Audi Q7 MMI 2G to 3G upgrade?

[bridgland]

Has anyone got any experience of upgrading the MMI system in an Audi from 2G to 3G?

I have a 2008 Q7, which I am very happy with, apart from the MMI system, which has sporadic issues with reading the navigation DVD, cannot do full postcode navigation and regularly drops Bluetooth and needs rebooting to get it to work. The fact that I need to get it looked at and will have to spend money anyway, I am looking at the possibility to change the system over to the 3G system, but wanted to see if anyone on Pistonheads has actually done it (doesn't have to be with the Q7).

Thanks in advance for any tips, advice, or recommendations of who to use.

[rufmeister]

http://hazzydayz.com/mmi-3g-basic-dvd-navigation-w...

The price for me is prohibitive. You simply don't gain enough to warrant that.

[bridgland]

rufmeister said:

http://hazzydayz.com/mmi-3g-basic-dvd-navigation-w...

The price for me is prohibitive. You simply don't gain enough to warrant that.

Thank Rufmeister. I will look into it. From a cost perspective, it is cheaper than upgrading the car, and I would be expecting to have a bill for around £500, or more, if some of the existing units need replacing.

[aspirated]

This company is much better priced

http://audi-retrofits.co.uk

Only downfall is that you have to go to their unit in Kent

[X5TUU]

What software version are you running OP as I am running 5570 on 2g high on my 09 Q7 and its perfect, no dropped calls or anything but would like the full post code search

[shtu]

Does sound to me like you should try the latest MMI software and Nav DVD, I suspect you'll find it a lot better after that.

[bridgland]

X5TUU said:

What software version are you running OP as I am running 5570 on 2g high on my 09 Q7 and its perfect, no dropped calls or anything but would like the full post code search

I upgraded to the last code release (5570) 2 years ago and have upgraded the bluetooth from CD 2 as well, which has been working fine up until about 5-6 weeks ago. Had to reboot the MMI 3 times today already, so something is wrong with the system.

[bridgland]

shtu said:

Does sound to me like you should try the latest MMI software and Nav DVD, I suspect you'll find it a lot better after that.

MMI upgrade done a while ago. The Nav DVD upgrade won't fix the lack of full post code search. I can work with it, as long as I take a bit of time with google maps on the iphone and manually position the destination to a more accurate street/road location.