Road Top Wireless Carplay Wireless Android Auto for Audi A6 S6 (2010-2011 Year), for Audi Q7 (2010-2015 Year) with Factory MMI 3G System Update, Carplay Retrofit Kit Support Mirrorlink, Camera

The “Road Top Wireless Carplay Wireless Android Auto” successfully integrates CarPlay with the dated MMI interface of my 2014 Q7.The instructions were very clear and concise, but I had to turn to YouTube and some forums to figure out how to remove my AC control panel and the media console unit.I’ve rated the product five stars as it does exactly what it promised, but be aware that this product only adds CarPlay as a togglable interface and all of your Bluetooth integration with the vehicle will still be done through the original system.Maps, music display, and the CarPlay UI itself work flawlessly even without being touch-screen and have helped give my car a much more up to date feel.Only complaint is that the cables are a little short which makes the physical portion of the installation a bit tedious (trying to find a spot for the unit and plug in the already short OEM cables.)

I bought this for a 2011 Q7, and overall I have loved having such a modern and easy to use navigation & music box in my older car. The installation process was kind of a pain -- the instructions and installation video are very bad. The official road top video is super low resolution and doesn't show the hardest part of installation, which is removing the vents and the climate control panel. I had to watch many other videos to figure out how to do it. For installation, you will need a set of study hooks to remove the vents -- I used these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W54HPVS. The thin mercedes instrument pullers will not work, I tried those in vain for hours. After removing the vent, take care not to turn the ignition on with the wires to the vent disconnected-- one of them is the passenger airbag warning light. Switching the ignition with this disconnected will trigger an airbag fault and cannot be cleared except with a VAG-COM cable or by the dealer. This is something that none of the instructions or informational videos cover, which was pretty frustrating. Then, you will need these keys to remove the MMI: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018GKO6OQ. Finally, you will need a flathead screwdriver to remove the front of the climate control panel. It's pretty easy to hook up all of the connections once you have everything dismantled, and my model Q7 had an opening under the dash where I could run the cable out. Once connected, it was pretty quick to get the phone connected to the device, and most of the functions work very smoothly. The ability to switch between the standard MMI and the roadtop unit is great-- I even took this to the dealer with it installed and they didn't notice or say anything about it. I did experience some issues with the connectivity and ended up turning off wireless android auto which made it way better. It wasn't super useful anyway because, depending on your phone, wireless AA can drain 10% battery per hour. I find it's much easier just to plug in. The box works nicely with the MMI and steering wheel controls, and the call quality and voice recognition work great. Every once in a while everything just stops working and I have to restart the car to get it back in working order, but that's not too often.Overall, once you get it installed and configured this will make your car feel brand new! Roadtop should bundle the installation tools (Radio Keys and Vent Pullers) and create a better installation video and that would make this a much better product. Despite the installation issues, I would recommend buying this if you have a Q7 that you want to upgrade!

I really wish the company would help me get mine replaced after all the effort I put into installing it on my Audi Q7. No one responded to my emails early on. It is still installed in my vehicle and will not work, bluetooth won't recognize it. It's been bothering me for over a year now. If the company sends me another I will not only review it and post it. I will recommend this to a very large multi-location dealership owned by a relative who wants to be able to include these kits with the used cars who do not have it and this company can do the trick.

Chinese garbage. Not incredibly difficult to install, but glitchy and the bluetooth is unreliable. Mine would connect, then immediately disconnect. No matter what I tried, I never got it to work.

This is a great product gives a new life to my old 2013 Audi Q7; makes it able to catch up the mainstream of mobile technology. The most difficult step during installation is to unmount Air Vents, Audi MMI head-unit and AC controller unit. The locks are extremely stiff and very difficult to click both locks on two sides at the same time even with correct tools from Audi/VW by single person (two persons work together should be easier). After that, every thing is pretty easy and straight forward as described in the installation manual.The Retrofit Kit has many setup options after boot up, but the manual inside the box is very simple and covers only tiny portion of it. I wish the vendor/seller can provide an URL to download full manual / document. (no matter it's in English or in Chinese; I am aware of that the box is made in China.)I tested drive several times in the first night after installation and on the second day. I encountered two problems.1. screen size - the retrofit display to outside the screen, I saw options in the setup to make display smaller but the setting seems not working correctly everytime. After restart the car, sometimes it correctly fit display to screen but sometimes it went back to original bigger display.2. auto night mode in Android Auto - I followed the seller's reply in Q&A set the kit to auto (Setup -> Carplay/Android Auto -> turn on Auto Dark Mode) but both of my Google Map and Waze navigation are still stay in day mode, no matter my car headlights are on or off. I reviewed my Google Map App setting and confirmed the color is set to Automatic already.(If I connect the same phone to my another car, VW Golf, came with OEM Android Auto support, the auto night mode works well.)I don't see a method to contact seller directly, hence I left my question together with my product review.