drmotorsport Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 I've currently got a 2000my S8 with the BOSE Navi Plus with TV, Phone and CD changer. I would like to upgrade to the RNS-E but is it fairly plug and play or is there major rewiring involved? cheers Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmotorsport Posted May 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 any ides folks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Craigyb is the man in the know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I've currently got a 2000my S8 with the BOSE Navi Plus with TV, Phone and CD changer. I would like to upgrade to the RNS-E but is it fairly plug and play or is there major rewiring involved? You have to determine if your car has canbus or not. The RNS-C and RNS-D are very similar, but only the D had canbus, the C used clk/data/enable to talk to your cluster. If your cluster has 3 connectors, blue/grey/green then it is probably can bus, and you can probably upgrade to an RNS-E. Caveat, the directions will not show in the DIS, only the radio stations and CD tracks etc. All the A8/S8's I have done have been 2001/2002 models with canbus and although it's a big job, it can be done. You will also have to upgrade the TV tuner from a B to a C model if you have one. I can do the whole job for you, PM me for details. Craig cheers Dom [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 You have to determine if your car has canbus or not. The RNS-C and RNS-D are very similar, but only the D had canbus, the C used clk/data/enable to talk to your cluster. If your cluster has 3 connectors, blue/grey/green then it is probably can bus, and you can probably upgrade to an RNS-E. Caveat, the directions will not show in the DIS, only the radio stations and CD tracks etc. All the A8/S8's I have done have been 2001/2002 models with canbus and although it's a big job, it can be done. You will also have to upgrade the TV tuner from a B to a C model if you have one. I can do the whole job for you, PM me for details. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmotorsport Posted May 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Thanks Craig, so if I upgrade I loose the direction display feature in the instrument panel? I was hoping it would be fairly straight forward swap of head unit with maybe a couple of cable converters, but if I need to start changing TV units as well then I may just have to live with it! cheers Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymski86 Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 craigyb thanks for getting back to me on the origin hard wire, ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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