AMI (Audi Music Interface) – Cable Compatability Music
Mar 17
Like always new technologies are always being developed, that is what makes an Audi an Audi. It is hard enough keeping up to date on media devices, let alone having to worry about integrating them into your vehicle. I hear people say all the time “I am dependent on my cell phone” not realizing the potential of that litttle media device. Here is an updated sheet on AMI (Audi Music Interface) cable conpatabilaty, to help keep you connected.
I added this spreadsheet to help you configure your iPod, iPhone or MP3 device in your Audi. I will continue to showcase original content in order to be your top source for Portland Audi.
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Scott, Love the site and the content, as you know… But I have to say… as a consumer, I don’t find this table helpful at all. It’s layout is confusing, the only acronyms/abbreviations I recognize are 2G/3G.
What would really be helpful (to me at least) would be a table showing which cables for which vehicles for which iPod.
For instance on my 2009 A4 with Nav, cable X supports gen a,b, and c iPods and iPhones, and cable Y supports d,e,and f.
From Jason on March 26th, 2009
I agree… I am new to Audi and have just purchase a 2007 S4, but have no clue what cable works with my ipod. Any help would be great. Where to purchase would be a huge help. Love the site. ~ peter
From Name (required) Peter on April 3rd, 2009
to make it easy: the black grommet cable only works in the old MMI 2G AMI; the new blue grommet cable works everywhere (in MMI 2G there may be a SW update necessary..)
From mash on April 9th, 2009
Hi,
Thank you for your excellent posts and info.
My May 2008 S3 RNS-E is ver 0650 and has the factory installed USB option. Do you think I can change to the new AMI, and what changes are needed?
Thank you
regards,
aki
From aki on May 28th, 2009
aki: RNS-E is *NOT* MMI, even though it says so in the startup screen… it is RNS-E. MMI 2G is different.
Further reading on this:
http://a6retrofit.tripod.com/articles/a4a5realmmi.html
2007 S4 does not have MMI.
From Local on June 21st, 2009
Scott,
This site is awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge since it seems hard/impossible to find documentation on AMI. I have a 2008 A4 Cab w/ AMI & Nav. This AMI appears different from the ones you have described on these pages as it is designed so the ipod slips in and connects directly without a cable. It came with a variety of plastic adapters that allow different sizes of ipods to slip in. When I got the car last year, the dealer demonstrated this with my daughters big video ipod without an adapter and it worked well for a year. I use an adapter for my nano. A few weeks ago, I started to develop a problem where I would only get the right hand channel when using my daughters video ipod. If I pushed it into place, it would play full stereo, but if I hit a bump, it would disconnect. The dealer replaced the AMI but then advised against using any ipod without an adapter. I don’t want to break this again, but I’d like to be able to use the video ipod. Could this be done with one of these cables? Is there any documentation about which ipods are supported for use with this kind of AMI?
thnx
From John Sabasteanski on September 17th, 2009
hello,i have an audi allroad 09 with mmi 3g and navi,but no music interface on the glove box,what parts do i need to retrofit this in order to connect ipod and usb?thanks ARI
From ARI on November 9th, 2009
ARI,
I am not as familiar with your model, we do not have the 2009 Allroad in the United states. I would have to imagine that you have the AMI in the glove box, look at the top of the inside of the glove box or on the right inner wall and there should be a place to connect your iPod Cable. Send us some pictures of your Allroad we would love to see then.
From Scott Mitchell on November 9th, 2009
So I have a stupid question. I have a 2008 Q7 with AMI. What version of MMI is this? v2? Is v3 2009 and newer? If so, is the L adapter the correct one?
From Mike on March 18th, 2010
I have a 2007 Audi A4. I am looking to add an ipod cable to my stock radio, what do I need in order for this to work?
From Hunter on July 18th, 2010