Removing and installing DVD changer: Audi A6/A7 C7
Step-by-step removing and installing DVD changer for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Insert two radio release tools T10057 into slots on DVD changer R161(1) until they engage. Pointed ends of grips must face outwards.
📋 Procedure
- Open glove box.
- Take out any DVD that is still in DVD changer R161.
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Insert two radio release tools T10057 into slots on DVD changer R161(1) until they engage. Pointed ends of grips must face outwards.
- Pull DVD changer R161 out of mounting frame.
- Release and unplug connectors on DVD changer R161.
- Fit protective cap for cable connectorVAS 6223/9(1) onto MOST bus connector (2).
- Press release tabs on DVD changer R161 and remove radio release tools T10057.
- Plug all connectors in.
- Slide DVD changer R161 into mounting frame until it engages.
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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