Battery status capacity bar in MMI 3G

Posted July 23, 2009

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Did you know you can enable a battery capacity bar in your MMI 3G?

Instructions:

Press CAR + SETUP for 6 seconds to enter the hidden developer menu
Select “car”
Select “cardevextdevicelist”
Check the “Battery” checkbox
Press return key
Select “carmenuoperation”
Set the battery value to 5
Press return key
Press CAR key (exit hidden menu)
Restart the MMI: Press and hold down the function keys 1 (Setup), the control button 2 and the control key at the top right 3 simultaneously until the MMI system shuts down. Release keys -> MMI system reboots.
You’ll find a new “Battery” entry in your CAR menu

Some more screenshots:

The hidden menu needs to be unlocked first with VAG-COM/VCDS or VAS 505x. See here for instructions.

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8 Responses to “Battery status capacity bar in MMI 3G”

Cardhras says:

July 23, 2009 at 20:49

That’s cool :-) Thanks!

phxflyboy says:

July 28, 2009 at 04:28

What does the “Sliding Roof” option in the hidden menu do?

Maik says:

July 28, 2009 at 07:48

Why must battery set to 5 and not to 1 or 7 or 9 ?

Jan says:

July 28, 2009 at 08:26

Maik, you don’t have to set it to 5. This just indicates the relative position in the MMI menu. I thought 5 was nice :)

phxflybox: If you don’t have a sliding roof it will – obviously – do nothing. In certain cases your car may transform into a convertible but that is just a rumour.

phxflyboy says:

July 29, 2009 at 07:45

Well, I do have a sunroof. I like the convertible idea but don’t think that’s happening! Anyway, any other ideas as to what this feature does?

phxflyboy

Pete G says:

April 21, 2011 at 17:57

Hi,

Thanks for the informative guide. I have added the battery gauge, and it’s great.

I also noted another useful function….

You can add an MP3 Ripper to the Media Player. It converts any normal audio CD to MP3, and copies to the HDD. It titles the CDs and Tracks also, and it’s done all 4 that I have ripped so far (and they weren’t CD texted, so it must have a database).

It’s under

Main
Diagnose
Settings
Import Multimedia

It was factory set at [copy/no ripping] 3/4

I set it to [copy/ripping] 4/4

My car is a late 2009 A6 with MMI High 3G (tamper with your car at your own risk!).

You just then put an audio CD in the DVD drive, and select import. It will then pop up as a source.

Happy Days!