Madfloyd

I am about to take possession of my first Audi (2011 A4) on Wednesday.

It's a Prestige Plus with the B&O system and MMI.

I know that it has 2 SD slots in the dash. These appear to be USB slots. To use these for music, do I need to get an SDHC that has an integrated reader? Is it better to get a separate reader and just buy a few cards?

Any specific brands recommended? Any advice or insight apprecicated!

Thanks in advance.

Kal Rubinson

They are SD card slots, not USB jacks. Almost any SD or SDHC card will just plug in. I have added a USB jack to the AMI connector in the glove compartment for flash and portable HD drives.

Kal

Madfloyd

Thanks for the reply, Kal.

What a surprise - didn't expect to find you here (I know you from several other audiophile and HT forums as well as Stereophile).

I take it you enjoy this system when traveling between NYC and CT?

Kal Rubinson

Sometimes. I control the music in both places but my wife picks the music en route and that is mostly from Sirius.

UmIsThisThingOn

Edit: removed a long rant about n00bs not using the available resources like audi.com or the search function.

Madfloyd

I didn't see it, but glad you removed it since I spent 3 days searching and reading every thread I could find about the sound system before posting.

The SD slots I saw in the A4 looked similar to USB slots (1/4 thick, rectangular) and not the paper thin slots that the SD cards normally go into (e.g. in a camera). Since these cards are usually used in a computer attached to some sort of USB reader, I didn't think my question was that ignorant.

zulujams

For 2011 and higher, you should be able to use any SDHC card up to 32GB. I've heard that some old 2010s and maybe older cars had a size limit less than 32GB--haven't checked the limit on my 2010. I see some with crazy prices online that have high speed transfer rates and such. I don't think you need anything like this. I picked up a 16GB Scandisk SDHC card on sale at BestBuy awhile back along with a USB cable interface since my PC is older and doesn't have an SD slot. I easily dragged and dropped iTunes tracks and entire album folders to the card. One warning: some complain of song number limits of around 3,500 for MMI (not sure about the other type of interface on some Audis). There are a bunch of threads around with more info on that. Try it out with a card. If you like it, get a second card and you can have different music on each (for different tastes of your own or maybe for a significant other on a separate card). Good luck!