Hello everyone,
Over the weekend I acquired a used PhatNoise audio system for my 2000 Audi A6. I installed it in the car, turned it on, and listed to some of the tunes left over from the previous owner (who I believe had a similar Audi with most likely the same radio - Audi Symphony with in-dash CD player).
Here are the things that keep me up at night:
The DMS I got is model DMS-020G rev B. I imagine from the numbers that's supposed to be 20GB in size, however, it's actually 40GB (as reported by the computer). I imagine someone hacked it and replaced the 20GB HD with a 40GB model. Would that be a correct assumption?
The firmware version information my radio recited back to me about the PhatNoise system installed in the car is something like 39xx.7 if I recall correctly (I don't remember the other numbers; the ones mentioned, I'm certain of). I downloaded the awesome DMS Tools 2.12 software and tried to update the firmware. I started with the non-hacked version 7.02. DSM Tools reported the operation as completing successfully. I took the DSM back in the car, turned on the radio, watched the green and red LEDs on the PhatBox blink intensely for minutes. When the music started playing again (and the LEDs stopped blinking sporadically - the red LED remained lit and the green blinked occasional), I check the firmware version and it was still the original one (39..). I repeated the process in DMS Tools with various firmware version (both hacked and non-hacked) and my car still reports the old firmware. Am I doing something wrong? I'm quite certain I followed proper DMS Tools procedures. Could it be something that the previous owner has done to the system?
I've also attempted to install the AAC plug-in via DMS Tools and did not seem to have much success. At least, I certainly cannot copy any of my unprotected iTunes-encoded AAC files (*.m4a) ripped from my own CDs.
I'm very new to this PhatNoise gear and quite stumped by the stuff mentioned above. I would greatly appreciate any help! Thanks