RDC510 Bluetooth Option

I have had my new Passat CC for a week now, I went for the Bluetooth phone option, and I am very glad that I did!

Firstly, looking around before I ordered the car I couldn't find a compatibility chart for love nor money! I have a Blackberry Storm, and a Nokia E90, both handsets work with really well! The Nokia was easier to pair, the Blackberry took a while to pair, but once it did, again it worked fine!

I love the functionality of it, the RCD510 works brilliantly, you can view your entire contact list, search for a specific contact, setup 5 speed dials, last dialled, received and missed calls. You can even read text messages on it too! (only on the MFD, between the speed dials).

This bluetooth car kit differs from many others in that it uses a 'remote sim' system, effectively the phone becomes redundant when connected to the carkit. This is good and bad, in my opinion. The positive point is that the network signal is significantly better because it uses an antenna on the car and also all of the functionallity above. The only slight downside is that you cannot use the phone at all, so if i you want to browse the web, chack your old messages, emails etc, you cant. Although you can still view youre calendar. Minor points, overall i am very impressed with it!