spandexx
Registered User
My A3 is going to be delivered in a month (finally - its 8 months since i decided on the A3!) and I have had a Phatnoise sat under my desk from Ebay ready for installation as soon as I get the car.
I have a few questions:
1.) Where is the best place to fit the Phatnoise? I would like it under the passenger seat but I have heated seats. Is this going to be a problem / has anyone installed this here before? I would prefer it not in the boot as I lug computer equipment around all the time and i don't want it destroyed by a flying UPS.
2.) Where can I get a longer Phatnoise to Concert II connection cable cheaply and easily (i.e. preferably in this country)? The one I have is just long enough to fit into the glovebox so if I am forced to install it in the boot I need a longer one. I heard somewhere on here that I should ask for an A4 Concert to Changer cable but I suspect the stealer is going to relive me of my strides. Is the A4 cable right?
3.) I live in Macclefiled. Is there anywhere in the NW that can fit this cheaply? Would my local ICE shop be able to do this or do I need a specialist / Audi to do the work?
4.) I have taken the cartridge apart and, as suspected, it is just a 20Gb laptop hard drive in a caddy. I am an IT Consultant so have a cheap supply of far larger laptop hard drives. Has anyone worked out how to format a larger disk to work with the Phatnoise? Is it FAT32, NTFS or their own file system? Can I just Ghost the origional 20gb disk and let Ghost sort out the additional space? If you guys go on ebay you can pick up an 80gb for ****** all, so far cheaper than a new cart if I can get this to work. If I dont get an answer I will experiment when the car is in and will keep you all posted.
Thanks for your help,
Mark.
I have a few questions:
1.) Where is the best place to fit the Phatnoise? I would like it under the passenger seat but I have heated seats. Is this going to be a problem / has anyone installed this here before? I would prefer it not in the boot as I lug computer equipment around all the time and i don't want it destroyed by a flying UPS.
2.) Where can I get a longer Phatnoise to Concert II connection cable cheaply and easily (i.e. preferably in this country)? The one I have is just long enough to fit into the glovebox so if I am forced to install it in the boot I need a longer one. I heard somewhere on here that I should ask for an A4 Concert to Changer cable but I suspect the stealer is going to relive me of my strides. Is the A4 cable right?
3.) I live in Macclefiled. Is there anywhere in the NW that can fit this cheaply? Would my local ICE shop be able to do this or do I need a specialist / Audi to do the work?
4.) I have taken the cartridge apart and, as suspected, it is just a 20Gb laptop hard drive in a caddy. I am an IT Consultant so have a cheap supply of far larger laptop hard drives. Has anyone worked out how to format a larger disk to work with the Phatnoise? Is it FAT32, NTFS or their own file system? Can I just Ghost the origional 20gb disk and let Ghost sort out the additional space? If you guys go on ebay you can pick up an 80gb for ****** all, so far cheaper than a new cart if I can get this to work. If I dont get an answer I will experiment when the car is in and will keep you all posted.
Thanks for your help,
Mark.