There are many AMI cables sold on Ebay and Amazon, some are made not to work due to mis-configured the iPod detect resistance. For iPod and USB drive to work, the iPod detection resistance must be 18.7k ohms (pin 21 and pin 22), for the AMI to be in the AUX External Audio Mode, the […]
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What You Should Know About AMI Cables
For those who have older Audi with AMI (Audi Music Interface) unit installed, we tend to get stuck with a 30-pin iPod and iPhone original AMI cables. There are many part numbers for each type and year of the car, but by playing and modifying AMI cables, I found out that they’re basically the same, […]
Modify AMI Cable To Connect USB MP3 Drive
VW and Audi use the same type of AMI cable to connect to the AMI system. I have a 2015 VW eGolf and I modified the cable to connect a 64GB flash drive with MP3 files. It works quite well. We need to connect 4 USB pins to a USB host cable – PINS 17 […]
Modify AMI Cable To Stream Music Through Bluetooth Dongle on MMI 2G and MMI 3G
I’m going to modify the cable to use USB host to connect hard drive, iPhone, Android, bluetooth, all in one. 11/29/2015 The cheapest, easiest way to do it is – 1. AMI to Auxiliary cable – works with all 2G & 3G . 2. USB Dongle – 3. Extension if the auxiliary cable […]