A4 B6 Cabriolet BOSE Retrofit - Help Needed

[jamin128]

Good evening W,

Hope your well?

Sorry for taking ages to get back to you, I started a new job a few weeks ago.

All the wiring for the BOSE amp is sorted, and I have connected up the Dynavin D99.

All appears to be working ok sound wise, but there are a couple of issues:
1. The radio reception is awful ... I believe I need to connect the aerial antenna to a powered adapter, to power the aerial antenna. Just not sure which is the aerial, the aerial connector or the fakra?
2. I have feedback/interference through the speakers.
3. How do I get the MFD on the dash to work with the stereo?

I definitely want to add a multifunction steering wheel, and heated seats at some point.


Cheers
Ben

[wmccann]

Hi,

1) you need an autoleads PC5-52 adapter. Halfords or Ebay (cheaper) Halfords Ireland | Autoleads Audi Aerial Adaptor PC5-52

2) Ground loop isolator will solve your problem (Maplin): http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/ground-loop-isolator-vw43w# note I tried grounding the amp to the same point as the radio but it made no difference. Supposedly an isolate does remove some base but I noticed little difference.

3) with a B6 you can't - from what I have found, you can only get it to work with either VWs or possibly the B7 (though not sure on the latter).

Hope this helps,

W.