elboy0712

Anyone know if there are any problems with replacing the concert with the concert II? I am hoping to purchase one and replace my old deck with it.

Jestapilot

You do not have a canbus setup in your car. So the radio will shut itself off about every hour. There are nightime illumination problems also involved. But there is a fix, if you don't mind soldering. Here is a link to the fix.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec86.shtml">tech writeup</a></li></ul>

GDA4

Is the Concert II with the in dash 6 disc changer?

Jestapilot

single cd<ul><li><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/">audi radios</a></li></ul>

GDA4

Never mind I was thinking Symphony II

Audi4orce

or is it plug and play?

Jestapilot

Your instrument cluster should be canbus enabled, but I don't think your radio utilizes it. What you can do is tape into your cluster and run a canbus line to the concert II head unit.

Schlampenschlepper

Adding the illumination lead was easy, just follow the tech article. The CD changer ground was on a different plug, easy fix.

Annoying Issues that I am still working through:
My car does not have can-bus. Even when the radio is on it thinks radio thinks that the car is off. That is why it shuts off within an hour.

Also sometimes it turns on as a Bose coded unit with my front speakers off other times it turns on correctly, Bose does not show on the display
and the front and rears speakers are on.

Perpetual Novice

I'm just wondering if simple "heartbeat" CAN bus fake could be wired up...

Schlampenschlepper

Fixed the speaker issue. Now for the CAN issue.