Audi TT stereo upgrade to BNS 5.0

[san_12_23]

Hi a few questions, i have an audi unit (bns 5.0) where will i locate and leave the gps wire?

[andygarmin]

Hi San

I took the dash apart and located the gps behind the speed/rev conter in the housing. Seems to work fine. This is a pain to do but does hide the unit out of site. Initially I just had the wire routed around under the dash and had the gps sitting on the dash near the centre air vent. This was just to check everything was working right, but it did not look out of place and on hindsite would not have been a bad place to leave it.

Good luck with whatever you decide, especially if you decide to take the dash apart.

Andy

[san_12_23]

so what your saying is the gps receiver seems to work anywhere?? i was thinking of just hiding it behind the unit somewhere, would this work, i have never seen behind a mk2 tt stereo's dash so im not sure what to expect

[andygarmin]

There is very little room behind the stereo unit itself and this is well down in the car, so I am not sure if the receiver will get a good enough satelite coverage. No harm in trying it though.

[san_12_23]

to get this unit working is it basically a swap. no need for rewiring etc just simply plug and play?

i am getting delivery of the tt in mid jan ...cant wait.

[andygarmin]

San

Thats right, just pull the ole unit out (takes a bit of doing as it is quite tight), unplug the arial and single large multiplug, plug these into the new unit, plug in the GPS receiver and away you go. I suggest you check everything is working right before sliding the new unit back into the dash as you dont want to be pulling it in and out.

Mines been working perfectly since fitting. The satnav directions show clealy on the dash between the speedo and rev counter, as do the radio and CD player.

And it realy looks the part in the dash. much better than the standard stereo looks.

Have fun.

Andy

[san_12_23]

Thank you very very much for your help. Much appreciated, will let you know when i have opened up the car.

Thanks again for clearing this up. If there's anything i can help you with i would be more than happy to help

[san_12_23]

one last question, which software cd do you have. i have a blaupunkt sat nav cd, its blue and yellow

[andygarmin]

Sounds like the right one. UK and Ireland + Major roads of EU. Its a Tele Atlas disc, suitable for Travel Pilot units. I believe there is a 2009 disc out now (mine is 2008), if you ever get your hands on a 2009 copy, I would not mind you lending me a back-up copy (if you know what i mean).

Regards

[san_12_23]

ofcourse haha. or better still once i have the unit working (once cars delivered) i will track down a copy from somewhere and i will send you a copy.