Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
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Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
Hi,
I'll be taking delivery of an Audi A3 with Symphony II head unit. I asked
for a CD changer also, and the dealership mentioned that there will be one
in-dash.
I was wondering if the Symphony II also supports a separate connection for
an "external" CD changer. I got the Dension ice>Link
(http://www.ihavetohave.it/acatalog/ICE-Link_Audi.html) for the iPod, which
supports the Symphony, and it seems to attach to the CD changer connectors
on the head unit. Are there two sets, one "in-dash", and another
"external"?
I'd like to know if I can use the CD changer AND iPod by selecting the
inputs on the Symphony II head unit.
Thanks for your help!
...Ray
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I'll be taking delivery of an Audi A3 with Symphony II head unit. I asked
for a CD changer also, and the dealership mentioned that there will be one
in-dash.
I was wondering if the Symphony II also supports a separate connection for
an "external" CD changer. I got the Dension ice>Link
(http://www.ihavetohave.it/acatalog/ICE-Link_Audi.html) for the iPod, which
supports the Symphony, and it seems to attach to the CD changer connectors
on the head unit. Are there two sets, one "in-dash", and another
"external"?
I'd like to know if I can use the CD changer AND iPod by selecting the
inputs on the Symphony II head unit.
Thanks for your help!
...Ray
ekoSheren inc. awaits..
http://www.k-chan.net/ekoSheren/
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
In article <3fd08b70$1_1@127.0.0.1>, eko <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> writes
>Hi,
>
>I'll be taking delivery of an Audi A3 with Symphony II head unit. I asked
>for a CD changer also, and the dealership mentioned that there will be one
>in-dash.
Out of interest, what's the difference between the Symphony & Symphony
II?
All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an option
or do all A3s come with S2?
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Toby
>Hi,
>
>I'll be taking delivery of an Audi A3 with Symphony II head unit. I asked
>for a CD changer also, and the dealership mentioned that there will be one
>in-dash.
Out of interest, what's the difference between the Symphony & Symphony
II?
All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an option
or do all A3s come with S2?
--
Toby
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
"Toby Groves" <news@iconia.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <3fd08b70$1_1@127.0.0.1>, eko <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> writes
> Out of interest, what's the difference between the Symphony & Symphony
> II?
>
> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an option
> or do all A3s come with S2?
Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD changer
in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
There's a (very) brief piece of text on it on the Audi USA site..
http://www.audiusa.com/family_attrib...***-3_,00.html
Hopefully, it'll also have the external CD changer connection and interface,
so I can hook up the iPod to it..
...Ray
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> In article <3fd08b70$1_1@127.0.0.1>, eko <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> writes
> Out of interest, what's the difference between the Symphony & Symphony
> II?
>
> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an option
> or do all A3s come with S2?
Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD changer
in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
There's a (very) brief piece of text on it on the Audi USA site..
http://www.audiusa.com/family_attrib...***-3_,00.html
Hopefully, it'll also have the external CD changer connection and interface,
so I can hook up the iPod to it..
...Ray
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
"eko" <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> wrote in news:3fd4a6aa_1@127.0.0.1:
>> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
>> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an
>> option or do all A3s come with S2?
>
> Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD
> changer in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
Hope this is of use!
...Ray
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>> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
>> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an
>> option or do all A3s come with S2?
>
> Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD
> changer in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
Hope this is of use!
...Ray
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
In article <Xns944BE3F91F361ekokchannetnospam@38.119.100.146> , eko
<eko@k-chan.net_nospam> writes
>"eko" <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> wrote in news:3fd4a6aa_1@127.0.0.1:
>
>>> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
>>> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an
>>> option or do all A3s come with S2?
>>
>> Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD
>> changer in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
>
>Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
>http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>
>Hope this is of use!
Excellent!, many thanks
It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
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<eko@k-chan.net_nospam> writes
>"eko" <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> wrote in news:3fd4a6aa_1@127.0.0.1:
>
>>> All the A3 stuff I've seen just mentions the word Symphony, I don't
>>> recall having ever seen anything saying Symphony II. Is this an
>>> option or do all A3s come with S2?
>>
>> Hmm.. I have no clue either I'm afraid. I think it has the 6 CD
>> changer in-dash, but not sure of the original Symphony had it too..?
>
>Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
>http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>
>Hope this is of use!
Excellent!, many thanks
It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
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Toby
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
> >Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
> >http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>
> Excellent!, many thanks
> It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
Cool! Is it the A3 1.9 TDi that you mentioned before? Hopefully get my 1.6
FSI on 2 January.. and hope those guys can install this iPod interface thing
I got to the S2 also..
...Ray
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> >http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>
> Excellent!, many thanks
> It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
Cool! Is it the A3 1.9 TDi that you mentioned before? Hopefully get my 1.6
FSI on 2 January.. and hope those guys can install this iPod interface thing
I got to the S2 also..
...Ray
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In article <3fd70648$1_1@127.0.0.1>, eko <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> writes
>> >Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
>> >http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>>
>> Excellent!, many thanks
>> It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
>
>Cool! Is it the A3 1.9 TDi that you mentioned before? Hopefully get my 1.6
>FSI on 2 January.. and hope those guys can install this iPod interface thing
>I got to the S2 also..
It's the 2.0 TDI, and it arrived yesterday. Bloody superb is all I can
say, well happy with it.
Only slight bummer is that it had the Concert II, rather than the
Symphony II in it. It transpires that my boss was responsible for the
error, rather than the dealer, so they can't be held accountable.
They've said the S2 can't be retrofitted, so the only option would be to
have a CD changer fitted. The only place this can go is in the
glovebox, and it would cost a fortune to fit, so my boss isn't prepared
to fork out for it. He's sorry for the mistake but I can't really press
it when they've just forked out $21k+ for the car! So I shall make do
with a single CD instead of the changer. Not the end of the world, but
a bit of a shame.
Apart from that I have no complaints whatsoever. All the other options
I specified are present and correct, so I've got seriously comfortable
seats and loads of toys to play with )
--
Toby
>> >Actually, the answer to both our questions are on this page Toby..
>> >http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
>>
>> Excellent!, many thanks
>> It is the S2 I'm getting then - car arrives tomorrow!
>
>Cool! Is it the A3 1.9 TDi that you mentioned before? Hopefully get my 1.6
>FSI on 2 January.. and hope those guys can install this iPod interface thing
>I got to the S2 also..
It's the 2.0 TDI, and it arrived yesterday. Bloody superb is all I can
say, well happy with it.
Only slight bummer is that it had the Concert II, rather than the
Symphony II in it. It transpires that my boss was responsible for the
error, rather than the dealer, so they can't be held accountable.
They've said the S2 can't be retrofitted, so the only option would be to
have a CD changer fitted. The only place this can go is in the
glovebox, and it would cost a fortune to fit, so my boss isn't prepared
to fork out for it. He's sorry for the mistake but I can't really press
it when they've just forked out $21k+ for the car! So I shall make do
with a single CD instead of the changer. Not the end of the world, but
a bit of a shame.
Apart from that I have no complaints whatsoever. All the other options
I specified are present and correct, so I've got seriously comfortable
seats and loads of toys to play with )
--
Toby
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
"Toby Groves" <news@iconia.org.uk> wrote in message
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> It's the 2.0 TDI, and it arrived yesterday. Bloody superb is all I can
> say, well happy with it.
>
> Only slight bummer is that it had the Concert II, rather than the
> Symphony II in it. It transpires that my boss was responsible for the
> error, rather than the dealer, so they can't be held accountable.
> They've said the S2 can't be retrofitted, so the only option would be to
> have a CD changer fitted. The only place this can go is in the
> glovebox, and it would cost a fortune to fit, so my boss isn't prepared
> to fork out for it. He's sorry for the mistake but I can't really press
> it when they've just forked out $21k+ for the car! So I shall make do
> with a single CD instead of the changer. Not the end of the world, but
> a bit of a shame.
>
> Apart from that I have no complaints whatsoever. All the other options
> I specified are present and correct, so I've got seriously comfortable
> seats and loads of toys to play with )
Cool! Glad you got your new car! It's a pity you didn't get the Symphony
II that you wanted, but the Concert II is pretty good (I had it in the test
car I drove) and you could add a changer later if you wished, as you said.
Btw, what edition is the car? I think in the UK, you have the standard,
then SE, then Sport, right? What other extras are in there?
Can't wait to get mine (couple of weeks now!), though it's definitely miles
less powerful than your one.
...Ray
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> It's the 2.0 TDI, and it arrived yesterday. Bloody superb is all I can
> say, well happy with it.
>
> Only slight bummer is that it had the Concert II, rather than the
> Symphony II in it. It transpires that my boss was responsible for the
> error, rather than the dealer, so they can't be held accountable.
> They've said the S2 can't be retrofitted, so the only option would be to
> have a CD changer fitted. The only place this can go is in the
> glovebox, and it would cost a fortune to fit, so my boss isn't prepared
> to fork out for it. He's sorry for the mistake but I can't really press
> it when they've just forked out $21k+ for the car! So I shall make do
> with a single CD instead of the changer. Not the end of the world, but
> a bit of a shame.
>
> Apart from that I have no complaints whatsoever. All the other options
> I specified are present and correct, so I've got seriously comfortable
> seats and loads of toys to play with )
Cool! Glad you got your new car! It's a pity you didn't get the Symphony
II that you wanted, but the Concert II is pretty good (I had it in the test
car I drove) and you could add a changer later if you wished, as you said.
Btw, what edition is the car? I think in the UK, you have the standard,
then SE, then Sport, right? What other extras are in there?
Can't wait to get mine (couple of weeks now!), though it's definitely miles
less powerful than your one.
...Ray
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
In article <3fd9ccb7_1@127.0.0.1>, eko <eko@no_spam_k-chan.net> writes
>Cool! Glad you got your new car! It's a pity you didn't get the Symphony
>II that you wanted, but the Concert II is pretty good (I had it in the test
>car I drove) and you could add a changer later if you wished, as you said.
>Btw, what edition is the car? I think in the UK, you have the standard,
>then SE, then Sport, right? What other extras are in there?
It's an SE, with these options:
Ebony black paint
Front foglights
Leather/alcantara sports seats
Electric lumbar adjustment
Bose sound system
Driver Info System
Multi-function steering wheel
>Can't wait to get mine (couple of weeks now!), though it's definitely miles
>less powerful than your one.
Well it's only done 160miles so far, so I'm not giving it serious stick
just yet, but even giving it part throttle, it goes like stink.
I've been told that the add-on autochanger goes in the glovebox, and to
add it now would required a whole new glovebox fitted, plus the changer,
costing over £500, plus I'd lose most of the glovebox space. Don't
think I can be bothered with that just for the convenience of six discs
compared to one. It's easy enough to keep a few discs loose in the tray
below the aircon controls and switch them on the move.
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>Cool! Glad you got your new car! It's a pity you didn't get the Symphony
>II that you wanted, but the Concert II is pretty good (I had it in the test
>car I drove) and you could add a changer later if you wished, as you said.
>Btw, what edition is the car? I think in the UK, you have the standard,
>then SE, then Sport, right? What other extras are in there?
It's an SE, with these options:
Ebony black paint
Front foglights
Leather/alcantara sports seats
Electric lumbar adjustment
Bose sound system
Driver Info System
Multi-function steering wheel
>Can't wait to get mine (couple of weeks now!), though it's definitely miles
>less powerful than your one.
Well it's only done 160miles so far, so I'm not giving it serious stick
just yet, but even giving it part throttle, it goes like stink.
I've been told that the add-on autochanger goes in the glovebox, and to
add it now would required a whole new glovebox fitted, plus the changer,
costing over £500, plus I'd lose most of the glovebox space. Don't
think I can be bothered with that just for the convenience of six discs
compared to one. It's easy enough to keep a few discs loose in the tray
below the aircon controls and switch them on the move.
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Toby
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Re: Audi Symphony II.. in-dash AND external CD changer?
try this web site (look at the bottom of the page). It says a6 is pre-wired for external cd changer (i'm assuming you have a 2003). Also, the symphany II radio does support 2 devices at one time - you just push the "CD" button on the radio to select between the 2. I am trying to adapt an alpine XM tuner to the external CD connection. my email is ctte56@att.net if you'd like more info. MIke