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hmm looks like I might consider just going back to plan A and hardwiring. thank you all for your help. Its been very useful and has given me a number of options to ponder

Everyone. Could I buy an adapter and power it from my mirror?

Hi Clifford, No, I'm pretty sure mine stays on so I would need to unplug I guess. I would need to decide long-term what I will do but it looks like I can only have a cable coming down to the driver side fusebox if I'm going to hardwire it and that will mean leaving the cable in view as the A pillar trim removal is looking like a major faff.

Right. I have changed my plans. Here's why. I am chickening out of removing the A panel trim for the reasons you mention. However, I can't get the wire tucked into the trim edge either. I have it under the headlining all right but I'm fearful of damaging the fabric if I go much harder on the A panel trim trying to get the wire under it: it is really really tight. Long story short, I found the passenger side A trim would allow me to run a wire under it. Unsuitable for hard wiring though so I've decided that in the short term I'd now run the power cable down the passenger side and use the cigarette lighter for that. I've managed to get that tucked into the side of the A panel trim and it looks fine. I ran the rear camera cable and have it attached to the side of the window with some of the wire grabber things that came with the kit and although not perfect, I can accept it at certainly for now. Given that I don't want two wires there, I'm initially going to also admit defeat on my initial idea of hardwiring the camera and will continue to run the power from the cigarette lighter using the wire on the passenger side I toyed with the idea of trying to hard wire it to the fusebox on the passenger side but I believe the fuses there are not very suitable. I'm going to leave this as is for the time being and see how I feel with it for a bit. Thank you everyone for helping me out with it.

Yes that's my big challenge here.

I understand the different viewpoints here. All my cars have been serviced at the dealers and I changed them often. When I retired I decided to keep my Audi, which I'd had on lease from new, and, feeling the pinch a lot more than in the past I'm more inclined to try some jobs, which I'd previously have had done at the garage, myself. I am a complete numpty with cars in the sense that I am ignorant of their repairs but I'm not a total numpty in most matters and feel fairly confident of doing the actual electrical side of it, but I was ignorant of a) actually locating where the fusebox on mine was b) how to accessing it and c) concealing the wires once I'd finished. I am pretty happy to keep on with the job but my next concern is how to get the wires concealed in the A pillar trim which do contain airbags. I had a look today and there is no wiggle room to safely push them in at the side without at least loosening the trims. I've found tutorials on how to do it on earlier and more recent versions of my car but, frustratingly, not my own model.

Thank you Gareth, @Magnet I'm feeling like once I locate the fusebox I will be all right. I was confused because my AI kept telling me I needed to use one behind the glovebox with my early 2017 car. It said that the RHD version of that particular iteration of the A6 had the fusebox in a different position and not to use any other one. As I said I'm not familiar so was confused as to why this should be. Thank you @56Doc I must admit that the Halfords thing crossed my mind too. How hard can it be? I will ignore my AI which is probably a good general approach 🙂

Thank you for the friendly welcome, Dave. Happy to learn all I can here.

Thank you for helping. Please excuse my ignorance. I'm a complete numpty when it comes to cars and I know absolutely nothing. Is the fusebox where you open the door and unclip a panel on the side of the dashboard?

Greetings all from Kent UK. I'm an old buffer with an early 2017 A6. Not a clue about cars. Just driving around with my dotage approaching. Nice to be here though

Hi. First post here and sorry to resurrect an ancient one, but I'm looking to wire a dashcam to my early 2017 A6 C7. Will the fuseboxes be in the same places on mine? I'm in the UK and I'm not sure it his matters. Also is the passenger side one under the glovebox or on the side of the dash? Thanks for your help