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11th May 2015, 08:49 PM
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I give up ...change the radio !
having struggled to cure my parasitic drain on the ICE circuit and hunted the internet for the most likely reason , it seems that the concert radio is most likely the culprit , a not uncommon fault
so I have come to the conclusion that spending a few euros might be the way to find out however , here in france A8's [ mine being a 2000FL ] are rare beasts [ at up to 10 years old the cost to register in my name would be about €1k + about €2k if new but reducing by 10%pa after that ..you didn't think we got away with it paying no road tax , did you ? ] so I am looking around at what I could fit , lots of A3 radios but they appear to be about 1.5 DIN 0r maybe 2DIN ...little else ; can anyone suggest what might fit on a plug and play basis ? in addition many are offered without code , that involves crossing the palm of the stealer ? how much ? and would my car accept another code ...the current radio seems happy to read the code off the ECU when I unhitch the battery , would that continue with another radio ? and it also seems intuitive that you can swop over the fascia to fit your dashboard ...or can you ? of course it would be nice to change to a double DIN and fit a sat nav , but with the aircon where it is that sounds like more time and expense than I would be willing to encompass ! anyhow , will look around and rely on good advice appearing here ! it seems intuitive 
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12th May 2015, 12:21 PM
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you could get a double din fascia and upgrade to a RNS-E.
someone on here put pictures up, spend a few hours using the search. i have gone from a RNS-D to RNS-E and its bloody marvellous. the upgrade path from D to E is fairly straightforward and just needs a couple of adapter plugs and two wires soldering. the concert upgrade might be more involving!
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#3
12th May 2015, 03:05 PM
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or you could see if our forum sponsors have another concert radio you could try which would be a direct swap and may not cause such an issue?
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15th May 2015, 03:46 PM
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had a change of plan , took out everything attached to this circuit in any way , radio right out , all connections
must be the wiring , so no point changing the radio or anything else change the car maybe ?
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