Caporegime
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IIRC i purchased an Autoleads ISO adapter, you can get them in Halfords for £12 or something, means you can cut the K wire, but yes as above!
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Does that involve soldering or something? Can you tell I'm pretty clueless?
The Autoleads adaptor should be pretty much plug and play, no soldering required.
Caporegime
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No need to do this, the pioneer harness has two swichable connectors for this purpose, you can actually see them on the picture above.
As for the K wire i think Autoleads do an adapter without the K-wire connected.
It's the Sony! Fox doesn't know it but I'm helping him by making this retardo-guide.
I guess I missed these!
Do I just prize the thing open and plier them shut then? I had a little tug and they won't unplug easily, I didn't try too hard as I was scared of breaking them
I guess I missed these!
Do I just prize the thing open and plier them shut then? I had a little tug and they won't unplug easily, I didn't try too hard as I was scared of breaking them
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Okay I had a quick play without the satnav and bluetooth mic. First impressions are that it sounds like a radio. Playing Youtube music from my phone was nice.
The auto dimming and the day/night thing doesn't work. Apparently I need an illumination control thing which it didn't come with. I'll just have to put up with the uber brightness at night!
The tabs on the tuner source are really slow too, switching between tabs like. I took a video but I might have to upload that tomorrow.
It doesn't work when there's no key in the ignition but I don't know if that's because I did something wrong with the wiring.
On the plus side, it looks cool. Not looking forward to ripping off the panels to thread the other wires around...
The auto dimming and the day/night thing doesn't work. Apparently I need an illumination control thing which it didn't come with. I'll just have to put up with the uber brightness at night!
The tabs on the tuner source are really slow too, switching between tabs like. I took a video but I might have to upload that tomorrow.
It doesn't work when there's no key in the ignition but I don't know if that's because I did something wrong with the wiring.
On the plus side, it looks cool. Not looking forward to ripping off the panels to thread the other wires around...
Ghh. What the hell is the point of a screwdriver that spins in it's sheath.
Thats the point when u buy cheap tools !
I've looked at these Chinese units and apart from Dynavin messing up the looks, I'm too concerned with the quality issues.
That said however, this one looks promising: http://www.tv-in-motion.co.uk/bmw_headunit.html
Gets around the issue of losing the OBC functionality when moving to a non OEM device. Sadly having spoken with TVIM, there is no release date and we don't even know what stage the development is at. They just kept saying 'when it's finished...'. That's been quite a while now
I'm not prepared to lose the OBC controls so I am making do with a Mk4 dvd drive (with the custom firmware to give 7digit postcodes and speed cameras) and an Intravee2 connected to an Alpine mp3 changer.
Out of the two choices I personally would have gone with the Pioneer. I have never liked the Sony sound quality and I'm not fussed about the Nav being TomTom, although I agree it is the best one.
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Okay, I have it in. TomTom works as expected. Bluetooth works as expected. I was told that I sound like I have it on loudspeaker and I'm a little bit quiet but I can tweak that.
Interface is easy to use.
I guess it sounds better than the OEM stereo, but I have the same speakers so this is hard to gauge. I am now getting lots of interference from the satnav (I guess) on the speakers though. You know when your mobile phone is near the speakers and it makes a dit-dit-dit sound like morse-code? That is happening quite frequently even without my phone anywhere near it. You can't hear it as much when the music is louder but it's there and is ****ing me right off.
I like that the music gets quieter when Tomtom wants to say something.
I'm no good at reviewing stuff. I'm a thumbs up or thumbs down kind of guy. I'd give it a thumbs up depending on whether the dit-dit-dit is going on.
Interface is easy to use.
I guess it sounds better than the OEM stereo, but I have the same speakers so this is hard to gauge. I am now getting lots of interference from the satnav (I guess) on the speakers though. You know when your mobile phone is near the speakers and it makes a dit-dit-dit sound like morse-code? That is happening quite frequently even without my phone anywhere near it. You can't hear it as much when the music is louder but it's there and is ****ing me right off.
I like that the music gets quieter when Tomtom wants to say something.
I'm no good at reviewing stuff. I'm a thumbs up or thumbs down kind of guy. I'd give it a thumbs up depending on whether the dit-dit-dit is going on.
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You are a great advert for paying the £130 to get it installed!!!
