RCD330+ Headunit

[oscar_van]

HELP (Please)!
So, I’ve got my 2019 T6 unit out to be replaced with an OEM ‘Noname’ RCD330 187b CarPlay imported unit. All the wiring is different, so I bought a 52 to 40 pin adaptor, which fits perfectly well (also utilising the radio antenna double to single adapter). BUT. Theres no power to the unit. I’ve spoken to an audio expert and he’s advised it can’t be done without a Kenwood unit for circa £1k due to the Canbus configuration.
Can anyone please confirm this or advise how I can install my new unit before I just flog it in the uk?! I’m not a wiring expert!
Thanks in anticipation.

I realise I'm pushing my luck after three years, but I'm in exactly the same boat and posting on the off-chance that you got this sorted? I have an RCD340G which appears to have a different pin layout to the harness sold to me by a popular Transporter accessory website. Had already tried a cheap eBay one and that was even more wrong.

 

[kernowcoles]

Seen YouTube videos on re-soldering front USB to rear but I found cheap USB extension on Ali Express lets me use Android Auto / Car Play from top of dash. Not quite as neat but 5 minute job with no real expertise needed. Green lead is not compulsory. View attachment 117732View attachment 117731

What sort of USB extension cable is this? Looks super tin to be able to fit in the gqp in the trim! I'd like to do something similar

 

[RunDSG]

What sort of USB extension cable is this? Looks super tin to be able to fit in the gqp in the trim! I'd like to do something similar

Can pick these up on eBay. Make sure you check which direction you’d like the run the cable.

 

[kernowcoles]

Thanks. Do you think it would be doable to get one of these to run from the front USB socket of the RCD330, through the trim and then have a wireless appleplay device plugged into it in the void behind the unit?

 

[RunDSG]

Thanks. Do you think it would be doable to get one of these to run from the front USB socket of the RCD330, through the trim and then have a wireless appleplay device plugged into it in the void behind the unit?

Absolutely. Just make sure you’ve got a gap of a couple mm. I do this in my Golf.

 

[Bost0n]

I recently fitted a RCD330 Plus Noname 6RD 035 187B from Lemon Shark into a 2017 T6

To make it all fit I had to additionally buy a "Quadlock Adaptor For VW/SKODA Radio Plug (2015-) To 2003-2015 Transporter T6 T5" - Quadlock Adaptor For VW/SKODA Radio Plug (2015-) To 2003-2015 Transporter T6 T5 | eBay
It then powered up and the CarPlay worked fine (not tried Andoid Auto).

However the radio (FM & AM) didn't work because the cable that came with the RCD330 Plus from Lemon Shark was a single Fakra connector and my T6 needed a Double Fakra connector.
So I bought this: Volkswagen Radio Antenna Adapter Double Fakra 20cm RNS RCD 510 310 315 to RCD330 / RCD360

With these two additional cables it was so easy to fit and works like a charm and you can have FM/AM radio in addition to using the Apps on the phone.

Hope that helps some people

That's useful info, thanks. I'm debating doing this as a cheaper alternative to getting it all done properly by someone who actually knows what they're doing

We've got reverse parking sensors on our van - does that still work with this unit? As in, will it beep and show the warning lines around the vehicle on the screen?