let me) then the name of the road, then it comes up with 2 or more options still, most of the time I have no idea which of the options it is as the yare very similar and you can bet that I always pick the wrong one and end up in the wrong place.

[Rick_RS4]

so can we not wire in a button on the dash to work voice activation?

[sync24]

so can we not wire in a button on the dash to work voice activation?

I would have thought that is not possible as AFAIK the vagcom is programmed for either a FBSW or a MFSW - however someone else who knows VAGCOM inside out should comment - maybe start a thread in 'electrics' ?

[PetrolDave]

so can we not wire in a button on the dash to work voice activation?

Nope, the RNS-E looks for a CAN bus message that the "Talk" button has been pressed on the MFSW.

So you need to wire a button to a "box of tricks" that genberates the CAN bus message. A member on audiforum.us called bjarne USED to make a box that did that (as a side effect of fixing some problems with the clock when retrofitting an RNS-E into a B5), but he doesn't make them any more.

[Rick_RS4]

ah ok, nevermind

thanks for the info

[esp_mm-270]

so can we not wire in a button on the dash to work voice activation?

Nope, the RNS-E looks for a CAN bus message that the "Talk" button has been pressed on the MFSW.

So you need to wire a button to a "box of tricks" that genberates the CAN bus message. A member on audiforum.us called bjarne USED to make a box that did that (as a side effect of fixing some problems with the clock when retrofitting an RNS-E into a B5), but he doesn't make them any more.

Thats a shame, I'd prefer to add a talk button than change steering wheel and move the 'S' button.

[esp_mm-270]

I've been reading that phone cradles (or some of them) have talk buttons? Can we not butcher one of those to do a job for this?

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I've been reading that phone cradles (or some of them) have talk buttons? Can we not butcher one of those to do a job for this?

yes the cradles do have the push to talk button.