RCD-510 & USB Options

I am taking over my wife's MK6 Gold (she got into an SUV for the baby) and had a few questions.

The car came with factory bluetooth & an RCD-310. I bought an RCD-510 (part number 1K0035180AE) for her car last year. We are facing the Bluetooth Mono issue & still trying to get a dealer to apply the TSB for us. In the meantime I had a few questions about some alternatives.

Two questions -

1. Does the RCD-510 (or MK6 Golf in general) support USB input into the radio? I found these two kits on ECS and was wondering if the radio would support this?
   • USB Pass Through:
     https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/Double_Apex/ES2960267/
     USB Pass Through w/ Charging:
   • https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/Double_Apex/ES2960269/
2. Is it possible to install an aftermarket radio and still retain the factory Bluetooth controls (near the sunglass holder) & use the existing microphone?

Thanks in advance for your help with this!

1. No. There was a version for the Chinese market that supported USB input, but it took a different cable, didn't have Satellite radio, and I'm not 100% sure it supported bluetooth. You can get the head units and cables for cheap on aliexpress, but there's nothing in the US for it.

2. You can get a kit with some aftermarket radios that retains your steering wheel controls, I'm not sure if that would incorporate the ceiling buttons, too. Maybe someone else has a better answer for that one.

If you add the MDI kit you can get a USB cable for it.

BarryT82 said:

If you add the MDI kit you can get a USB cable for it.

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Last I heard, they hadn't updated the firmware to work with newer phones, so the USB cable is only a charger now.

You can plug a hard drive or flash drive into the USB cable.