Saturday 30th October 06 Sat
Nav Retrofit
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Words & Photos: Ken Devitt
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The speed sensor wire on the back
of one of the instrument cluster looms needs to be tapped into.
The wire is the black/white one, going into pin 8 of the white
connector.
Connectors are supplied, but they're not great - so its worth
stripping back the cable and soldering in the wire from the
retrofit loom. The wire in question is red/brown.
Once this is done, you can put the instrument cluster back in. |
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The blue/yellow cable needs to be
routed into the glove box. Unclip the fuse holders, and pull
down toward yourself. You'll see a black box attached to the top
of it. Pull this off, and twist it to face you. Once again, this
is a tight fit. The wire will clip straight in - if there is a
free space, if not you'll need to tap into one of the existing
wires like I did.
I didn't get to take a photo of this section - as it was
impossible to turn the box, and photograph it at the same time.
I've attached the image from the BMW instructions which are as
clear as mud. You can put the glove box back once you have this
done. |
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Plug the radio loom into the matching section on the retrofit
loom. Tape up the unused t-connector, and aerial connections.
You won't need them for the new system.
The CD changer needs to be wired as well. Its very odd that BMW
didn't just make a connector for this on the loom - instead you
need to remove the cables from the metal connector, and stick
them into supplied socket casings.
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