ashleyadam Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 You qualified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 [ QUOTE ] You qualified! [/ QUOTE ] ALL Audis that could have been bought fitted with an RNS-E qualify ... OE fit or retrofit, A3(8P) or A4(B6/B7) or A6(C5). Has anyone who has retrofitted an RNS-E to a B5 A4 or an 8L A3 or an A8 had a free upgrade from a dealer yet? That would be a real landmark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will22 Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yes my black D2 S8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHERB Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I know, crazy! well i new they were going to charge me because of a retro fit in a 2002 A4 Avant. I also new that they wernt going to let me have the reduced cost becuase (£100+vat) i didnt fall into the "catchment". Basicaly i just paid the list price+vat. good news was that i done the update then sold the disc set on flea bay for £200. im now using my backup copy with no problems. happy days. not free i know, but not bad for an old 02 retrofit Thanks for the welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I know, crazy! well i new they were going to charge me because of a retro fit in a 2002 A4 Avant. I also new that they wernt going to let me have the reduced cost becuase (£100+vat) i didnt fall into the "catchment". Basicaly i just paid the list price+vat. good news was that i done the update then sold the disc set on flea bay for £200. im now using my backup copy with no problems. happy days. not free i know, but not bad for an old 02 retrofit Thanks for the welcome. [/ QUOTE ] Others with retrofits haven't been charged a penny. It depends on the dealer, if you had rung around you could have got it for free and still be using a genuine DVD (copies can have readability problems at temperature extremes, come the summer...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I got my done today, that was with Norwich and on a retrofit unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinks Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Just had my update FOC at Chester Audi. Had to ask for the second disc as they had only given me the 1st disc, no case or instruction booklet. Left my 2006 dvd untouched on the seat where I had left it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crasher Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 My D2 S8 retrofit TMC upgrade was done this morning without a hitch. Took about 30 mins, and they did not even want the old discs back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Had mine done today as well. Took out my backup copy of the 2006 disk and left my 2005 disk on the seat but it was still there when I got back in the car. Does the update feature new maps or just the TMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Does the update feature new maps or just the TMC? [/ QUOTE ] New maps AND TMC - still doesn't show the Coulsdon bypass on the A23 though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson_R32 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 I asked the question regarding Disc returns and our Group Warranty Manager says they don't need to be returned. So I won't be asking for them back in future!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Mine's booked into Swansea Audi for Fridaybut they still insist on an hours labour charge. I'll be telling them that I will watch them perform the upgrade and if I think it warrants an hours labour i'll happily pay, on the other hand if it consists of inserting the new DVD, waiting a few minutes and a manual restart then I wont be paying. I've also e-mailed Tom Peterkin again for his advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson_R32 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The update take about 10 minutes max; I've done 8 so far and I'm no Technician! Besides which there is no Labour Charge to the Customer as stated in the TMC Product Update (tell them to print it off and have a read...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Besides which there is no Labour Charge to the Customer as stated in the TMC Product Update (tell them to print it off and have a read...) [/ QUOTE ] As anyone got a copy of the TMC Product Update as it would be handy yo go prepared with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Ring up Swansea Audi and tell them you will NOT be paying the labour charge, when they complain get the name of the person and ring Tom Peterkin asking him to ring that person and "explain" to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_line682 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 do i need to book my car in with the dealer i bought it from or can it be any dealer for the free upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Any dealer will be able to do the upgrade for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Had mine upgraded yesterday , so thought I would try it out on a drive home from Leicester this morning. Noticed a few things, firstly the RNS tried re-calculating routes more often than on the old DVD it spent 30 minutes at one point trying to work out new routes, coming down the M1, it told me to come off at Hemel, I was trying to get to Wokingham via the M25 / M4. Now there were no delays on these routes so TMC shouldn't have tried to re-route me off the M1. I also noticed that the instruction to pull off a slip road were being shown way past when I had past them. Sometimes the location arrow seemed to be moving its own way around the route I was going irrespective of the direction I was travelling. Just wondering if the firmware upgrade does anything to the Satnav antenna?, hence affecting the true position of your car in relation to the map. Now I could put this down to the weather, TMC providing many alerts to potential problems. Finally if you don't have route guidance on, is it possible for TMC to still monitor potential traffic problems ahead. TMC is bloody useful but do you have to be in route guidance mode all the time for it to work properly ? Sorry for the TMC 'newbie' questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Finally if you don't have route guidance on, is it possible for TMC to still monitor potential traffic problems ahead. TMC is bloody useful but do you have to be in route guidance mode all the time for it to work properly ? [/ QUOTE ] Press the INFO button and you can see all the current TMC warnings. Scroll down the list and click on the one you want more details of, and there's the option of seeing it shown on a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Cheers Dave, an evening in the garage playing with the new menu options beckons I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo1 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 It will also warn you of traffic issues on the road you're currently driving along even if navigation isn't enabled. You get a voice message like "Warning, stationary traffic in 8 miles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I use NAV in map mode with no guidance, zoom out to 5 miles then you can see any road problems on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Looks like I'll be paying an hours labour charge tomorrow Had a reply from Tom Peterkin and the end result is that for the older A6 chassis and Allroad (but only a range of chassis numbers) its more than just a new DVD. It does need to be hooked up and a 'technical uprade' performed before updating the firmware via DVD. The 'technical upgrade' has been around for a while and has never been a FOC item so I'll be paying for the 'technical upgrade' and then having the TMC upgrade FOC. Does anyone know what this 'technical upgrade' actually is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDiAvant Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 neilp do you have an RNS-E or is it the MMI system? if you have an RNS-E then I cannot see what the feck Audi are talking about. But if you have the MMI system then it's not just the case of loading the DVD disk and waiting for the system to update.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 What utter bollox, the new MMI Allroad wasn't available at 2004, so you must have the last of the Allroad's that came with an RNS-E. Peter Tomkin is confused with the TMC update, which on an MMI AllRoad would not be required as it was built after the TMC was factory available. I'd like to see the technician trying to do an MMI update on your RNS-E. [ QUOTE ] Looks like I'll be paying an hours labour charge tomorrow Had a reply from Tom Peterkin and the end result is that for the older A6 chassis and Allroad (but only a range of chassis numbers) its more than just a new DVD. It does need to be hooked up and a 'technical uprade' performed before updating the firmware via DVD. The 'technical upgrade' has been around for a while and has never been a FOC item so I'll be paying for the 'technical upgrade' and then having the TMC upgrade FOC. Does anyone know what this 'technical upgrade' actually is? [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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