Originally Posted by Auditude
Reply With Quotesmall update from last time i was back in bris. unfortunately i didn't get much time as i was helping a mate get ready to sell their house. i used to park my car there too so means the a3 has to go…
i managed to get the speech dialogue system working (sds). i'm getting a bit more familiar with all this retro fitting business and enjoying the use of the full functionality. i took a couple of boring pics which can be seen below; i didn't take too many as i was concentrating getting the car back together before dark (most of the photos below are "borrowed")…
removed the headunit with the 4 removal keys...
removed 2 screws from underside of glovebox...
removed side cover with a plastic trim removal tool and the removed the screw...
removed the 4 screws from inside the glovebox...
removed the last 2 screws from the underside of the glovebox...
finally lowered the glovebox down and disconnected the interior light...
removed the glove box entirely...
i then unbolted the 4 bolts holding the seat in, disconnected the electric seat motor and airbag wires (i didn't disconnect the battery so ended up with and airbag warning light on the dash, thanks gav for fixing as usual). i then unclipped the bluetooth module box and fished the connector through the hole in the carpet...
i wired up some 4 core house alarm wire from jaycar. it was really thin and given the chance again i'd go slightly thicker. good thing is it doesn't bulge the carpet and the sds works well so not all bad. cloth tape (yet again) to the rescue for the oem look. the wiring diagram can be seen below to understand how i added the 4 wires...
the arrows show the route i used to get the wire up to the rns-e. i used a wire coat hanger with electrical tape on the end so it didn't scratch anything. the additional cable was linked to the rns-e so the microphone could get hooked up. lets hope it can understand my yorkshire accent tha nos…
it was a 2 stage process to fish the wire through. i removed a heating vent and got the wire to the vent opening first, then secondly took it from the opening to the back of the rns-e unit…
for anyone wanting to do the same and so i could get my head around the wiring without stuffing anything up i made the following basic diagram. i bought the repair wires from audi and they come with terminals on both ends so one wire is equal to 2 connections i.e. 3 repair wires needed total...
part numbers of repair wires for anyone wanting to do the same mod…
i also put the below info together from various different sources on the net. lots of info out there but in different formats and some contradict each other. i hope the pin outs below are correct and so far everything works well...
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