Continuing to make my commute even more enjoyable you will know I recently removed this:
The Symphony unity was great and I do like the retro look, as it’s in keeping with the A2. it has since been sold as I fitted this:
I really like the look of the RNS-E but really wanted the RNS-E PU (193 Mk2) unit.
Well I got a fairly good deal on a 2012 RNS-E PU (193G) from an A3. I had problems coding it suitably for the A2 as I just couldn’t tell it to behave as an A6. Done some further reading on the Ross Tech website and it appears that the newer 193 units cannot be coded to A6 mode. Feeling a little disappointed that I may have purchased something that is unusable I continued to read the RNS-E Firmware thread. I then remembered the post that
@pcbbc posted a few months ago. Downloading the Firmware was simple, I struggled to get the 108mb of files onto a CD-R with the 3 Macs here at 2Work Towers. A quick chat to
@sciroccorrado (as he is only up the road) and he was able to burn the data onto a CD for me. Thank you Jeremy.
After 5 minutes of putting the PCBBC Firmware into the unit it was running the new software. Very very good work done by
@pcbbc, I feel a contribution heading your way. Thank you.
From the outset, without changing any settings, the navigation screen has the road speed limit displayed which was not possible before. Soon as I hooked it up to VCDS I was able to code it to behave as an A6. This also solved the initial problem I had that the HU wouldn’t shut down when the key was removed for the ignition. All sorted now.
Does this make the younger RNS-E Mk2 193 HUs usable, I guess yes but I’m no expert so will wait for a more knowledgeable member to arrive with their findings.
This is the new RNS-E fitted, I do like the chrome buttons and piano black surround:
I’ll get the Dremel and wet & dry paper out over the next few days to complete the install.
The interior of the lovely A2 really is becoming somewhere enjoyable to sit for my circa 15 hours a week commute.
The main thing that is annoying is that I still cannot get the DIS to display the navigation page when pressing the button on the DIS Stalk. I couldn’t get it working on the previous HU which was working in the old A2 perfectly. It’ll be a coding thing which I’d gladly take some input from anyone to correct this. I have VCDS here so a few pointers please.
Kind regards,
Tom