Hi all, changing my immo 3 rb8 Bosch no fis for vdo half fis.. also immo 3, it's a pd150 golf.. I used k commander 2.5 to get the skc of both clusters, I went through all what I need to do, installed wiper stalk with buttons and made my own loom, when I get to the bit on vcds when I go to instruments and login, I login with the new cluster skc and then go to adaption, I go to 00 channel and read and save, I then go to address 50 and it says pin? On the top left, I enter the old cluster pin and it says wait.. stays like that n the dash keeps beeping at me saying immob active.... Help! Lol s

mk4 golf.. tdi.. the guide I have been reading says to go to 00 first and read and save as it resets everything to factory.. allegedly! It just wont play! doing my head in! n I cant afford a newer version of vcds as they are crazy money! lol!

vcds is not crazy $$. youre just cheap.
apparently youre reading the wrong guide because channel 00 is never used.
the vcds website has a complete step by step for cluster swapping.

It will be much better if people without proper knowledge would not write misleading information on the net
I understand you wanted to help Juliansr but you do not know what you are talking about.

All IMMO3 clusters are CAN based (so has ABC 920 (8|9)(0|2|4)(5|6|7|8)Y part number).
MFA aka half FIS should be 1J(0|5) 920 (8|9)2(5|6|7|8)Y where first 0 or 5 determines if it is standard or Sport Edition cluster, 8 or 9 determines if it is scaled in kilometers or miles, and 5, 6, 7 and 8 determines if it is IMMO2, IMMO3, petrol, diesel or some special (like Passat W8) cluster.

His cluster's part number should end with 826Y or 926Y (Y being a letter) and if it is not the case (for example it ends with 5Y - it would mean it is IMMO2 cluster which will not work). If it is/was Passat cluster (or a hybrid cluster made of different parts) it will work as long as it was not W8 one, and it is programmed with proper dump.

EDIT: And he will not be able to use RB8 dump in VDO cluster!!!