What are theses cables?

[ScottD3]

Sorting out my cables for the RNS and noticed 4 cables that's been cut (not by me).

From the 26pin in the back of the stereo.

17 blue/red(or violet) - RFLS
18 white/brown - DFA_R
4 black/blue - KL.15
5 white/black - DFA_l

Any ideas?
I can't find much on google.

 

[Arrkon]

RFLS = Right fuel level sensor (I assume for the nav)

KL.15, is the German way to say first click of the Ignition key (ie, before the dash lights up)

Not sure on the others, Digital front audio? Or perhaps, Does **** all? Lol

 

[ScottD3]

RFLS = Right fuel level sensor (I assume for the nav)

KL.15, is the German way to say first click of the Ignition key (ie, before the dash lights up)

Not sure on the others, Digital front audio? Or perhaps, Does **** all? Lol

What would the nav want with fuel level?

KL.15 not doing that. Seems pointless.

No idea. Seems odd.
Be nice to know

 

[olds_kool]

17 connection reverse light in dash panel wiring harness
18 connection rear right speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness
4 fuse 231 15 amp
5 connection rear left speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness

 

[Arrkon]

17 connection reverse light in dash panel wiring harness
18 connection rear right speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness
4 fuse 231 15 amp
5 connection rear left speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness

that makes more sense I stand corrected.

 

[ScottD3]

17 connection reverse light in dash panel wiring harness
18 connection rear right speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness
4 fuse 231 15 amp
5 connection rear left speed sensor in dash panel wiring harness

I ran the cables for the TMC and Tuner unit over the weekend but the head unit is still saying no connection to either.

Stupid stereo.

I wonder those extra 4 pins will do to the stereo.

Reversing light, for reversing camera, dimming the display?
Speed sensors, I thought that's what the Gala was for..........ooo the other way to detect the speed is from the clocks, so that might be for that.
Extra power?

 

[olds_kool]

Not seen that screen before
What's the latest software by the way mine said 0101 ?
Pretty sure you won't need those wires
I would say you need to play with adaptions/coding but if that lot came from one car I would of expected it to just plug in an work
Do you get 'no tmc' warning on start up?

 

[ScottD3]

Not seen that screen before
What's the latest software by the way mine said 0101 ?
Pretty sure you won't need those wires
I would say you need to play with adaptions/coding but if that lot came from one car I would of expected it to just plug in an work
Do you get 'no tmc' warning on start up?

Its a hidden menu. Press the down Arrow and AS at the same time. The right knob will go through the screens.

Not sure but I've upgraded mine to 2003, not sure the version.

I can't see them being needed but just in case, its nice to know what they do.

Everything is plugged in as I'd assume it needs to be, not counting the above cables.
I'll double check the power, that's the only thing that could be missing.

I get the TMC warning, twice. its annoying and will be turned off if I can't get the TMC working.

 

[ScottD3]

I'm still playing about with this and I'm not sure if I'm getting anywhere.

I ran the cables for the tuner from the boot to the front, wired in the power (should it be constant or ignition live?) and connected the canbus cables to the thers.

This never worked. It was still displaying the above image.
I'm not worried about the dash display cause I've not my new clocks yet.

I had another look at it last night, checked that each unit was getting power and the canbus cables was making a connection to the stereo.

I did notice that I messed up a little bit on the canbus wiring.
I connected all canbus cables together and I don't think this was right.

The 2 canbus cables coming out of the stereo was connected to the 2 from the Tuner and the 4 from the TMC.
I disconnected all the canbus cables and separated the stereo cables from the TMC and from the tuner.

First I connected the Tuner to the stereo cables and tested that.
Still no connection.
All cables was connected with no breaks in the cables.

Moved on to the TMC.
The TMC has 2 sets of canbus cables and I'm not sure what each set does or goes where they are meant to be connected to.
So I plugged both sets in one at a time to the cables coming from the stereo and that never worked.

I'm a bit stuck here.
Unless I'm doing something massively wrong, stereo is faulty and not receiving any canbus signals, the power going to the TMC and tuner is not working (I've checked it and it appears ok) or its all faulty and I might as well give up.

With the TMC being a canbus gateway, does that mean it translates the stereo's signal to the rest of the car?

I'm annoyed that something that read to be so simple has became a right in the *** for me.

I looked at the loom I bought off ebay and that never helped. I used that and it still did not work.

Does anyone know if the TV tuner requires canbus to be connected for the stereo to know its there or does it do it via the 11pin round plug?

 

[ScottD3]

For the TMC
pin 2 - Canbus Low
pin 3 - Canbus High
Is for the instrument cluster.

Pin 8 Canbus Low
Pin 9 Canbus High
Is to the RNS-d's 26pin plug. Pin 13 Canbus High and pin 26 Canbus Low.

The Tuners Canbus cables are Pin 13 High and Pin 26 Low.
Theses go to the RNS-d's 26pin plug. Pin 13 Canbus High and pin 26 Canbus Low.

There is also a K Lin cable on the Tuner that I never connected. I will route this one round to the central locking pump and see if it makes a difference.
The K Line cable on the Tuner plug is Pin 21.

 

[ScottD3]

Not seen that screen before
What's the latest software by the way mine said 0101 ?
Pretty sure you won't need those wires
I would say you need to play with adaptions/coding but if that lot came from one car I would of expected it to just plug in an work
Do you get 'no tmc' warning on start up?

2003 software is version 140.

 

[olds_kool]

as far as i can tell all the CAN gateway does is convert blaupunkt CAN to audi CAN so that info is displayed in DIS, untill you fit f/l cluster its going to be an incomplete circuit?

does your navigation cd support tmc? apparently they are available with or without it in which case you wont have tmc

on my adapter harness the only plugs used on the 20 pin harness are 5 + 18 and these come from the single gala wire (ive just bought a multimedia adapter that requires CAN connection to 20 pin harness but i have no pins in there to connect it to!)
reverse connection is so sat nav knows if your travelling in reverse!
id wire up pin 4 to s-kont see if it does anything

on the factory fitted symphony in my avant pin 7 of the 20 pin connector is CAN high and pin 12 is CAN low are these used on the rnsd?

 

[olds_kool]

2003 software is version 140.

how do i get that then?

 

[ScottD3]

how do i get that then?

You PM me your address and I'll send you the CD.
You can then keep it and pass it on to the next worthwhile RNS-d owner.

 

[ScottD3]

Had a quick go after work.
Double checked the power to the Tuner and Power to the TMC, all ok.


Wired the Tuner up to the RNS with out TMC and it worked.
The RNS unit detected the Tuner and switched to the Tuner. Brilliant.


1 down and 1 to go.


I connected TMC to the RNS via the cables above and the RNS unit could did not detect the TMC.
I double checked the power cables and Canbus cables but nothing.
It all appears to be ok but no connection.


I can't see any reason for the TMC unit not to communicate with the RNS, unless the TMC needs to be connected to the clocks or the unit is faulty.


It started to rain and I had to shut the doors so I gave up with the TMC for now and got the portable DVD player to see if I can get it on the screen.


I pluged the DVD player into one of the yellow sockets and changed the input signal from TV to AV1 and on to AV2 y/c (I think that's it) trying to find it but I was not able to find anything.


I need to do some research about this and about the TMC but that's where I am at the moment.

 

[Foxmeister]

Seems a massive job, so are all B5's CAN equipped???

I asked about fitting an RNS-E when i first got my car and was told if it didnt have it before in anyway, that its a no, way too much hassle.

Interested to see what you can do with it, do you have any line diagrams or that you are working from? If so, stick them up for a look.


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[Foxmeister]

This place might be of some use - CD Navigation Plus | Audi Forum

 

[ScottD3]

Seems a massive job, so are all B5's CAN equipped???

I asked about fitting an RNS-E when i first got my car and was told if it didnt have it before in anyway, that its a no, way too much hassle.

Interested to see what you can do with it, do you have any line diagrams or that you are working from? If so, stick them up for a look.


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This place might be of some use - CD Navigation Plus | Audi Forum

I'm working from web sites and elsawin.

The e and d are the same to fit I think.
Since you have get fitting kits and you don't need canbus in the car for the unit to work.
IF all you want is music and satnav.
If you want the clock display, TV tuner, TMC and all the other fancy stuff you can get, then it gets a bit of a ball ache.
Which is where I'm at at the moment.
I want the TMC cause in time I will fit my facelift clocks, so I want the navigation on the clocks but the TMC is doing my head in at the moment.

Only facelift's have Canbus and mine (PFL) 100% don't have it.
But Canbus is only 2 cables and I think you can just bolt in what you want and connect the cables up and it will talk.
Bit like PCs and network connections, you just have to tell the kit what else is there that it will need to talk to.

 

[Arrkon]

Scott, CAN networking is not quite like current pc network, it's more like the old BNC stuff from the 90's.

The polarity at both ends must be the same and correct, and generally, there should be a 120ohm resistor at each end, holding the architecture at 60ohm and preventing ghosting of the messages on the network.

 

[ScottD3]

Scott, CAN networking is not quite like current pc network, it's more like the old BNC stuff from the 90's.

The polarity at both ends must be the same and correct, and generally, there should be a 120ohm resistor at each end, holding the architecture at 60ohm and preventing ghosting of the messages on the network.

I assume the terminating and ohms is done by each bit of kit?

Oooo I wonder if that's why my TMC is not working cause its not plugged in to any clocks on the other 2 canbus cables.

 

[Arrkon]

I assume the terminating and ohms is done by each bit of kit?

Oooo I wonder if that's why my TMC is not working cause its not plugged in to any clocks on the other 2 canbus cables.

Could be, best bet is unplug the TMC, and stick a meter across the two CAN pins and see what the resistance is.

Generally there is a termination at the two furthest ends of the network. Failing that, add them...

Thought you had FL clocks?

 

[ScottD3]

Could be, best bet is unplug the TMC, and stick a meter across the two CAN pins and see what the resistance is.

Generally there is a termination at the two furthest ends of the network. Failing that, add them...

Thought you had FL clocks?

The TMC has two sets if canbus cables.
One set goes to the clocks (they are hanging free and easy) and the other set goes to the stereo (they are connected).

The canbus to stereo leads work cause the tuner is running Off them.

My facelift clocks are in the loft waiting for me to get my *** in gear and get the rev counter working.

 

[Arrkon]

The TMC has two sets if canbus cables.
One set goes to the clocks (they are hanging free and easy) and the other set goes to the stereo (they are connected).

The canbus to stereo leads work cause the tuner is running Off them.

My facelift clocks are in the loft waiting for me to get my *** in gear and get the rev counter working.

Well there you have it, get the clocks in

 

[olds_kool]

which other cables are connected to the 26 pin plug then? i had to add some pins for the media adapter to CAN connection (found some correct pins from some old under seat airbag connecters)
so mine now has 2 gala, 2 CAN, 2 earth and 12v ign connected what goes in pos. 14 16 +19

my sat nav only works properly with the gala disconnected (only discovered since adding dvd player) hopefully fixable with some adaption changes? do you know what your settings are?

with tmc only being broadcast on classic fm does this mean you have to be tuned into it or just capable of receiving it? is your nav disc tmc compatable?

oh and pull your finger out with the clocks

 

[ScottD3]

which other cables are connected to the 26 pin plug then? i had to add some pins for the media adapter to CAN connection (found some correct pins from some old under seat airbag connecters)
so mine now has 2 gala, 2 CAN, 2 earth and 12v ign connected what goes in pos. 14 16 +19[\quote]

all that's in the 26 pin plug is the two canbus cables.
I've not done any thing with the others.
not sure if it was worth it.

my sat nav only works properly with the gala disconnected (only discovered since adding dvd player) hopefully fixable with some adaption changes? do you know what your settings are?[\quote]
Really?
is yours set to gala or abs speed?
I changed mine to Gala and adjusted to Tyre/wheel size (1945 I think).
I got a gala signal from the the original stereo, not sure its right or working.
my satnav is still struggling to find me, it kind of gets where I am but its always facing the wrong way.
I did a little test via the compass and my phones compass, it turned out that the stereo compass was wrong. its facing the wrong way. not sure how to change it or any thing.

with tmc only being broadcast on classic fm does this mean you have to be tuned into it or just capable of receiving it? is your nav disc tmc compatable?

oh and pull your finger out with the clocks

the tmc does it all its self I think. we don't need to do any thing.
give it power and get it working.

I'm stuck with the clocks again, I need to confirm the canbus cables or see if there is some coding I can do to change the way the clocks get their rev signal, that's all that's holding it up. its doing my head in at the moment and this stereo.

stupid tuner works but I got no way to test the AV inputs at the moment, the satnav is all over the shop and keeps saying my location is not on a digitized road, tmc won't talk to stereo but at least the Xcarlink works.
ahhhhhhhh

 

[ScottD3]

Little update since i got my TMC working and it might be useful for others.

In short, the on board fuse blow. Replaced that and it connected. I even get traffic reports now.
But it keeps saying source is Telephone. I'm working on that.

I got my Tuner working and Pi installed.

So all in all its working.
Just need to get the navigation pointing in the right direction.