Screen or MMI: what your Audi has
Audi split its range for years between a double-DIN radio and the MMI system. If your dash has a radio with buttons either side of a small display — Concert, Chorus, Symphony or the RMC unit in early Q3 — it comes out and a car-specific Android screen goes in. If you have the MMI knob on the console and a screen in the top of the dash, the MMI stays: it is well integrated with the car, and the better upgrade is a CarPlay box behind the factory screen. That route lives on our Audi CarPlay page.
What the Android screen gives you
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Maps, Waze, Spotify and YouTube on a 9 to 10-inch touchscreen.
- Android 12, eight-core processor, 2 GB with an IPS panel or 4 GB with a QLED panel.
- Built-in GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a SIM slot for its own data.
- Reverse camera input, so a camera can go on at the same visit.
- An Audi-shaped fascia and harness: no gap, no cut trim, steering-wheel buttons and parking display kept.
Audi models we work on
| Model | Years | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| A1 8X | 2010–2018 | Car-specific Android screen — see our A1 install |
| A3 8P | 2008–2012 | Android screen for A3 8P |
| A3 8V | 2013–2020 | Android screen on non-MMI cars |
| A4 B9 | 2016–2019 | Android screen for A4 B9 |
| A5 | 2008–2016 | MMI cars: CarPlay box — see our A5 install |
| Q3 8U | 2011–2018 | Android screen replacing the RMC unit |
| Q5 8R | 2010–2018 | MMI kept, CarPlay box |
| Q7 | 2006 on | MMI kept, CarPlay box or activation |
| TT 8J | 2008–2012 | Android screen for TT 8J |
Fitting an Audi radio properly
Audi radios sit on quadlock connectors with the antenna and CAN lines in one plug, so the right harness does most of the work: ignition, illumination, speed signal and steering buttons come through the CAN adapter without a single spliced wire. Amplified cars — Audi Sound System, Bose — need the amplified-system harness, otherwise the speakers stay silent; we always check this from the reg before the car comes in. The fascia is moulded to the Audi dash, so the screen sits flush with the vents.
Why Radio King
Around 500 head units in stock, a demo stand to try the screen before you buy, and seven years of Audis through the workshop in Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11. One-year warranty on the unit and the fitting, 4.8 stars on Google.
