YIPPEE (Audi A4 sound system question!)

[johnzo]

Finally (after a november order) my A4 Avant S-line arrives next week (so I have been told anyway)! I know that it comes with Symphony radio, and that includes SD memory slot. I want to get a new card and download mp3s, but before buying an 8gig card (which is OTT for my fav collection anyway) I thought I would ask (a) does the car hardware/software have a stated limit, and (b) do things slow down or stop if you have a big card and lots of data? What is sensible and optimum. The 2Gig card on my phone gives me (just) the MP3 capabilty to endure European plane trips, 4gig would be better, not sure I could have the patience or worthy raw material for 8gig.

[Tame Technician]

Car supports upto 32Gb cards in the new A4 A5 Q5.

Havnt noticed any slow down depending on card sizes, Have used customers cards with 4 and 8. But when we test them we use a tiny 256Mb card so cant say I've I was checking for slow down when I used the bigger cards.

Be aware the car supports MP3 or WMA upto a bitrate of 320kbps. Typically MP3's are 128 or 192, fun if your an audio buff with the Bose or B&O, then 320 makes teh most of the system.

[johnzo]

Thanks for the advice TT, I cant claim status as hi-fi buff and I doubt if I would have the patience to fill more than a 4 gig card so maybe its 8 gig in case I underestimate!!!