Skoda - VW radio compatibility question
Skoda - VW radio compatibility question
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TonyRPH

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13,548 posts

199 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Will the "Symphony" radio from a MK1 Skoda work in a '99 VW Bora?

The connector appears to be the same, and assuming I have the code it seems like it should work?

Thanks.


AJB

856 posts

246 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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I'd say it probably would, as the Mk1 Octavia accessories brochure had a rebadged VW gamma with green backlighting as an official accessory. If it works in that direction, I'd expect it to work in the other direction too.

Hopefully someone will know for sure.

They do have a security code though, so you would need that as you said. I think they stopped shipping them printed out with the car, as the car chatted on the diagnostic bus and figured it out for itself after a battery disconnect. My Octavia managed to forget that somehow, though, and then I had to get the 4 digit code from the supplying dealer to get the radio to work again.

va1o

16,117 posts

238 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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only slight issue is the backlight colour of the skoda radio at night won't match the rest of the vw dash!

TonyRPH

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13,548 posts

199 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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I don't like the blue anyway, so I'm not that bothered.