How to enter a VW RCD 510 or RNS 510 code
The touchscreen radios and navigation units in the Golf, Passat, Tiguan, Scirocco, Touareg, Jetta and Caddy from about 2008.
Type it and every step uses your own digits. It stays on this page.
Switch the ignition on, then the radio. A keypad comes up on the screen with Please enter code.
Every step
Checked against VW's owner's booklets for the RCD 510 and RNS 510 and VW's workshop manuals.
If it locks
The screen counts the tries you have left, starting at 2. After two wrong codes it reads System locked and shows the minutes left. Some units show SAFE instead. Leave the ignition and the radio switched on for about an hour. What each lockout screen means
Told to turn the knob for each digit?
There is no need. The code is typed on the screen keypad and confirmed with OK on the screen.
An RNS 310 or RNS 315?
It takes the code the same way. Type the four digits on the screen keypad, then confirm on the screen. If it locks, the screen shows the time left.
A Premium 8 in an American car?
It shows an entry screen with a keypad. Type the code, then press the entry button.
