sticknstock

Can anyone with an '05 or '06 A6 tell me the P/N for the Bose Amp in the trunk? If you have VAG COM, you can go to Address 47 - Sound System and it will show it there. Manufacturing date on the car is 12/2005 so an A6 manufactured close to that date is preffered.

In addition, the BOSE Amp has three connectors in the back. One is the MOST (fiber optic), the second is a big outer connector and there is a third connector in the middle. On my car nothing is plugged in that middle connector - can somebody have a look at their car in tell me if that is supposed to be empty? Mine is empty and Address 47 cannot be found in VAG COM...There is no sound coming from the speakers and the MMI screen shows a muted speaker at the bottom. BTW is there a mute button somewhere?

Thank you!

MainlandMig

is it the top unit? looks like mine is all plugged up




will try to run VCDS after a quick bite and i will edit this post

sticknstock

WOW - you really went the extra mile and I thank you for that. The connectors on mine are positioned a little different (all inline). Based on your picture I'm missing the cable that's right under the big connector (with magenta colored locking mechanism). I tried finding the cable/connector and it's not there - it blows my mind!

Thanks again for posting the picture!

sticknstock

I might be asking too much, but do you think you can check where the small connector cable is going to or coming from? Is it part of the same harness with the large connector? Thank you!

MainlandMig

i have a 2005 and Audi prob tweaked the amp up a bit for the 2006

both connectors seem like they have a separate purpose than the LG magenta plug
both connectors seem like they follow similar paths
the front connector... seems like it has a lot of individual wires wrapped in cloth tape is a bit harder to follow (Green Color)
the back connector that is twin rubber hose/tubes is a bit easier to follow (Orange Color)
this is their path
they BOTH leave the amp and they seem to split at the top.... half of each seems like they drop behind and connect to the MMI/NAV Unit the other half continues path twd front of the car disappearing above the fender




this is how everything looks from a step back Sirius unit hanging off the side (next to my reserve top off oil)



*the power/volume button controls the volume and by turning it counter clock wise all the way mutes the sound ** a nice feature is that is separates alert volumes to radio volumes... i love being able to turn up the volume of NAV directions in the middle of a directions even though it already lessened the radio volume

Non related info

the amp gets real hot when in use...almost too hot to touch...im thinking this may have something to do with my Check Nav Disk error i get in MMI

sticknstock

I cannot believe you're doing all this at 9.30 PM - not many people would do it! Back to tracing cables tomorrow - I need to find that connector! Thank you again for all your help!

AvantaClue

I have the non-BOSE, but I'm (also) interested what the BOSE amp part number is as I'm considering attempting to switch to the BOSE. On my vehicle it has the big connector and the two cables together on one connector, but not the bundle and connector nearest the camera on the bottom right.

AvantaClue

So is the correct part number for a BOSE amp on an 08 or 09 A6 something that starts with 4E0 035 223 ?