Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it

Post by **Brooner** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:16 pm

Forgive me for being thick but will this fit in were your cd changer sits or dose it have to be mounted in the boot?

Post by **gavsteryoung** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:21 pm

I have a S4 Saloon and it fits in where the CD Changer was.....

For a bit more safety and protection of the cartridge I drilled two holes in the bracket and mounted it a little further back so that If something in the boot slid into it, it would not damage the Hard Disk....

maybe I will try get some pics...

Post by **Brooner** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:47 am

That would be nice to see a install i've seen picture on the net but these were all mounted in the boot space not in the cd changer slot

Post by **gavsteryoung** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:24 am

Here you go,

Post by **Brooner** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:49 pm

Thanks for that nice install was texting Bjacks and he cut hole in the cover to acomidate the carterage. but i would rather go down your route than cut the cover thanks again for the picture this will help as Golich is going to get on too after i talked to him about it

Post by **Golich** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:09 pm

Interesting. I've just bought Ben's. So I'll have a look at setting it deeper.

I would add that Gavsteryoung's salloon is a slightly different set up from the Avant, but the CD mount will be the same for all 6 stack CDs so I'd be surprised if I couldn't rig something unless the distance to the outer panel is greater on the salloon. I'll post when I know.

Post by **gavsteryoung** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:33 pm

I agree, I think the Avants dont have the bulge out like the saloon, but I must say there is still another 1.5inch's of clerance at the back of the Phatbox.

Its just drilling one of the new holes is fairly difficult and would be harder still another inch back. It maybe possible to fabricate a small addition to the bracket.

Post by **Scotty** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:37 pm

Here's mine in my B6 S4. I removed the case and installed straight into where the 6CD was in the glovebox.

Post by **gavsteryoung** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:13 am

Nice to see your RS246 postcard is ready for any eventuality.....

Post by **Scotty** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:17 pm

hehehe I didn't realise. It wasn't a deliberate setup just where I keep them in case I'm gonna flyer a car!

Post by **Brooner** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:11 am

Just a warning for anyone thinking of buying a phatbox on ebay from rally959

. Don't i ordered on the 24th oct and after talking twice and sending sevral emails he was unable to supply the item or give a tracking number which i thought was strange, so i have canceled the order. I suspect he never had the item in the first place, i mean 10 days to get a item from england to scotland, i've had packages from the othere side of the world quicker.

So i 've ordered from an other seller that quotes next day delivery so fingers crossed

Post by **bobjebb** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:39 am

sounds good - literally? I'm confused as to why they are specific to Audi/VW - does that mean they cant be transfered from car to car?

Ta

Post by **Scotty** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:49 pm

My understanding is that the VW one comes with the Phatbox and the phatbox connection cable.

The Audi ones comes with the Phatbox, the phatbox connection cable and the cable from the head unit.

Post by **sitas3** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:19 am

my brand new Audi Phatnoise didn't arrive with the head unit cable - just the unit itself and the connection cable.

Post by **Scotty** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:14 am

I wonder what you paid the extra for then ?

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