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"Symphony" radio system from m.y. 2000, component overview
1999 Audi A8 BaseSECTION "Symphony" radio system from m.y. 2000, component overview
NOTE:
The following list refers to items in Fig 1
.
- Base speaker
- In front door panel
- Removing and installing. See LOUDSPEAKERS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- 2 - Mid-range/tweeter
- In front door panel
- Removing and installing. See LOUDSPEAKERS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Hands-free loudspeaker
- telephone only through m.y. 2001
- telephone/telematics from m.y. 2002
- In left lower B-pillar trim
- Removing and installing. See SPEAKER (TELEPHONE/NAVIGATION) -R39-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Mid-range speaker (Mid-range/tweeter only for Symphony radio with BOSE sound system")
- In rear door panel
- Removing and installing. See LOUDSPEAKERS IN REAR DOORS, REMOVING
- Control module for antenna selection
- In luggage compartment, behind panel, below C-pillar
- Removing and installing. See ANTENNA SELECTION CONTROL MODULE -J515- ("SYMPHONY" RADIO), REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- BOSE amplifier (only for Symphony radio with BOSE sound system)
- In luggage compartment, left rear, below CD changer
- Removing and installing. See BOSE AMPLIFIER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- CD changer
- In luggage compartment, left rear below side trim
- Removing and installing. See CD CHANGER - "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Checking wire to radio. See CABLE BETWEEN RADIO AND CD CHANGER, CHECKING .
- Antenna amplifier
- Below rear parcel shelf on luggage compartment bulkhead (left)
- Removing and installing. See ANTENNA AMPLIFIER - "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Antenna amplifier
- Behind left D-pillar trim (top)
- Removing and installing. See ANTENNA AMPLIFIER - "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Antenna amplifier
- Below rear parcel shelf on luggage compartment bulkhead (right)
- Removing and installing. See ANTENNA AMPLIFIER - "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Bass speaker
- Active bass speaker (only for Symphony radio with BOSE sound system)
- In rear parcel shelf
- Removing and installing. See LOUDSPEAKERS IN REAR PARCEL SHELF, REMOVING .
- Rear window antenna
- FM1, AM, FM2, FM3, FM4 Antennae
- Removing and installing rear window
- Antenna amplifier
- Below right D-pillar trim (top)
- Removing and installing. See ANTENNA AMPLIFIER - "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Radio with CD player
- In center console
- Removing and installing. See "SYMPHONY" RADIO, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
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