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    Just getting to grips with a new (B9) A4 3.0 TDI Avant Sport, with the add-on “technology pack”. Love the ability to mirror the satnav screen to the driver’s binnacle, but the execution of the rest of the system is woeful and not at all intuitive. I’ve even had to break the habits of a lifetime and read the manual! (Not that it’s easy to find anything useful in that)


    Why is the CD slot in the glovebox where I can’t reach it?


    Why can’t I get rid of the picture of the car in the expanded “details” view? (Oil temp is useful, but I already know I’m in a car!)

    Why can't I get the "radio text" option - for radio stations that broadcast extra text - to stay on? In every other car I've had since the feature became available, the radio station display shows the extra text if it's available. For this one, I have to go through the menu options to find it and then turn it on for each station - each time. Aaaargh!


    It seems that someone has loaded all the controls for the system into a shotgun and fired them randomly at the dash (especially the menu/left options/right options/back/select cluster in the middle of the console. And having just one knob that tries (and fails) to control the CD/audio isn’t very “tech” – slow fast forward (when it works), no “pause”, among other minor irritations. It all seems like a disorganised afterthought, somehow.


    Big annoyance is that for long continental trips I load hundreds of podcasts and/or audiobooks into my trusty iPod classic and expected to just plug it in, as the info I had before purchase said that iPods are supported. Wrong! Ipod classic (with the dock connector ) “isn’t supported” – plugging it in to the USB socket just locks it. Could use the Aux socket, but then I’d have to take my eyes off the road to fiddle with the iPod.

    Then put SD card into (Samsung) mobile phone, plug that in. Podcasts and audiobooks don’t show up. Feature only available on iPhones. (Did Apple do a deal with Audi just to p*** everybody else off?)


    Eventually put the podcasts and audiobooks onto a USB stick, which the system can recognise and (sort of) operate. How hi-tech is that? !


    I expect I’ll get used to it eventually, but overall it’s a triumph of style over design.
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    All though maybe not much help to you - My iPod Classic DOES work without problems. I've heard (although can't confirm) that the system is "sensitive" to the cable used.
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    Thanks for that (brief!) moment of hope!
    I've now tried the iPod Classic with all the Apple docking cables I can find, in both USB sockets in the centre console. Result the same in each case: "The connected device is not supported". Bah!

    Looks like I may have to bite the bullet and get an iPod touch, or my expensive new toy won't work properly.
    (Anyone know of a cheaper generic mp3 plkayer that Audi have condescended to support?
     
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    Don't get me started on the Speech Dialogue System.
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    Ha! Haven't managed to get that to recognise a single destination yet - but there again, I am down in France for a bit and she is very German! Given up pro tem before I start to shout at it.....
     
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    At least it hasn't sworn at me yet - had a BMW and I swear (no pun intended) that it told me to F*** off! Admittedly I had just sworn at it and it was only responding. At the time my wife thought it hilarious.

    The day these systems will work, is the day NO learning of commands etc. is required - just push the button and speak.
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