Audi 3G MMI + iPod Bluetooth Adapter
Aug 21
Everyday I learn something new and today I learned something from a loyal reader of www.iamaudi.com . I will leave the reader anonymous but will thank him greatly for his input and diligent research on this much discussed topic. With such a great response from the original topic of the Bluetooth adapter and the 2G MMI the question has been “Will the Bluetooth adapter work with the 3G MMI?” Read the E-Mail I received and find out! Thank you again for your much appreciated response.
“I used my iPhone 3GS as a media source.”
“You are 100% correct in that it doesn’t work with the 3G MMI system. When you plug it in and navigate through the MMI to “Media” then “Source” it simply reads “not recognized” beside AMI on the MMI screen. The iPhone recognized the Bluetooth adapter and paired with it, but the adapter was not compatible with the 3G system.”
“It worked quite nicely with the 2G MMI system in a Q7 that we tried afterward. There was just a slight delay of a second or two for the information to transfer via Bluetooth, but sound quality was good. You could also listen to other audio sources from the iPhone such as video or YouTube. I’ve read reports from other users that even Bluetooth compatible portable GPS units will transfer audio to the AMI Bluetooth adapter.”
“Having tried it now, I think if it had worked in the Q5 I would have decided against it. Directly plugging the iPod (or iPhone) into the AMI gives you all of your song and playlist information, as well as control of the iPod via the MMI controls in the centre console and via the steering wheel. The Bluetooth adapter didn’t offer any of these features. It had very limited controls via the MMI. It seemed to be more of a generic interface, designed for the control to be at the Bluetooth compatible device you are using.”
“I hope this feedback was helpful.”
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According to this article no dongle required for a2dp, it will be a software update for 3G MMI.
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Brabec: With the patch that can be downloaded on the Website, the 2G MMI will work. You also have to buy a special “dongle”. On the 3G system, the Bluetooth will be capable of doing this without additional hardware, and the functionality will come in near future.
http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/printer_4301.shtml
From Name (required)Peter Ng on August 24th, 2009
I got a Audi A4 2009. The radio has the telephone button on it but the phone is not installed it says. it does not have the bluetooth feature atttached. Any ideas what I can do to get the blue tooth to work? The dealership told me the bluetooth has be putin at the factory and that they can not put in in afterwards.
From Stefan Mende on September 2nd, 2009
Stefan,
That is correct if your A4 did not come from the factory with Bluetooth then this feature is inoperative. Though not a genuine Audi part this could be a solution: http://www.parrot.com/usa
From Scott Mitchell on September 3rd, 2009
Do you think Audi will come out with an option to add the bluetooth since part of the features are there?
From stefan mende on September 16th, 2009
I also have the ipod hook up in my glove box like the cord shown above. I can hook my iphone up to it and acess all of my music on the display. Is there a way to rig it up so that I can use my phone through that same connection? currently if i get a call it does ring through the speakers when plugged into it but no voice will come through…I saw the plug above which looks like the Ipod cord but you can hook a usb into the end..I though maybe I could use that same cord and plug in a bluetooth usb adapter into it and then sync my phone to it and it might go through the speakers? I am trying here
From stefan mende on September 16th, 2009
@Stefan- I’ve seen a number of posts around the ‘net saying that Audi has promised A2DP support in an update to the MMI 3g software, though a date has not been given. I think that once that update has been released, it will solve your problem. You’ll be able to play music from your iPod in the glove box, and stream music wirelessly from your iPhone over A2DP.
In the meantime, I’d say, just get yourself an iPod that’s large enough to handle all of your music, and leave that in the glove compartment. Excluding video, the new 160GB Classics are large enough for most people’s collections.
From Dj Padzensky on November 29th, 2009
Apologies if I’m asking something you’ve already covered. I have a 2007 Q7 which does not have the ipod interface, but does have the integrated blutetooth phone kit. I am getting an iPhone 3Gs and was considering getting the AMI Audi Music Interface w/iPod – Retrofit from http://www.kufatec.de – what I’m wondering is do I need to get this at all? Will it be possible to stream music from the iPhone via the bluetooth without buying any additional kit? If not, on a 2007 Q7, presumably I have 2G MMI??
Thanks
From Seamus on January 8th, 2010
Scott, I just got an ’09 A4 Quattro Cabriolet. I also have the MMI with the glove box iPod hookup. I have the cord (pictured above), but how the heck do you get the cord attached in that small space? The end of the cord that plugs in has some kind of bump on it–is that on the top or bottom side when attempting to plug it in? Please help. I worked for an hour to get it plugged in w no luck. Please help. (I have a 4G 30GB iPod–do I even need the cord? TIA, Dave
From Dave Beenk/"dabeenk" on March 27th, 2010