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MVS



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Factory iPod connection kit; DIY fit? & cost

As per title really

How much is the kit, and general fitting cost or can it easily be DIY fitted (I have built a Westfield, fitted carphone kits etc, so I have a reasonable amount of experience with auto electrics) or does it need dealer Laptop to activate something.

TIA
Mike

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Toolking



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Fitted mine myself without any real problems, despite a certain amount of nerves when cutting away bits of the speedo surround and drilling a hole in it to fit the ipod mount.
I got mine from Yeovil Landrover:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...WLIST#LIST

This looks like a newer version as it talks about the Ipod touch etc. and suggests that the ipod goes in the glovebox.

Fitting instructions for the earlier version can be downloaded from the Landrover owner info website:
http://www.ownerinfo.landrover.com/extfree2viewlrprod/index.jsp

Hope I pasted the links correctly

Good luck - well worth the effort in my view He who dies with the most tools wins!

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Obviously didn't get the links right - Obviously much harder than modifying the car Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad He who dies with the most tools wins!

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Fixed the links for you (don't think the ownersinfo fully works)

You need to "[url]" and then "[/url]" at each end of the link, without the " ", same for IMG's

I hope you didn't buy from Yeovil LR on eBay Shocked

Forum member "the large one" (on Disco3) is Nick the Parts Manager there, and due to the eBay fee's he normally sort you a even better deal out direct Thumbs Up Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Toolking



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Thanks for sorting out the link.

Idid buy it on ebay I'm afraid, but that was well before I discovered this forum.

Fairly normal for me to pay more than I need to - I get carried away with enthusiasm much too quickly He who dies with the most tools wins!

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Oh Well Smile

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whats this do than a Aux cable? seems like a lot of cables for a ipod attachment? Any one got pictures of the finish product?

Dorko

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MVS



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Thanks for links.

Seems to be a fairly major dash deconstruct to fit. Is it an easy job? Did you end up with any squeeks & rattles afterwards.

Looking at the new accessories brochure it doesn't show the dash bracket just a glovebox lead will this mean less dash to strip?
TIA
Mike

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chicken george wrote:


Way to much time on your hands! hahahaha

Dorko

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Once you have pulled off the speaker cover on the middle of the dashboard and the little tray below the screen the rest mostly unscrews (Torx fixings) Once these are out you do have to pull off the surround bit of the center console but that was pretty easy. The rest wasn't hard, all the wiring just plugs in and it all went back together ok. No squeeks or rattles.

All I have to do now is te find a place to store all of the LPs Smile He who dies with the most tools wins!

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MVS



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Toolking wrote:


All I have to do now is te find a place to store all of the LPs Smile


As you have an HSE they may fit inside your spare rim in the wheel well. Smaller wheeled specs may struggle Whistle

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Rolling with laughter

That might be more appropriate for a disco Laughing He who dies with the most tools wins!

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MVS



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Toolking wrote:
Rolling with laughter

That might be more appropriate for a disco Laughing


Would be a pain in a Disco as you would have to wind the spare down with its winch every time you wanted to change tunes Thud

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New Version Factory IPod Connection Install_ Glovebox

I did it about a month ago and the install isn't too bad. Very expensive though, approx $400 US.

It isn't hard to install, because the cables only fit 1 way. The hardest part after you pry the center speaker cover off ( I used the two plastic "roadside assistance" cards in the glovebox placed together as a soft pry tool) is that most of the glovebox has to be disassembled to put the mount in place for the USB/RCA input, on the ceiling of the glovebox. There is also a "brain-box" that has to be sticky taped to the firewall.

Works like a charm... Sounds GREAT!

I think the part # is VPLAE0001

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