rns-e upgrades - help required please

phone functionality is easy - you will need the audi bluetooth phone module and a loom to connect it to the rns-e, along with the oem mic and lead

see www.navplus.us

nothing will integrate the ipod to rns-e with text /titles - just cant be done cos the changer interface doesnt send cd text.

for a fully integrated mp3 system the phatbox system is hard to beat = it uses voices to guide the user throught gigs of mp3s and integrates with any audi head - the head thinks its just got a standard changer connected. its out of production now but can be had cheap on ebay, particularly from the usa. it can be patched easily to use large disks - i have a 160gig laptop drive in mine about 1/2 full.

the tv stuff is very expensive to integrate properly using oem - you can get the factory tuner, but the antennas around the boot would need replacing at about £400! - you can get a video-in module and remove the tv in motion lock on the rns-e and use an aftermarket tuner/remote/antenna quite easily though

try browsing the above site /forum and look at www.kufatec.de

dunk said:

nothing will integrate the ipod to rns-e with text /titles - just cant be done cos the changer interface doesnt send cd text.

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Thats one of the major failures of the RNS-E in my opionion. Audi really missed the boat in this department. Sadly with the introduction of MMI deveolpment has really slowed/stopped on the RNS-E. However the American market will be getting an Ipod adapter that shows track details on the screen - It emulates the satellite radio tuner option they get so it'll never be available in Europe sadly.

I went a slightly different route and installed a media player instead, all controllable from the head-unit. Not quite Ipod integration but it holds 320GB of music and video so it will do for now.



MFSW should be pretty straightforward, you might need a new steering ECU in order to get it working though (might not be required if you already have cruise control).