{"id":1885,"date":"2013-08-29T23:14:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T06:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2017-11-07T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:10:56","slug":"q7-navigation-retrofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/q7-navigation-retrofit.html","title":{"rendered":"Q7 Navigation Retrofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2013-09-02<em> Finally did it, it seems to work right out of the box. It&#8217;s working well for $200. DVD drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nHnkUkAwqxQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In order to add Navigation DVD, we need <a title=\"Optical and power splicer\" href=\"\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Audi-AMI-MMI-Cable-Set-A4-4E-A6-4F-A5-Q7-Q5-incl-FOC-\/111195427226?hash=item19e3c3919a&amp;vxp=mtr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">optical (MOST) cable, power cable<\/a> and antenna cable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Optical cable: either splice it from an existing one like Satellite radio or analog radio &#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Antenna: <a title=\"antenna cable\" href=\"\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Fakra-C-Jack-to-Female-pigtail-cable-RG174-15cm-for-GPS-telematics-or-navigati-\/161339899271?pt=US_Radio_Comm_Coaxial_Cables_Connectors&amp;hash=item25909b7d87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">need cable to the roof antenna<\/a> or external GPS antenna whatever&#8217;s more convenient.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Since I don&#8217;t\u00a0subscribed Sirius Radio, I can just disconnect the optical cable and the power cable and use them for the DVD navigation. I don&#8217;t have any brackets for the DVD navigation, so I use some hard packed foam as bracket, put under the cover next\u00a0to the spare tire. Since the Sirius cables are not long enough, I switched the digital radio cables with Sirius and use radio cables for the DVD navigation. Everything fit just right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Navigation is loading software from original V6 DVD\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7navload.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Navigation is loading original DVD\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7navload.JPG\" alt=\"software loading\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"preview\" title=\"Navigation is upgrading with 2010 DVD\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7navload1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Navigation Update to 2010 DVD\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7navload1.JPG\" alt=\"update to 2010\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just remove the little cover on the side of the trunk, we can see the Satellite Radio on the top.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"remove the cover\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav12.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"remove the cover\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav12.JPG\" alt=\"remove the cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Satellite and Digital Radios\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav13.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Satellite and Digital Radios\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav13.JPG\" alt=\"Satellite and Digital Radio\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"place the navigation DVD under the cover \" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav23.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"place navigation DVD next to spare tire\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav23.JPG\" alt=\"place navigation DVD\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"make a foam case for the DVD\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav24.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"make a foam case for the navigation DVD\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav24.JPG\" alt=\"make a foam case for the dvd\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"place the navigation DVD in the foam case.\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav25.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"case the navigation DVD and slide it in\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav25.JPG\" alt=\"case the dvd\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Push it all the way in to the side\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav27.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"push the case all the way in\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav27.JPG\" alt=\"push the case in\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"put some foam between the dvd back and the cables\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav26.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"place some foam between the dvd back and cables\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav26.JPG\" alt=\"place some foam in the back\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"put back the tool case\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav28.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"put back the tool case\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav28.JPG\" alt=\"put back the tool case\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Sirius Radio Without cables\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav4.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Sirius Radio Module without cables\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav4.JPG\" alt=\"Sirius Radio Module with cable taken out\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"preview\" title=\"Sirius Cables used for digital radiio\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Sirius Cables used for Radio\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav1.JPG\" alt=\"Sirius cables for Radio\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Radio Cable used for DVD navigation\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav5.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Radio Cables used for DVD navigation\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav5.JPG\" alt=\"Radio cables used for DVD navigation\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"preview\" title=\"External GSP antenna with Fakra Z connector\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav6.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"External GPS antenna with Fakra Z connector\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav6.JPG\" alt=\"Fakra Z antenna connector\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Buy a gps antenna with clip on built in, use a fakra Z connector to connect it. These GPS antenna sold on Ebay with the correct fakra blue connector also.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"External GPS antenna\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav32.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"external GPS antenna\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav32.JPG\" alt=\"external GPS \" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Clip on GPS antenna\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav31.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip on GPS antenna\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav31.JPG\" alt=\"clip on antenna\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Clip GPS antenna to the side\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav17.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Clip the antenna to the side\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav17.JPG\" alt=\"clip the antenna to the side\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Clip GPS antenna to the side\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav36.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"place antenna to the side\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav36.JPG\" alt=\"place antenna to the side\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"finishing up and put back everything\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav29.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"finishing up\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav29.JPG\" alt=\"finishing up\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"finishing up and test\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_q7nav38.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"finishing up\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_q7nav38.JPG\" alt=\"finishing up\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I liked the Audi navigation from the A8L so much, I want to retrofit a new navigation in the Q7 which didn&#8217;t have. I got a used navigation DVD from Ebay. There is the side back panel that needs to be removed to access all these electronic components. I found this great video. If the MOST optical cables are not in correctly with the position of the navigation in the MOST bus chain, you will get this error.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Check Navigation DVD Error due to MOST bus\" href=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/sm_checknavdvd.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[q7nav]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Check Navigation DVD Error\" src=\"\/media\/audis\/q7\/navigation\/tn_checknavdvd.JPG\" alt=\"check nav dvd error\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sm_navigation.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1895\" src=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sm_navigation-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Q7 Navigation Retrofit\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sm_navigation-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sm_navigation.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lYSjnJAF8Lg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The amazing thing is it doesn&#8217;t need calibration, it&#8217;s right on the dot even with the\u00a0cheapo GPS antenna laying on the back. Although after the first MMI reset, the Component Protection seems to come on due to the adding of the DVD navigation, but after the 3rd reset\/turn off with the volume knob, all sound came back on and everything works perfect now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kTDEZl1IlyU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qu_Ywc9OLDM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/daqlTN5z2qE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I unplugged the optical and power cables from the digital radio since I couldn&#8217;t get to the Sirius radio, the dvd initialized but &#8220;please check the DVD&#8221; came up. Something else is going wrong. When everything is connected correctly, the message is gone.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013-09-02 Finally did it, it seems to work right out of the box. It&#8217;s working well for $200. DVD drive. In order to add Navigation DVD, we need optical (MOST) cable, power cable and antenna cable. Optical cable: either splice it from an existing one like Satellite radio or analog radio &#8211; Antenna: need cable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/q7-navigation-retrofit.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,39],"tags":[726,691,725,204,426,727,267],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audi-mmi-multi-media-interface","category-q7","tag-2015-2016-north-america-navigation-dvd","tag-2016-navigation-dvd","tag-mmi-4140","tag-mmi-4610","tag-navigation-dvd","tag-navigation-software-update","tag-q7-navigation-retrofit"],"views":7926,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3338,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions\/3338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}