Thread: Apple AMI Cable
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Old 8th January 2017, 07:01 PM
JulianHicks JulianHicks is offline
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Originally Posted by mannyo View Post
There was a firmware update for the AMI that sorted some Apple compatibilty, especially with the newer IOS versions. Problem is AMI has not been updated for a few years, so may not be compatible with the latest iOS version.

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Various complications with A8 AMI iPod cables have arisen due to not having the latest/last version of firmware in the AMI. I've seen reference to this USB version of AMI code that Mannyo references, but it's not needed, as far as I am aware, for the A8 AMI.

The final firmware version - 0850 - originally came on the 5150 MMI CD and was on the 5570 one too. A VCDS scan for an AMI at the final level should like like this:-

Address xx: Media Player x (R199) Labels: 4E0-035-785.lbl
Part No SW: 4E0 035 785 F HW: 4E0 035 785 C
Component: SG ext.Player H20 0850
Revision: 00000000
Coding: 010000

xx and x vary depending on which optical bus interface the AMI is connected.

Without access to VCDS you can check the SW part number and the level number - 0850 - using the 'red screen' in the MMI

If you're not at SW 4E0 035 785F, which is the part number for the 0850 firmware, you need to update the AMI. For cars at 5570, this is not normally a problem if the AMIs been in the car a long time but a retro fitted AMI may not be at the correct level.

Regards - Julian
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