chickenfriednice Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Can anyone help me out here?? I have an A2 with a chorus sound system. I have just bought a Sony CDX F7700 headunit for it and before i fitted it I spoke to Audi about borrowing some keys to get the old headunit out. When metioning what i was planning on doing they advised me to not bother!!!! Saying that the wiring for the A2 was configured in a way that I would likely blow any head unit that i tried to fit!!! If the ampage was different then I could cause myself some serious problems!! Does anyone know anything about this?? Or is it audi feeding me some bulls**t?! I see a few people in the forum claim to have fitted other headunits in there A2's and was wondering if they needed any sort converters to fit properly. I have the facia adapter already do I need anything else? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 they are talking crap , get your self down a good car audio dealer and they will be able to sell you a cable to convert the standard audi wiring to the head unit, also im sure they can pop the uni ouf for it, its easy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfriednice Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Ok that sounds great. Thanks! Will get on the case!! Can anyone recommend a speaker upgrade to standard A2 speakers?? I'm keen to install some speakers into the back of the car too as currently I only have the front speakers. Is wiring them up a difficult job?? Sould I get it done by an audio specialist? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 again talk to the local audio fitter, and dont use halfords! they will be able to recomend speakers, and probably advice how easy a job it is to change them, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschewhizz Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 just a word of warning!! you may have seen my post on this forum (dodgy A2!) the previous ovners fitted a dvd multichanger head unit and speakers etc and screwed the electrics in the car, with it been aluminium its hard to earth things and adding extra earths can bugger up the existing things that are earthed... also i would advise you do not cut into any of the loom to get power as the way the a2 works itt will send a signal to certain parts of the car in our situation it was the power steering and brakes and because the dvd player was breaking into the loom it recived the signal and told the onboard computer it was fooked and therefore it shut down the power steering (which is electronic on them) so be carefull... very carefull! if you are going to do fit a load of ice to it i strongy advise you get a specialist to fit it for the sake of a few quid they will be responsible for a big bill if they get it wrong not you! Oli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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