Hey everyone new Audi owner here with a 2000 A6 2.7t. I was working on the car tonight and I noticed that my radio wont turn on. I tried pressing a bunch of buttons but it doesn't turn on at all, nothing is displayed on the screen. I replaced the battery just the other day, so I figured it was that, but as I read through the forum I noticed that most people get a "SAFE" message pop up, I don't get anything. The heat controls right below the radio all light up and work. Oh and I also checked all of my fuses. I'm stumped, any help is appreciated.

 

What were you doing to the car? Did the radio ever work?
Recheck the fuses.

Other wise you'll have to pull the radio and see if there is power to the connector. You'll need to get Bentley with a wiring diagram to determine which contacts nee to be powered.

 

It's too cold to go outside and check my car, but make sure you have a working fuse. Fuses are on the end of the dashboard, driver's side and there should be a schematic on the panel. You have to open the door to get at them. Otherwise, pressing the left/volume control **** should turn on the radio. If fuse is good, then as recommended above check for power to the radio.

 

I already checked the fuse on the driver side door, i checked all of them actually and they are all good. The radio worked fine a few days ago, I'm just not sure exactly when it stopped working all of a sudden. My guess is when i was working on replacing the battery but I'm not sure. I'll pull out the radio and look around there though, thanks guys. Also, I do have a Bentley manual so I'll be using that as a reference.

 

In case anyone was wondering or has the same problem, I managed to fix it. The fuse in the back of the radio was blown. Replaced it and everything works, didn't even go into safe mode!