From K9spud

Most automobile brands from the Volkswagen AG (VAG) group from 1998 and onwards use the same underlying CD Changer protocol, although cabling and connector pin outs may vary. Certain earlier year automobiles may also have a compatible head unit. This Wiki page is meant to list known car stereo head units that the VAG group uses and how well they work with the VWCDPIC firmware.

If you are using a VWCDPIC, please help others by editing the page with comments about your particular head unit and the VWCDPIC firmware version(s) you have tested. If you are having any issues with your head unit, please leave contact info so that test firmware releases can be sent to you.

Note: Generally, we can not magically make head units work -- a developer needs to sit down with his/her own head unit and hack the VWCDPIC firmware source code if something is not working already. Or, at the very least, a dedicated user needs to capture a log file of their VWCDPIC's 19.2Kbps serial output text for developers to analyze later.

Contents 1 Volkswagen 1.1 New Beetle 1.2 Touareg 1.3 Passat B3/B4 (1993+) 1.4 Single DIN Monsoon 1.5 Single DIN Monsoon with In-Dash CD Player 1.6 Double DIN Monsoon 1.7 Multi-Function Display (MFD) 1.8 Gamma IV 1.9 Gamma V 1.10 RCD300 1.11 Blaupunkt R100 1.12 RNS300 1.13 RN S2 DVD 2 Seat 2.1 Leon 2.2 Ibiza 3 Skoda 3.1 Symphony 4 Audi 4.1 Audi Chorus II

Volkswagen

New Beetle

• 2001 Head Unit (Premium audio, without Monsoon)

This head unit is the one we originally developed the VWCDPIC on. This head unit works great with the VWCDPIC, no problems whatsoever.

• New Beetles equipped with the "Monsoon" sound system should also work fine.

• In some 2003 and all later New Beetle models, Volkswagen moved the CD Changer connector from the trunk of the car to being mounted inside the center arm rest console. This new location is more ideally located, but the space available to work with is much more cramped. Gwagg posted some pictures at NewBeetle.org that show how he installed his older VWCDPIC in the tight center arm rest console.

Touareg

Delta 6 Head Unit

European Touareg Colorado Head Unit

North American Touareg Head Unit

I now have reports from an inside source that firmware v2.7 is working on European Delta 6 and Touareg Colorado radios. He also had a North American Touareg radio working.

Passat B3/B4 (1993+)

1993-1996 Matsushita Premium No bump in cassette door.

1996 B4 Premium

Don's Passat B3/B4 head units above work fine with the current VWCDPIC firmware v2.7d. See his write up for more details.

Single DIN Monsoon

Single DIN Monsoon Head Unit

Boris's Single DIN Monsoon in his Golf worked.

Single DIN Monsoon with In-Dash CD Player

In-Dash CD Player

According to Adam, the In-Dash CD Player for Single DIN head units now fully works with VWCDPIC firmware v2.5.

Double DIN Monsoon

Double DIN Monsoon Head Unit This head unit works in my dad's Golf since at least VWCDPIC firmware v2.5.

Multi-Function Display (MFD)

MFD-Navi

Ulrich Geile's MFD-Navi head unit in Germany works.

Gamma IV

Bernd (Germany) reported that his older Gamma IV, which did not unmute properly with v2.5 nor v2.6, is working properly using firmware v2.7.

Gamma V

Gamma V

Werner Backes reports in the forum that his Gamma V head unit is working with firmware v2.8pre3 on his home made VWCDPIC.

Forrest Reported "I test the v2.0 on my POLO's Gamma radio head (2003). I don't know the detail type of my gamma ." Forrest (2005/Jan/24)

RCD300

RCD300

This head units works, except that the audio remains muted if you exit from CD mode and try to re-enter CD mode without power cycling. I have a patched version of the code that appearantly works around the problem, but I haven't included the changes in the mainline version of the code because I am not sure if it breaks other head units that are currently working.

Blaupunkt R100

Blaupunkt R100 Tuner + CD Changer only

Martin (Poland) reports that this head unit works great with his homemade VWCDPIC. It needed the RCD300 patch to be able to exit and re-enter CD mode properly

RNS300

RNS300

This head units works with the RCD300 line of the code. The control of playlists and play/stop is difficult because this navi unit does not have dedicated preset buttons.

RN S2 DVD

This head units works. It has been tested with the RCD300 code and works without problems.

Seat

Leon

Vanni Uggè's Seat Leon with seat aura sound system in Italy works.

Ibiza

George Filis's Seat Ibiza in Greece works.

Bas Casander's Seat Ibiza my2000 in Holland works.

Paul Janssens's Seat Toledo with Seat Aura CD HU in the Netherlands works like a charm.

Skoda

Symphony

Matt B. reports that firmware v2.7c is now working on his 2005 Skoda Fabia's Symphony head unit (manufactured by Technisat). symphony 6y0035156a SKZAZ8C 1328300* m

Audi

Jeff had some luck using the VWCDPIC with a few Audi head units.

Audi Chorus II

Hank's Audi Chorus II is working with his homemade VWCDPIC.