My passion project keeps evolving and getting muscles. The latest major update was published yesterday, which took me about a month to complete as opposed to the initially planned 1-2 weeks. The new version is now able to open sound datasets (any MIB generation) and interface configuration datasets ...

Today is the time to reveal the project I have been working on silently for some time. As you may remember, I researched the sound settings dataset for the MIB2 units and posted the coloring template. Here is the recap: https://mqb-blog.com/en/2022/02/21/sound-dataset/ Unfortunately, dealing with ...

It’s been a long break since my last article (you know, the war is happening), and I’ve finally found time to continue my research. Previous article: Hacking Sound Actuator / Active Exhaust firmwares The template for the 010 Editor to parse both generations (2 and 2.5) was published half a ye ...

MIB2 sound settings and datasets are a highly speculated topic: the web is full of comrades who flash “magic” files for money to turn an ukulele into a rock band. Now is a time to shed some light on this. My personal interest was to bring back the separate subwoofer control that existed for the Audi ...

My 1.5-year-old midnight hobby is coming to an end. Artificial sound systems on VAGs are easy to retrofit, so I sparkled up with this idea from the first day I learned about it. Basically, symposers are the only future for us: the planet is making another round, and production is reducing emissions ...

Some guy from the D2 found an ISO image for the A3 model, so I decided to go further and collect CDs for all Audi cars equipped with MIB2 High. Manuals were rereleased every 6 months in Europe but were never available in the US. ETKA doesn’t have part numbers too. I clearly see a pattern in the numb ...

I started my journey with artifical engine sound systems from Sound Actuator for the cabin and eventually managed to buy this one from a friend. Audi Active Exhaust contains of one or two steel “stewpots” connected to the car’s exhaust pipes. The system adds rumble and loudness to the original exhau ...

A month ago, I noticed several LEDs died in left turn indicator. They worked for 8 months since purchase, and once again, I vowed to buy any Chinese accessories. I decided to look again for OSRAM LEDdriving DMI and very suprisingly bought them on Allegro for ~50€. And since I needed to disassemble ...

This is going to be a very short post with a very rare find. Have you ever wondered what these mounting points on the top of the stowage box are made for? Finally I found a piece to put in there. This net has a very strange description in the ETKA – it appears to be an MP3 player compartment for so ...

Chinese pedal caps became the very first upgrade of my car. The price of the original parts was scaring me at that time, Audi dealership wanted €175 for the set. Today I bought them for half. I decided to change the Chinese caps to the original ones, as the replicas began to rust after three years. ...