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Hi Everyone, I am thinking about upgrading my standard RCD310 to a RCD510 unit! My question is will the Multifunction steering wheel buttons still work and has anybody done this before and is it a relatively easy swap over job? Haven't really got time to be re-wiring.


Thanks Cam.


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Yes but it might need some VCDS coding

It should be a straight swap however

yes and the RCD510 had two FM antennas as opposed to the single antenna on RCD310

Hmm thanks guys, I really want one but don't want to waste £250 on a stereo I can't use...[emoji31] I think I might remove the RCD310 and check the connections.

So here's what I've gathered:

The normal 310 I have looks like this:

And then the bit that confuses me, there's 2 different RCD510's! One the same as mine and one with a strange yellow port?




From what I've read there's a Bosch one made in Portugal for the earlier cars and then a Delphi (or something like that) one that was made in China for the later cars. Seeming as mine is an earlyish 2011 maybe the Bosch would work better?


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This link will help with identifying the RCD510 connections http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/ ... t;rcd_510/

The yellow plug is for a reverse camera

Thanks guys I ordered one without the yellow plug anyways. Hopefully won't have any issues and will update once it's in!


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