Fitting a Double Dinn GPS/DVD into dash

2.0_hippo · Jun 16, 2011

I was happy with the freebie before I got this
Still only just releasing how many extras my one has lol
Reading the manual Now to work out what does what

2.0_hippo · Jun 16, 2011

picked up my new beasty today ! damm its good ! f**cks everyone over at traffic lights ! cant think how nippy they are once MAP'ed !

so many gadgets also !

markyzs180 · Jun 16, 2011

2.0_hippo said:
picked up my new beasty today ! damm its good ! f**cks everyone over at traffic lights ! cant think how nippy they are once MAP'ed !

so many gadgets also !

c'mon then...give us the spec...nice looker from the piccy

2.0_hippo · Jun 16, 2011

markyzs180 said:
c'mon then...give us the spec...nice looker from the piccy

corrr. a long list.

alothough mine is the so called "HSE" or base model, it has had every single optional extra added to it !

compared it to my mates vogue and the only difference is that the vogue has the sat nav upgraded audio.
other than that a hell of alot of car for the money ! all i can say is wow !!!

sorry but its far superior to the freelander !

heated front and rear seats
duel climate controls for left and right of car
heated steering wheel
electrically adjusted seats
electrically adjusted steering wheel
electric folding mirrors
6cd changer
xenon head lamps
automatic windscreen wipers
memory seats and steering settings
front and rear parking sensors
parrot bluetooth kit
cruise control
low range gear box
tiptronic auto box
hill descent and hill assent control
air suspension height adjustment
heated front and rear windows
automatic dimming outside and rear view mirrors

and more that i cant remember !

lovely bit of kit !

Anguslives! · Jun 17, 2011

Sounds good mate, it's a hole higher level......... Makes the Freelander sound a bit pants, but for that kind of cash you'd hope so!!

Very happy for you, but I'll stick with this little beasty for a while longer, just don't go putting silly low p tyres on it......... I can't stand that, or whats the point having a car thats 4WD only to get stuck in the snow!

Blunt · Jun 17, 2011

Looks great - will you be changing your name now too hippo?

Fur Trapper · Jun 17, 2011

2.0_hippo said:
corrr. a long list.

alothough mine is the so called "HSE" or base model, it has had every single optional extra added to it !

compared it to my mates vogue and the only difference is that the vogue has the sat nav upgraded audio.
other than that a hell of alot of car for the money ! all i can say is wow !!!

sorry but its far superior to the freelander !

heated front and rear seats
duel climate controls for left and right of car
heated steering wheel
electrically adjusted seats
electrically adjusted steering wheel
electric folding mirrors
6cd changer
xenon head lamps
automatic windscreen wipers
memory seats and steering settings
front and rear parking sensors
parrot bluetooth kit
cruise control
low range gear box
tiptronic auto box
hill descent and hill assent control
air suspension height adjustment
heated front and rear windows
automatic dimming outside and rear view mirrors

and more that i cant remember !

lovely bit of kit !

does it have head bobbin feature

2.0_hippo · Jun 17, 2011

Blunt said:
Looks great - will you be changing your name now too hippo?

sadly no, im still going to be "hippo" cant loose my status

markyzs180 · Jun 17, 2011

nice bit of kit hippo mate...forget what old boy angus says first thing i did with my p38 was slam it on 295 35 22's !!!

Anguslives! · Jun 18, 2011

markyzs180 said:
nice bit of kit hippo mate...forget what old boy angus says first thing i did with my p38 was slam it on 295 35 22's !!!

Lay off the old bit ya young wip snap! Low Pro Look Good but and it's a big but are crap in the snow..... So unless you change your wheels to match the weather what was the point of a 4x4?

Almost every car I've had either came with or I got Lows..... This is the first that aint nor I will.

markyzs180 · Jun 18, 2011

Anguslives! said:
Lay off the old bit ya young wip snap! Low Pro Look Good but and it's a big but are crap in the snow..... So unless you change your wheels to match the weather what was the point of a 4x4?

Almost every car I've had either came with or I got Lows..... This is the first that aint nor I will.

hahahahaha...got ya biting mate

they were falken m&s rated and were absolutely fine in the snow, had a set of 16's with a/t's on for the sticky stuff tho

wokingsteve · Feb 1, 2012

Now, I hate to attempt to drag this back to something like the original thread, but here goes!
Now, I've read almost word for word up to about page 35 (of 74 currently), but I was probably going a bit stir crazy at that point. Similarly, I've tried to scan and search other threads, to no avail.

Markyzs180, you may be able to answer my question (which is related, I promise).

I've got a Freelander ('05), with HK system with 6-disc, in dash changer.
Is it easy, or not, to extract it and replace with an aftermarket stereo, in terms of wiring?
Are the connectors ISO?
I'm not after replacing speakers, sub or amps, just the head unit.

Thanks.

Adcooper-s3 · Feb 1, 2012

Mate it's easy, pull out plug in, hardest thing is unscrewing everything. I did not need an iso adapter only one for the steering wheel controls. I have the HK too and it now sounds a lot better!

wokingsteve · Feb 1, 2012

Great, thanks for the reply.
I was getting that feeling earlier in the thread, but just wanted confirmation!

markyzs180 · Feb 1, 2012

Steve,

If you've got the six disc in dash you will need an iso adpater (sounds like adcooper had the becker single din unit) you will also need a fascia adapter depending on what you are fitting (single or double din) and again you'll need a steering stalk adapter and lead if you want those working.

I'll dig out the iso adpater number for you but it was only a couple of quid as its a common cable

wokingsteve · Feb 1, 2012

Greatly appreciated, thanks.

markyzs180 · Feb 1, 2012

iso adapter is Autoleads PC2-80-4, mine was £1.45 delivered!
if theres anything else you want to know just post up or drop me a pm

2.0_hippo · Feb 1, 2012

nice to see the thread back up and running

cant believe how many views and posts have been knocked up ! lol

hope everyones keeping well, including marky ! wheres angus been then ??

markyzs180 · Feb 1, 2012

2.0_hippo said:
nice to see the thread back up and running
cant believe how many views and posts have been knocked up ! lol

hope everyones keeping well, including marky ! wheres angus been then ??

i'm good bud...how's you?? glad to see the thread is still getting views and helping people out, once they've trawled through all the p***taking thats in it

ain't heard from anguslives for a while.... could do with map update

wokingsteve · Feb 4, 2012

Thanks for the previous advice.

Unfortunately for me, the swap wasn't so easy!
I installed my stereo with the lead from auto leads and ended up with no sound?
Not sure what went wrong.

I can see that there's a number of wires heading off to the HK amplifier that don't have a feed now, presumably there's something else required?

The stereo powered up, but nothing else!

Anyone have any ideas?

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