Does any current cell phone work with the '01 A6 phone system?
01-07-2009, 12:05 PM
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Does any current cell phone work with the '01 A6 phone system?
I never bothered with the original hands-free phone system in my '01 A6 because cell phones were rapidly evolving and changing then and the factory (Motorola?) phone was very expensive and already obsolescent. But things change, so I've wondered if any current phones may be compatible without hiring an electronics engineer to do an interface.
01-07-2009, 12:16 PM
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IIRC, it was an entirely analog system even though
digital phones were already common at the time. So I don't think there's any value to the system today, but like you I'm no electronics engineer either.
01-07-2009, 01:25 PM
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Didn't they look like this 8 yrs ago :P
<center><img src="http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/Telephones/US-West_Old-School_Cell_Phone_Horiz_Tan_web.jpg"></center><p><ul><li><a href="http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/Telephones/US-West_Old-School_Cell_Phone_Horiz_Tan_web.jpg">Brick!!</a></li></ul>
01-07-2009, 02:12 PM
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Hi! I'm an Electronics Engineer, this is what I did...
Adapted a portable Bluetooth module as a direct plugin to the connector under the armrest...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/blueth_3.jpg">
Plus the 'loopback' plug to the connector in the trunk...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/blueth_4.jpg">
Then wired to send/end switches (not yet installed in photo) on a generic phone holder that slots in to a blank switch position on the dash...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/mnt3_complete.jpg">
(see my Picture Poster for more)
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/blueth_3.jpg">
Plus the 'loopback' plug to the connector in the trunk...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/blueth_4.jpg">
Then wired to send/end switches (not yet installed in photo) on a generic phone holder that slots in to a blank switch position on the dash...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47880/mnt3_complete.jpg">
(see my Picture Poster for more)
01-07-2009, 03:25 PM
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Saw that on old 'Pretty Woman' DVD....
01-07-2009, 03:26 PM
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Yeah, but what carrier will activate it? No GPS, etc. Still using it
for something other than 911?
