2008A3Titanium

I just purchased a 2008 A3 Titanium 6 Speed. The first thing I want to do is to install navigation. I have done a bit of searching and reading about doing the install and I have a few questions.

Is my 2008 'double DIN'? If not I will need to buy the adapter harness?

Is the install pretty straight forward on a 2008? Will much trim need to be removed? I looked for instructions on line but could only find instructions for older A3's and I wasn;t sure it they are the same.

Are there any units I should avoid? From what I have read I should stick with a US unit. Any units that are easier to install or ones that won't work?

Is the antenna easy to install? Where does it go?? Any instructions on this??

Anything else I should be considering or be aware of prior to buying a navigation unit???

Thanks for the help!!

2008A3Titanium

I found this unit for sale. I assume it is an older unit?

4B0 035 192 P

Can anyone tell me the difference between older and newer units? What are the model number for the older and newer units??

Thanks

MikeSS

4B0 035 192 P is for a Euro A6/Allroad.


You can use www.audiforum.us as a reference.

2008A3Titanium

Thanks for the reply!

Where would I look on the AudiFourm.us site to find a list of Model Numbers?

3waygeek

This thread on AudiForum has what you want. Note that the 2010 RNS-E supports SDHC cards (i.e. those with capacity > 4GB), whereas the earlier ones don't.

Euro units can be converted to US & vice versa -- the process is documented at AudiForum.

2008A3Titanium

Thanks for the link to the list... I am checking our converted Euro units that the selles say will support all US functions.

Are there installation instructions available for my 2008 A3? I believe I am double DIN and installation is not that hard. Any challenge to locating a spot for the antenna?

2008A3Titanium

This thread was very helpful too!

http://audiforum.us/rns-e/427-rns-e-...ick-links.html

2008A3Titanium

I hae searched the threads that were linked and still have a few questions:

• Is my 2008 'double DIN'?
  
• Is the install pretty straight forward on a 2008? Will much trim need to be removed? I looked for instructions on line but could only find instructions for older A3's.
  
• Is the antenna easy to install? Where does it go??

Anyone on here who has done this installation??

Thank for the help!!

MikeSS

The current non-Nav headunits use the same connector as the RNS-E. You may have to move a pin or two however. www.audiforum.us has conversion threads. The big gotcha is that the newer headunits don't use the diversity antenna that the RNS-E expects so your radio reception may be spotty unless you install the antanna amplifiers, etc.

2008A3Titanium

Mike,

I have done a lot of searching over on that forum and still cannot find instructions on the installation of navigation on my model year.

This is the first that I have heard about the radio issues.

Thanks

If I install a 2008 RNS-E into my A3 there should be no radio issues, correct?