hybrid tv install problem

[ColinR32]

Firstly hello all as a newbie,

i hae my self a 2005 A8 3tdi, absolutey lveycar cant fault it, and certainly couldnt part with it now i have had one,

the car came wih analouge tv so after days of browsing the net i bagged myself an audi hybrid tv tuner withpart number 4E0 910 148D

now after i instaled this unit is where the problems start.

when i press the CD/TV butto and then followed by the source button the only option tha comes up is the cd changer, no tv option.

i amlucky enough thave the genuine VCDS cable and have done th programming and coding ect butstill no luck

i have seen that the mmi software is 0900 which i belive is pretty dam old, could this be he problem?

any help at all is greatly accepted

[IT]

Hi, and welcome.....

The analogue to digital TV tuner really should be a straight swap. No coding, nothing.

I suspect your MMI version is the most likely cause of the issue if the TV option has disappeared completely as I'm assuming the Tuner shows up in VCDS happily, and if it was majorly failed it would bring down the MOST loop and stop everything working when you swapped it in....

I'm on a mission to get folk to update their signatures at the moment with their car details, makes it much easier to help people as you don't have to explain every time exactly what car you've got

So Photos of car is a must, and so is a signature update

[Rick]

Originally Posted by IT

I'm on a mission to get folk to update their signatures at the moment with their car details, makes it much easier to help people as you don't have to explain every time exactly what car you've got

So Photos of car is a must, and so is a signature update

How do we do that?
I want to list all my thingymajigs but cant find a signature option.

[IT]

Originally Posted by Rick

How do we do that?
I want to list all my thingymajigs but cant find a signature option.

Under the Quick Links menu at the top, select 'Edit signature'

[ColinR32]

aboslutely brilliant IT thnaks forthe quick response,

i have been told that updating from 0900 upto the latest softwar causesproblem after problem is this the case if done correctly?

[IT]

Originally Posted by ColinR32

aboslutely brilliant IT thnaks forthe quick response,

i have been told that updating from 0900 upto the latest softwar causesproblem after problem is this the case if done correctly?

The Phone module update on disc 2 has been known to brick some units, rarely though.

I personally rarely bother with disc 2 and 3 if I'm just wanting to get the base MMI updated....

Have a search around on here, you should find quite a bit of info on it.

[ColinR32]

last question promise

so am correctin saying i can buy the 5 discs a a set and update from my software to this just with the 5 discs advertize every where on ebay.

again cant thank you enough for the info

[mattylondon]

Originally Posted by ColinR32

last question promise

so am correctin saying i can buy the 5 discs a a set and update from my software to this just with the 5 discs advertize every where on ebay.

again cant thank you enough for the info

Yes, but buy it from TPS as it'll be cheaper.

[IT]

Thought it was a 3 Disc set ?

Would defo go original from TPS - Some bricked units have been blamed on badly burnt copies....

[JulianHicks]

Originally Posted by ColinR32

Firstly hello all as a newbie,

i hae my self a 2005 A8 3tdi, ...

i amlucky enough thave the genuine VCDS cable and have done th programming and coding ect butstill no luck

i have seen that the mmi software is 0900 which i belive is pretty dam old, could this be he problem?

any help at all is greatly accepted

Hi Colin; just like to add my comments to all the other ones

Looks like you have the original MMI code for your car, as my Nov 2004 built 2005 car had 0890 until I updated it to 5570.

If you've got VCDS I'd be interested in seeing the VCDS Autoscan for the car at 0900 before you update it so that I can see the code levels for the multimedia ECUs in the scan. I'm compiling a 'what firmware came with what MMI level' table and 0900 is a level I haven't got details for.

MMI levels originally came on 1 CD but Audi released a 'final level' set of 3 CDs [MMI 5510 CD1, Bluetooth Phone CD2, MMI 5570 CD3] to take 2G MMIs to 5570 on all cars [A8, Q7, A6] that supported it. 'MattyLondon' is quoting the 3CD set - 4L0998961 - and the 1CD set for MMI level 1110 - 4E0998961H. [You'll see elsewhere that 1110 is the supposed 'starting point' quoted for the 5510/5570 update but can confirm that I updated my 0890 level to 5510 in one go].

The 5CD sets on Ebay are the official 3CD set above and 'dodgy' 2DVD 2016 Navigation DVDS!

Thus; you should only need the 3CD set. CD2 is only needed if you have a Bluetooth ECU in your car - VCDS shows this as ECU 77 - 'Handyvorb2'. If you have a 77 - 'TelefonModul EU' then you don't have BT and don't need to use CD2.

One thing that might happen is that one or more ECUs go into CP - Component Protection - which disables it in some form. This can only be fixed by a trip to an Audi dealer although some reports suggest this can be fixed by running the CDs again! Not sure myself that this works; in my case the Bose amp went into CP and I had to get my dealer to fix it. [No-one seems to know why CP kicks in and under what circumstances so it becomes a 'give it a go and see what happens'].

To fix your apparent problem I would suggest you get the 3CD set and only update with CD1 to 5510. The hybridTV was suppported by this level and its firmware level will be set to 119 if not already set or exceeded.

regards - Julian