PetrolDave wrote:As an Admin on audiforum.us for over 10 years I've helped many people retrofit and repair the RNS-E. Prior to 2005 the DVD drive on the RNS-E was very susceptible to overheating and subsequently failing when reading copied DVDs. But in 2005 Audi changed the DVD drive and reports of failures of the new drive (which will be in all factory fitted RNS-E on the B7 and in all 2010+ RNS-E) even with copied DVDs are very rare, but do still happen.marc1 wrote:I was lead to believe the copied disks caused damage to the RNSE laser. Does anyone know if that's true? I wouldn't mind full postcodes but not at the expense of the unit itself.
The main problem now is inability to read a copied DVD in cold and/or damp conditions, but since reading a copied DVD is harder (and hence the laser power needs to be higher) than a pressed DVD so the risk of failure when reading a copied DVD is still increased.
The disc I have purchased has been tested on thousands of cars. The company themselves are revamping their FB and webpages as we speak. The ONLY reason I bought is because all customers had no issues.
I have been assured that if the disc stopped working/didn't work they would send a replacement or offer full refund.
If you want a reliable source, email the guy from my original post.