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Do you have the right cable ? there are cables on eBay for using an iPod that have a 'K' suffix part number and those cables wont work with our MOST type AMI units because they are for the CAN-BUS based AMI units. So maybe there are also two types of USB cables.
Make sure your memory stick is formatted fat 32
Try a couple of different brands as I had trouble with it reading a couple of memory sticks.
These days a 64 or 32 mb stick is plenty.
I also think there are a couple of different sub cables which also maybe the problem.
Only small hard drives that don't need external power can be used.
Also try a reboot of Mmi can't hurt.
While Dension Gateway is a nice alternative (and the best aftermarket alternative to AMI and to MP3 CD-Changer), I still recommend the AMI.
I used Dension Gateway 500 many years on my A6 until I bought the A8, and I can compare them. AMI integrates much better with the car.
Well, about my statement above... actually, there is a reason to mount Dension Gateway instead of AMI and I only found out this recently: when the car has SDS.
Because Dension Gateway emulates a CD-Changer, it integrates better than AMI with SDS (actually, AMI is inexistent for SDS, unless there is a way to change media sources other than CD, that I don't know of).
I still think the AMI is a better choice than Dension Gateway, so I still use AMI, because SDS is not as useful as I thought, it is very limited especially if you want to do everything hands-free, because eventually you'll have to put a finger here and there.
06-17-2016, 06:39 AM
