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Speed pulse sensor.......

Post by S4driver » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:53 pm

I am going to be fitting an aftermarket sat nav unit into my S4 '99 reg. Can anyone confirm whether there is already a speed pulse sensor fitted in the car. I will have to double check the instuction manual, but it should be a blue/white wire..........Any BTDT?

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Post by JohnS4 » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:32 pm

I fitted a Pioneeer DVD900 sat nav system to my 2001 S4 earlier this year and I used the GALA wire off the back of the concert radio/cassette player. The Audi manual says this is for speed sensitive volume control of the Concert unit but it never seemed particularly useful to me and worked just fine when connected to the speed pulse sensor input on the Pioneer Sat Nav unit.

I seem to remember it was a blue/white striped wire as you mention. I found the connections for my radio on this website.

http://1.8t.org/~quattroman/Audi%20B5%2 ... system.pdf

I'm not much of an expert in this so can't guarantee it will work for your particular combination of radio/sat nav but at least I can tell you it works ok on mine.

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Post by S4driver » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:23 pm

Thanks John :thumbs:

My nav unit is also a Pioneer so hopefully should have no problems...

http://www.gpsw.co.uk/details/prod1125. ... 265d223bf6

Although mine is black.

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Post by GrahamS4 » Thu May 25, 2006 10:41 pm

Is it def a blue/white wire? Link above not working.

Also, what colour is the illumination lead?

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Post by craigyb » Fri May 26, 2006 9:14 am

Speed pulse is a white/blue wire in a 99 A4.

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Post by GrahamS4 » Fri May 26, 2006 5:40 pm

Hmm - more than one blue/white wire on the back of the radio!!

What colour plug does the one I want go in to?

Also if you can say which is illumination it would be great - I am at the car now trying to get the install complete!
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Post by GrahamS4 » Fri May 26, 2006 10:13 pm

Not to worry - figured it out.

Brown plug. Speed pulse is the blue/white wire indicated on the diagram on the top of the Concert as "GA" (Gala).

Coincidentally, on the same plug there is another blue.white wire next to the ground that is illumination. Don't go trying to trace a fault with this if you have your dash illumination turned low as your sat nav may not think your lights are on!! Yes I did!

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