AudiS8man

Anyone shops in the Georgia area familiar with any of the CarPlay box installs on the D4? If not I might just have to take a weekend and do it myself.

Jibsymalone

I know one member had his local Audi dealership install it for him.

Regardless, there is a lot of information on this forum about the installs. RSNav seems to be the most popular one, and probably the best search term to use.

AudiS8man

I saw that. Also saw they hit him for 7hrs of labor on what should be a 90 min instal 😆. I will do it myself before that, I’m just lazy right now.

TinyElviss

After watching videos regarding removing and replacing trim, I hired my dealer (they are not a "stealer") to install my RSNAV. After fiddling under the dash he decided the best location would be in the glove box, particularly if I had to access the unit for any reason. It takes up virtually no space in the glove box and I am extremely pleased with the result.

Phil925

How much did the unit and the install cost? I’m interested in doing the same.

aurrian

I just did this installation 2 weeks ago.

I almost gave up though - getting the T-harness with the connectors and wires back in behind the MMI unit is (almost) impossible.

None of the guides explained exactly how to do it. You will have a large black solid quadlock connector block which has to fit into a tiny space behind and below the MMI - to get it to fit you will need to remove the cloth tape from some of the cars original harness wiring so as to separate the individual wires and free the original quadlocjk connector and new adaptor from the rest of the harness (ie some of the wires from the car still go to the back of the MMI and some are connected to the original quadlock now plugged into the new T-harness connector block. this allows you to get your hand in and try to position the adaptor in the recess behind the MMI.

My car is a RHD and the space it fitted was to the RHS behind the MMI recess (not sure if it will still be to the RHS on a LHD car)

you can just about fit it down there - then slide the MMI in - if it is placed incorrectly when you try to slide the MMI back in it will hit the solid connector block and you will meet solid resistance and the MMI unit sticks way out. If it is positioned correctly - you will meet a softer resistance and the MMI slides further in - but i still couldn't get it to fully clip in. After a night's sleep and another hour the next day i was on the verge of giving up - eventually i used significant force with a blunt instruiment and got one side, then the other to clip in. I thought i was about to break something - but it seems fine - and all up and running well. I hope i never have to take the MMI out again. I wouldn't do it again - it was a real pain in the ***, and i'm normally pretty handy.

You will definitely want to use the maskign tape as you will be moving the unit about a lot on short wires in a tight space and will scratch your trim without the tape.

Unit i got was andream - was about $250 USD. Has wired and wireless carplay and wired and wireless android auto.

This was the most helpful guide as it shows all the trim removal, but he doesn't explain removing the fabric tape from the harness and made it look much easier than it was in reality.

Hope this helps.

aurrian

I meant to post a link to the most helpful youtube guide!

TinyElviss

Labor was $540 I believe....
The next one they do will probably be less as he'll go directly to the glove box and not dick around looking for a place under the dash.

rechlin

I followed the above video when I installed the RSNav Android Auto box back in April, and it helped a lot. I probably spent at least 3-4 hours on it; there's really a lot that needs to be removed. I installed my box wedged between the glovebox and the dash, on the insulating foam, and I ran a USB extension cable into the glovebox through one of the existing holes in the back. I recommend a USB extension rather than a specific USB cable so you have more flexibility in what you plug into it (USB-C for any modern phone, Lightning for iPhones, or a flash drive for upgrading the RSNav firmware), giving you access to the jack so you don't have to pull your glovebox again to plug something into the RSNav box. The unit was $300-something and well worth it. Tested wired and wireless Android Auto and both work pretty well; I haven't tested CarPlay since that's of no interest to me.

OberklasseA8

Somehow, someway, some Europeans are interior dismantle experts. Make it look easy. Thanks for the vid