A3 Head Unit

[RobbieB]

Hey guys,

As a few of you may remember I was looking at buying an old shape A3, which I did. I got a very good price as it needed a bit of work (which £600 has sorted) and some body work. However, the main issue I am struggling to fix is the head unit.

It is a 2000 Audi A3 1.8 Sport and has a Concert headunit (tape player) with presumably a 6 CD changer in the boot. The head unit its self does not work or even turn on and the 6 CD changer in the boot is missing. The handbook also mentions (which seems to be the issue) it is Bose.

I took it to Halfrauds on Saturday looking to get a cheap head unit, but not only did they not have the necessary parts to fit anything, they were extremely reluctant to do the job on an A3 with concert / bose sound system. There are a few originals on Ebay I could buy or I could go to Audi if I fancied paying through the nose I reckon, but I would like a new looking cd player and the option of changing CD with out stopping and going in the boot.

Any ideas guys? Anyone know of anywhere I can go? I live in Hertfordshire.

Cheers

[Dr G]

www.caraudiodirect.co.uk

Take your pick of head units without daft Halfords pricing and pick up the Wiring adapter at the same time.

Job done.

[Aphex]

Without a widget with your new cd player you subwoofter in the boot won't work unfortunately.

The gf's a3 has an aftermarket cd player which fitted straight in

[missing the VR6]

You'll need a facia adaptor and beware there are 2 type's of adaptor one for the full bose with sub and one without. I have all the bits if you're ever in Kent they're yours FOC if you want to collect them.

[Dr G]

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/audi-active-wiring...

[RobbieB]

Christ, it's hard not to love PH. Cheers guys. I may well do that VR6 thanks for the offer!

Ok with out sounding like a complete idiot, how do I know if it has a subwoofer or not? The manual doesn't say.

This was so much more complex than I anticipated!

• edit* only problem being I can't seem to find a facia adaptor for a 2000 model

Edited by RobbieB on Tuesday 3rd November 20:10

[missing the VR6]

The facia adaptor is just two little bits of plastic that go either side of any aftermarket head unit.
If you have the sub it will be around/over the NSR wheel arch.

[RobbieB]

missing the VR6 said:

The facia adaptor is just two little bits of plastic that go either side of any aftermarket head unit.
If you have the sub it will be around/over the NSR wheel arch.

Yeah I have fitted a replacement headunit in my first car that required a facia adaptor. However I have only found one for A3 2003 onwards unfortunately, not 2000.

I think I found the sub, but it doesn't have Bose on it when I read it would and I think that makes a difference. I really want to do this, this weekend!

[Dr G]

If your car has the Bose stereo it will have Bose logos on the speakers grilles.

Facia adapter is:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-A3-Fascia-Facia-Panel-A...

[RobbieB]

Top man, thanks for that. It's a bit odd. The Concert manual says the car is fitted with Bose sound system but I literally cannot find Bose written on even one place in the car. I've read that some head units can cause the Bose sub to stop working even with adaptor cables.