1Animal1

Well, I suppose I should have done my homework

I bought a Dension 500 off ebay that was fitted to an A6, i didn't get it particularly cheap, £225 - and am now kicking myself.

The unit turned up with only 4 programming slots which set alarm bells running - the instructions came with it so i knew which buttons to flick for a BMW - further research showed it was one of the first Dension 500's with MOST. I connected it up in my changer loom and still get the changer through the Idrive - nothing of the Desnion at all, even though I've got it connected correctly.

Think I'll have a play at the weekend - if this doesnt work i'll have to bite the bullet and pay full price

Tim

1Animal1

For ref, the part number is HW: V2R1

and i meant to also say that i have connected the optics up correctly.... there also seems to be a brown wire chopped from the power plug, i merely connected the black and red cables to the changer loom

iamnatio

Based the compatibility list: http://www.dension.com/sites/default...w_02_12_11.pdf

It requires GW51MO2, which I believe is their 2nd gen update. Was this the one you purchased off eBay? Think I was looking at the same one you got cause I recall it was off an Audi A6.

1Animal1

Yeah I think it is the same one mate (pics weren't too clever were they)- although after reading, the same update system applies to both new and old units. I've emailed Dension regardless, if not then i'll sell it to one of my Audi buddies

bruce_miranda

I had the old Dension with 4 switches and it worked absolutely fine.

spediegunz

u might be lucky i read somewhere the old dension has a video out, problem is you can't connect a bta to it or an avr, but then again i think i also read tv out wont work with US cars but luckily again you are from the UK... but good luck fixing the compatibility issue we got some wiz's on the forum someone will help you figure it out