HELP: Can’t get VCDS to communicate with MIB 2 5f module after retrofit

[McSkripps]

So I just finished installing the MIB2 retrofit kit from EuroZone Tuning and everything works great with the exception of my backup camera. I thought to myself, “no worries, I’ll go into VCDS and check the coding”.

Well, I can communicate with every other module except for the new 5f module. I’ve put it into the engineering test mode and enabled diagnostics on the next 10 boot ups, but still can’t get it to communicate with my VCDS machine. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[IWMTom]

So I just finished installing the MIB2 retrofit kit from EuroZone Tuning and everything works great with the exception of my backup camera. I thought to myself, “no worries, I’ll go into VCDS and check the coding”.

Well, I can communicate with every other module except for the new 5f module. I’ve put it into the engineering test mode and enabled diagnostics on the next 10 boot ups, but still can’t get it to communicate with my VCDS machine. Anyone have any suggestions?

Can other modules talk to it? Can it talk to other modules? Try to change the time in the head unit settings to see if it updates the time on your dash.

 

[southpawboston]

Did you try going into module 19 (Gateway) and registering the new 5F on the Can bus?

 

[McSkripps]

It can talk to other modules. I’ll try registering it to the Can bus.

 

[McSkripps]

Did you try going into module 19 (Gateway) and registering the new 5F on the Can bus?

Once I’m in module 19, how do I register the new 5f to the can bus?

 

[southpawboston]

Once I’m in module 19, how do I register the new 5f to the can bus?

Not 100% sure, but for the Mk7.5 coding structure, there is this:

19 Gateway --> Adaptations --> Installation list, specified installations --> Information Control Unit 1 --> options are "coded" and "not coded"

I don't know if this is key or not. But in my car, in the installation list, all the modules that exist in my car are listed as "coded" while all the modules that I don't have are listed as "not coded".

 

[IWMTom]

Once I’m in module 19, how do I register the new 5f to the can bus?

It shouldn't be necessary; presumably you had a 5F module before the retrofit.. all Mk7s did.

 

[stuntnuts]

It shouldn't be necessary; presumably you had a 5F module before the retrofit.. all Mk7s did.

Not true. In the USA, all 2018 "S" models do not have 5F modules.

 

[IWMTom]

Not true. In the USA, all 2018 "S" models do not have 5F modules.

Jesus, really? What did they come with instead?

 

[southpawboston]

Pretty sure all 2018 NAR still have MIB-II but the base S has no CD player and the 5f module is built into or behind the display. The higher trims retain the CD player/module in the glove box.

 

[IWMTom]

Pretty sure all 2018 NAR still have MIB-II but the base S has no CD player and the 5f module is built into or behind the display. The higher trims retain the CD player/module in the glove box.

So it still has one then?

 

[stuntnuts]

So it still has one then?

There's no MIB to speak of. The interface resembles MIB, but it is not MIB. It's a single DIN radio with a double DIN screen built into the front of it.

I'm in the process of retrofitting a true MIB2 system in the glove box as I type this.

Look out for a thread/DIY/asking questions from me in the near future.

 

[IWMTom]

There's no MIB to speak of. The interface resembles MIB, but it is not MIB. It's a single DIN radio with a double DIN screen built into the front of it.

I'm in the process of retrofitting a true MIB2 system in the glove box as I type this.

Look out for a thread/DIY/asking questions from me in the near future.

So.. which ID does the control module have in one of these radios?

 

[stuntnuts]

So.. which ID does the control module have in one of these radios?

It is still 5F, my bad.

 

[Tooly]

What version of VCDS cable are you using? I had an old Micro-Can VCDS cable and had to upgrade to the new HEX-V2 cable to access the 5F module in my 2018 Autobahn.