DVD satnav

[Tweaky]

Can someone tell me what year the RS6 change over to a DVD based system rather than the cd based one?

[craigyb]

I think late 2004/ early 2005, but there are not many around with RNS-E's installed.

Easy enough to upgrade one to DVD though

Craig

[KidCharlemagne]

I had mine upgraded at the weekend and I have to say it is one of the nicest upgrades you can do to the RS6.
The Nav is a huge improvement on the old one and looks great. You can also combine it with the bluetooth phone upgrade and tv/mp3/media player options for added bling factor.

Craig did the whole job for me in just over 2 hours and the workmanship was amazing. Much cleaner than my Audi dealer could have done. He's also a nice guy to boot and will even offer you a sandwich if you're lucky. Highly recommended!!

Going for the media player next....

[MartynC]

Don't know the answer to your question Tweaky but my 6+ has it, as do they all. It's better than the CD version I had in my RS4 but still has no TMC option. My wife's Espace has TMC and it is very good. Hope it will be available in DVD soon.

Cheers, MartynC

[peterb]

According to ETKA, the RNS-E was fitted from chassis number 4B4N901201. This would put the production changeover sometime in January 2004. However, ETKA only lists the RNS-E for the Avant - apparently the Saloons all had CD-based systems.

However, as others have said, earlier cars (and saloons) can be easily upgraded to the later systems - I upgraded mine in June this year.

I find that the RNS-E is superior in all respects - except for the lack of TMC availability in the UK.

Edited to add:
If anyone can confirm or disprove this information by quoting their chassis number/body style/Nav+ fitment, I would be interested to hear.