Audi Connect retrofit

[Adman]

Hi,

I will picking up a 2013 A6 2.0 tdi in the next few weeks. Really nice car in Daytona Grey. The car has Tech Pack which has the touchpad, large nav screen and colour DIS but does not have the sim slot in the Dash unit.

having read this thread it seems this car was manufactured before it was standard with Tech pack unfortunately.

Question Newbie - online services question/connect. - Page 3

Questions are, is it possible to retrofit the dash unit with the sim slot to enable Audi Connect? Are there any other items required? Does anyone know the part number for this unit?


Thanks in advance

Ad

[A6S]

I doubt it's possible. You need an Audi connect account which is based on your vin number. If it's not built with the connect then it won't have the features

[Rassi]

You can retrofit a mini router that enables some online services and Google Earth, but not online traffic data: http://hazzydayz.com/mmi-3g-plus-tp-link-mini-router-for-online-services-and-google-earth-5266-p.asp

[Adman]

I fear you may be right A6S, I've done a lot more digging and no-one appears to have done it. I think its worth an email to Audi to see if/how much they would charge.

I think the mini router might be the only option if Audi come back with nothing.

Thanks guys

[Scott K]

Contact hazzydayz and kufatec first. If it can be done they will know.

[B5NUT]

I retrofitted MMI 3GP with SIM on my C6, I get google maps, google searches and some online services, like weather, parking spaces etc. What I don't get is online TMC, and send to car.

Audi don't allow/support retrofitted MMI setup's so some services will never work.

[Guest 2]

I have it in the A4 and if I was choosing my own spec on the car I bought I wouldn't of bothered ticking the box for it.

[Bathalot]

In the same boat here, Ad, with a 2013 Avant minus sim slot but with the weird temporary tech pack that had parking. I've emailed Kufatec and was full refit around £2.5k - the Hazzydayz option looks interesting but really want that online traffic. Have also emailed Audi about it and not had a reply yet. Oh well, roll on next motor with Android auto and get waze running one day!

[A6S]

Depends where you live the live traffic can be hit or miss so it might be an expensive exercise that's of little to no benefit.
There's been times I've been sitting in traffic on a motorway and the Audi mmi says it's clear

[Bar Shaker]

The colours of traffic speed from Google Maps are way more accurate than TMS. The Google map colours are based on tracking from the phones of people with Google accounts.