The ebay cable will never work, not only is it supplied with such an antique version of the software. Version 409.1 was released in 2004 and has no support for the A8 D3.
The second one is a fake cable, which may or may not work, and you'll be forever stuck on the hacked software supplied. Another headache is that the PC with the software installed must never go on the internet again, because VCDS will fail a license check and the cable could be erased by VCDS. VCDS has a background update process that checks back to base for known hacked cables and invalidates any found.
I've had a fake cable before, keeping it working was a lot of hassle. The cable came with instructions on how to fix it when it failed, but you must be very proficient in computers and IT and soldering to follow the instructions.
Buy the proper cable from a UK distributor (Genden, Ilexa etc.) or direct from Ross-tech.
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Manny
2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
Last edited by mannyo; 6th March 2015 at 06:23 AM.
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