How to allow DVD input when car is moving ??

Stan

If you are hovering over the grey wire with your side cutters, would you take a pic showing which multi plug and cable you are targeting

Great info again Rob, you are turning into a one man Subaru Hatch reference library mate

So I've got the snips in 1 hand, the wires in the other - how do I hold the camera ?!!
Not to mention the lack of space to get 2 hands + snips in !

I'll give it a go.

I do try to help were I can Mick

Plenty of room inside the sti I was working on today, Hardwiring in a Parrot handsfree kit
wire colours are still a pain in the ass

wow ! So much more room. I'll pull wires harder to try to get them further out.

Good news chaps It works

I quickly had a look at this after work as I too have wanted the screen to work while moving for a long time now.

I took the nav unit out on my uk 330s and found the grey wire. It's on the smaller of the two white plugs in the back of the unit. There is a grey wire on the lager plug as well but it has a stripe on it. I can't remember what colour it is striped with, but thats not it!!

The shielding around the cluster of wires makes it hard to cut the wire and leave it long enough to ground, so I just cut it about 1" from the plug.
I have just hashed a wire with a crocodile clip on it and taped it to the grey wire to see if works at the moment. I put the crocodile clip down on a piece of sheet metal by the metasat unit to earth it.

I intend to get in there with a soldering iron and make this permanent now I know it works.
I can post some pics when I do this if you like??

Oh by the way. When you disconnect the stereo and then reconnect it, it will come up with several "security" messages and do a check. There are no buttons you can press to make this go away, but when you switch the ignition on fully it will revert back to normality.

Cheers

Ben

Pics would help!

Did Rob or someone list how to get the head unit out ... I worry I will scratch the dash or surround as the dealer did when I do this!
I have the Subaru mic for handsfree fitted.... will this have more wires to avoid?

as said in an earlier post :-)

Rob wrote:

the trim around the headunit just unclips, Start with the middle of the trim on the drivers side of it and just pull in a clockwise motion, then once thats off the headunit is just screwed into the dash with 6 screws. You'll find something else hidden in there too ontop of the headunit, you'll see what i mean

Further to Robs suggestion you can tilt the DVD screen in disk insertion mode. That will allow you to get your fingers under the top edge of the surround. Then just pull straight back with the panel and it will unclip. You may have to give a reasonably good tug, but don't worry as the clips are metal.

HTH

Ben

Thats good - how to remove the surround.

I might even be tempted to try this myself now

Ok here goes

Start off by tilting the screen to the "insert DVD" position.


You can then get your fingers under the top edge of the surround and pull straight out. As soon as it unclips at the top you will easily be able to pull the rest of the surround off working clock wise around the clips. The clips may need a good tug to get them moving but they are metal so will take it ok.


Now you can see the 4 screws that hold in the unit as well as the 2 screws that hold a bracket for the Metasat system. Right at the bottom there are the 2 screws for the fan vent.

It is the 2 top most and 2 bottom most screws that you want to undo with a philips driver.



I put the car in 4th gear to get the lever out of the way and put a towel down so as to not scratch any of the surrounds or stereo face.
Now you pull the unit out as far as possible, which won't be far as the wires are quite short. To remove the connectors you need to feel for the release clip at the bottom of the plug. Push that in and pull out the plug.
There are two white and one green connectors to release. When they are all out you will still have one much longer black wire attached. It has a grey connector on it but that is buried right back at the dashboard support frame. It comes apart in the same way as the others.



Now you have this. The grey wire is located in the smaller left hand white connector. The larger white connector is for the speakers etc and the green is the aerial.


I pulled the black outer sheathing back as far as I could and cut the wire about an inch from the plug.



Then I soldered on a 6" wire to extend it and heat shrunk the joint. The other side of the grey wire that runs back into the loom just needs isolating. I just put a piece of heat shrink over it and tucked it back into the bunch of wires. You can see it stuck up in the photo.



Then pulled the sheathing back and cable tied the wire to the main bunch.



At this stage there a few options. You could use any of these to make an earth connection. I chose a spade connector as you'll see later but you could use an "eye" or "fork" connector under one of the screws I'll point out.



On the side of the unit is this bracket which has a spade connector plug pressed into it. I happened to have a connector which fits this so I used it.



The tab on the bracket is screwed on here. The metal support bracket goes back to the chassis to complete the earth circuit. If you want to use the "eye" or "fork" connector I would suggest that you use this screw hole to mount it through.


So that would be the screw in the middle of this picture, just above the air vent.



So then reassemble. There is plenty of room down the side of the unit for the wire by the way.

The wire bunches can be a little hard to get back down the hole but there are no real tricks here, just do the reverse.


When you power the system back up you will get a "security" screen. Don't be alarmed, it will just load and then go to another "checking" screen. There are no buttons you can press to make this go away. All you need to do is fully turn on the ignition and all will be fine



Then its time for your passenger to enjoy a classic film or two


Cheers

Ben

Bloody brilliant ! Even I can follow that !
I notice the grey wire has 2 silver bands on it - thats what confused me - I was looking for a plain grey

Bought new soldering iron (old one has given up after about 30 years !) + length of wire so if it eases of raining tomorrow I'm up for it !

Thanks again Rob and Mobius!

It is the plain grey wire you want Stan, in the smaller connector, the other larger white connector also has a grey wire in it but it has a coloured flec running down it. Leave that one alone

Ben

Well done Ben ! Incredible detail in the photo's and instructions.

I will give it a go asap.

BIG QUESTION : is it legal to have video playing or can the cops pull and nick ?



And... how about another 'how-to' photo thread to change the sidelight bulbs to some bright white leds (i do hate the standard yellow hue next to the white headlamps - euro spec) and maybe fog bulbs as well.

PLEASEEEEEEE

Thanks to Rob/Ben's idiot proof pics/destructions, I did the handbrake fix in about 20 mins. Now works when in motion

Only problem is that when showing the Camp2 monitoring, I have now got a 1cm tall white flashing (in sync with engine revs) strip along the bottom of the screen and the normal view is squashed up (by 1cm) so the circular gauges now look slightly eliptical
Everything else on the head unit works fine.

fantastic walk through.
just one question, after cutting the wire, the part from the connector needs to be earthed as in the pics, what happens to the part which goes to the handbrake?
sorry in advance if this is a stupid question.

carlos..

s77ppp wrote:fantastic walk through.
just one question, after cutting the wire, the part from the connector needs to be earthed as in the pics, what happens to the part which goes to the handbrake?
sorry in advance if this is a stupid question.

carlos..

Insulate it and tape it back to the harness out of the way

StanS wrote:Thanks to Rob/Ben's idiot proof pics/destructions, I did the handbrake fix in about 20 mins. Now works when in motion

Only problem is that when showing the Camp2 monitoring, I have now got a 1cm tall white flashing (in sync with engine revs) strip along the bottom of the screen and the normal view is squashed up (by 1cm) so the circular gauges now look slightly eliptical
Everything else on the head unit works fine.

sounds like the alternator could need a supressor fitted to it, but To be honest I'm not sure how these fit on the smart alternators the supressor would eliminate elctrical noise which is interfearing with the Camp2

Tape it off or similar to stop it touching anything.

vulnax wrote:Tape it off or similar to stop it touching anything.

yeah thats it

Thanks Ben for taking the time to post the info and pics

Rob wrote:

StanS wrote:Thanks to Rob/Ben's idiot proof pics/destructions, I did the handbrake fix in about 20 mins. Now works when in motion

Only problem is that when showing the Camp2 monitoring, I have now got a 1cm tall white flashing (in sync with engine revs) strip along the bottom of the screen and the normal view is squashed up (by 1cm) so the circular gauges now look slightly eliptical
Everything else on the head unit works fine.

sounds like the alternator could need a supressor fitted to it, but To be honest I'm not sure how these fit on the smart alternators the supressor would eliminate elctrical noise which is interfearing with the Camp2

Thanks again Rob.
I'll look into it.

Thanks guys, going to try this soon.
what are u guys using to display the data?,
i have a spare iphone so might try that, what are the best apps?

carlos..

No problem chaps Good to help out fellow hatch owners

I've edited the walk through to hopefully make more sense as to what should happen to the other end of the grey wire. Could someone have a read through and see if it really is full proof??

It could be re-posted in the first post or put by itself and made a sticky rather than being hidden on page 3.

As for legality, I'm not sure. I doubt it is so I wouldn't show it off to the coppers but I wont be worrying too much either. I've heard people saying it could void your insurance but I figure its easy to put back to standard if I crash it....... along with my panel filter

Cheers

Ben

Checked it through and its even clearer now !


I reckon there should be a folder titled "how to ...." with stuff like this in it.

Rob/Ben
Did you check the voltage on the end of the wire from the handbrake to see if it was 0V with the handbrake off ?

Clutching at straws here with limited knowledge, but wondered why earthing the feed wire to the head unit caused the 1cm high white bar on screen, when before the mod if I pulled the handbrake up slightly the display was perfect when moving.


Tried earthing the A4 wire direct to battery. No change, so connected earth back to spade on side of unit.
Tested with DVD - perfect, also all other Std functions on head unit.
Camp2 still has bottom 1cm strip