2 Din Head Unit Cable Connections?

[Mr Edd]

I believe it is direct wire. But only because of the posts above when one of the guys said the IR LED is in the eyebrow and didn't have that.

Edd

[Radioguy]

Originally Posted by Mr Edd

I believe it is direct wire. But only because of the posts above when one of the guys said the IR LED is in the eyebrow and didn't have that.

Edd

From another user that had similar problems

Found the wires for IRDA steering They were hidden in a black sleve coming from main loom.

[Mr Edd]

Originally Posted by Radioguy

From another user that had similar problems

Found the wires for IRDA steering They were hidden in a black sleve coming from main loom.

Yep... I tried them... This from my post above...

However, in my case, one I am pretty sure of is the Green with a Brown stripe.

This is the one that the Pink cable from the 2 Din Unit connects to. This is what operates the reversing camera automatically when you select reverse. Again refer to my thread in the link above about installing the reversing camera for more details.

So now what do the others do? The two Steering Cables from the 2 Din unit originally were connected into a red box type of connector.

I read in a few threads that other peeps had cut the red box off and connected the wires to the appropriate cables in the loom.

I tried these two wires with the two cut from the red box. Nada. I tried all the combinations too.

Edd

[Radioguy]

Originally Posted by Mr Edd

Yep... I tried them... This from my post above...



I tried these two wires with the two cut from the red box. Nada. I tried all the combinations too.

Edd[/LEFT]

SO the Infrared Wires are there? If so try
For Infrared Steering wheel Controls
blue lead from the new unit to the blue/pink (Could that be your Blue Purple?) one that attaches into the infra red control box.
It is a Little white box which is the steering wheel remote control module(cruise control and /or radio controls) behind the old stereo

[raykay]

It is only the ZT with the Kenwood unit that has the Infra-Red system, all the others are hard wired - through the 17 pin BMW connector in the Harmony (as in Mr Edd's), the ISO connector in the Symphony, or on their own in a green mini ISO connector in the later single DIN units.

[Mr Edd]

Originally Posted by Radioguy

SO the Infrared Wires are there? If so try
For Infrared Steering wheel Controls
blue lead from the new unit to the blue/pink (Could that be your Blue Purple?) one that attaches into the infra red control box.
It is a Little white box which is the steering wheel remote control module(cruise control and /or radio controls) behind the old stereo

I don't have them... In red

Edd

[Radioguy]

Originally Posted by Mr Edd

I don't have them... In red

Edd

If I remember right, You installed the BMW Connector too?

[raykay]

Mr Edd had a Harmony unit which has the steering wheel control cables in the 17 pin BMW connector on the car loom, he has used a a BMW to ISO adapter lead to connect to his new unit and extended the steering wheel control cables from the original car loom connector as they are not in the adapter lead.

[David Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Mr Edd

Hi Sean

As I have said it works with my House aerial but not with the mobile ones.

I have tried it all over Shropshire with no joy.

So the box works just not the aerial.

Edd

Where have you tried locating the aerials? They are very sensitive to careful siting. Took me a long time to get anywhere with it, but finally got there in the end. They go from absolutely no signal to quite a good signal with only a small re-aligning, especially if you're only using a single input box. Was it you who stuck it in the high level brake light?

[Mr Edd]

Originally Posted by raykay

Mr Edd had a Harmony unit which has the steering wheel control cables in the 17 pin BMW connector on the car loom, he has used a a BMW to ISO adapter lead to connect to his new unit and extended the steering wheel control cables from the original car loom connector as they are not in the adapter lead.

Thanks RayKay for putting it so succinctly...


I used to teach computers to mature students and would start my classes by trying to explain how they work or think.

I would illustrate this by telling them that the world was being visited by aliens (computers) and that the government had allocated each of us to lodge an Alain so that they could learn how we live etc. And that we should just live our normal lives.

The following morning a flying saucer would land in our front gardens and we should make the alien feel at home.

We welcome them in and then tell them we have to go to work so make themselves at home and make a cup of tea.

The alien says "What's a cup of tea?"

I would then ask the class to describe how they make a cup of tea.

The usual responces came with first ..

Put water in kettle and switch it on, then put tea in pot then. then poor boiling water onto the tea and add milk and sugar to taste.

The alien then asked "What is a kettle?"

What I was trying to illustrate was algorithms. A computer works by doing things in sequence. Multi tasking is a myth.

Invariably I would get one student who would put their hand up and say "What happens if you haven't got a front garden?"


This is the problem with communicating via this medium; made all the more difficult by the interjections from many others who are asking what if's such as what if I haven't got a front garden..

Most of the problems I am having are in my original post. It is just that I have the algorithm the wrong way round and I need someone to say "A" "B" "C" rather than "2" "3" "1" out of sequence.

I know I am being a bit anal about this but part of it is the form of communication we are using.

I know with the help from you guys I will eventually get my cup of tea.

Thanks

Edd