T6 Aftermarket Digital Instrument Cluster

Just a thought, but if they made a cluster with a mic input then they could solve this issue with the phone calls. You'd pair your phone with the cluster and then the cluster could present itself as a phone to the head unit and the cluster could ignore the control signals coming from the head unit. That way you'd get the phone calls and other audio via the head unit. Would probably work with music apps too.

Probably needs a hardware revision though.
 
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Ah, well spotted. Once everything is assembled does it refuse the original bezel?

Edit - fook it. I'll wait until Antony has them as I have the hands-on skills of Abu Hamza, and I'm just up the road.
 
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Ah, well spotted. Once everything is assembled does it refuse the original bezel?

Edit - fook it. I'll wait until Antony has them as I have the hands-on skills of Abu Hamza, and I'm just up the road.

The new dash is a whole new part. The only piece of the existing dash that is used is the PCB, this is good if your existing dash had a scratched bezel. The dash trim fits into the new cluster module as before.

But yes, it might be worth waiting a small while and see what the new units are like.
 
Has anyone changed the boot logo to the original VW logo using Antony's file?
If I save the file to a USB stick and put it into the IC, nothing happens
 
First test drive, some observations.

Reflectivity of the screen, you will see your face on a sunny day.

The current gear indicator is implemented in an odd way (manual gearbox), when the clutch is down it shows N for neutral until you bring the clutch up. So when you change gears it goes 1 N 2 N 3 etc, the N is not useful at all here.

My RPM gauge is showing 8,000 RPM tops.

The fuel symbol next to the fuel gauge has a little arrow, this indicates which side of the vehicle the fuel filler is on. But even though I've selected RHD it points to the wrong side. Not sure if this graphic is even dynamic? it might be a fixed icon.

Navigation screen isn't showing anything, stock headunit with nav. Was expecting a compass at the least.

But it's seemingly not changed my vehicle coding and is working fine otherwise.
 
Has anyone changed the boot logo to the original VW logo using Antony's file?
If I save the file to a USB stick and put it into the IC, nothing happens
Did it today
Got a message, IMG_1273.jpeg

As recommended I waited approximately 15 minutes , then I got the VW logo once, locking the Car

That was it so far

The only change by now is, when unlocking the Car the Screen is black and the spinning Car on startup is gone
 
Just going to throw this out there that I've been looking into the consumption reports and also agree it's affecting the tank mileage calculation. What I figured out.. by throwing the live data on the android auto display via Car Scanner app, and setting the consumption unit to Litres per hour I took a look at the idling consumption and noticed 0.7l per hr on the dash, 0.9l per hr on the ODB.. So I had a call with China and showed them this, I then asked which Gallon they are considering in the calculation, they seemed a little surprised to hear there is two versions of a Gallon. The UK version being swollen my 20% over the clearly calculated US version. So then our brains all start reverse calculating a 20% larger gallon throwing the maths out..

Anyway, in short the CEO and chief software engineer are aware now. I've said this is a big one and they need to pickup the option change when we do our unit set..US or UK Imperial and get it into future firmware pronto!. Let you know when it's done.. you're welcome
I noticed today that my MPG is displayed as ‘X mpg (UK)’, and I am still on the same revision as when you installed it Antony.
 
Bit annoyed to see this on my drive this evening. I may have to take the dash apart again and see if there's any twisting pressure on the display. Otherwise it's a duff panel.

I don't remember seeing this at the start of the drive though :/

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Any idea if the update is vender specific at all? As the FW update didn't work on mine but my firmware is reporting as app: Sport
It will be stick compatibility.. there's no rhyme or reason to it sometimes. I have identical freebie sticks some good some bad
 
Bit annoyed to see this on my drive this evening. I may have to take the dash apart again and see if there's any twisting pressure on the display. Otherwise it's a duff panel.

I don't remember seeing this at the start of the drive though :/

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Release some of the pressure from the screw back there. And just check that there is nothing going on in the opposite corner. They are quite sensitive to anything creating tortion forces when seated. Even deswarfing the cutout makes a difference. But bottom right like that likely to be screws need releasing slightly or top right has a cable trapped slightly, I have chased a few pressure spots out of mine in the dark before.

Also check the LCD panel screw (miniature Philips) you can, at an angle just get to it in that corner without taking the back off.. ask me how I know..
 
Release some of the pressure from the screw back there. And just check that there is nothing going on in the opposite corner. They are quite sensitive to anything creating tortion forces when seated. Even deswarfing the cutout makes a difference. But bottom right like that likely to be screws need releasing slightly or top right has a cable trapped slightly, I have chased a few pressure spots out of mine in the dark before.

Thanks for that. I will slacken things up a little and enlarge my cut out a bit.
 
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