Removing and installing TV tuner R78/digital TV tuner R171 — AUDI
Removing and installing TV tuner R78/digital TV tuner R171 on Audi: 11 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
📋 Procedure
- When renewing control unit, select "„Replacement“" function for appropriate control unit in "„Guided Fault Finding“".
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Remove luggage compartment side trim (right-side) General body repairs, interior70Trim; Removing and installing luggage compartment side trim.
- Remove bracket for navigation system with CD drive control unit J401.
- Unplug connector (1) on TV tuner R78(6).
- Unplug MOST bus connector (2).
- Fit protective cap for cable connectorVAS 6223/9(1) onto MOST bus connector (2).
- Unplug aerial connectors (4) and (5).
- Remove bolts (7).
- Remove TV tuner R78(6).
- Installation is performed in reverse sequence.
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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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