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Whats the MFD like to fit? Do you need anything other than the unit? Been thinking about putting one in for awhile. They are allways on ebay but never got round to gettin one

if you don't mind me asking how much you pay for your sat nav? they look cool and i think the in dash 6 cd changer could come out for one

chewy wrote:Whats the MFD like to fit? Do you need anything other than the unit? Been thinking about putting one in for awhile. They are allways on ebay but never got round to gettin one

The MFD was easy to fit! Just like a normal single din unit. U need to buy a Plug and Play adapter and an Antenna. Its easy to see where both fit in though. The sound quality improves dramatically! Always a bonus!!

pip_polo wrote:if you don't mind me asking how much you pay for your sat nav? they look cool and i think the in dash 6 cd changer could come out for one

I paid about £230 for mine, it was pretty much brand new. The previous owner had it factory installed in a 2007 VW Caravelle. However I did have to pay for a GPS antennae £15, Plug+Play adapter £25, and because I wanted to watch videos I bought an AV adapter £70.

The AV adapter was the hardest thing to install. Im kind of a novice to electrical stuff so I may have made a mistake but whenever music was played through the adapter, I could hear engine noise from the speakers. It probably wasnt earthed properly Eventually I decided to power it through the cig lighter. It is now noise free.

The AV adapter connects to my Ipod Video via Ipods TV cable and u can watch vids on the MFD as long as the adapter is powered but only music if no power.

Overall I think it was well worth it.

not a bad price to say sat nav on its own can be like £200

looks really smart!!!

Very nice

were did you get the Plug and Play adapter?
a just bought one and didnt realise you need this adapter.

ryandel_9n3 wrote:were did you get the Plug and Play adapter?
a just bought one and didnt realise you need this adapter.

I got it from ebay..cant find the seller that i bought it from anymore but this guy seems ok, Item number: 110297116262

Hope that helps mate, its really easy to fit the whole thing together.

The only problem I had, was that initially the GPS antennae thing, wouldnt pick up any satellites. But after a couple of days it automatically started to pick them up.

I had to stick the antennae to the dashboard (with velcro) to get any reception. You cant really notice it, unless u look really hard.

Anything else just ask.

sorry here!!!!

hmm right.the guy a bought it from gave me this.
whats the red button for?
i am having trouble with the standard connection?
were is this getting pluged into?
u got any pics of every thing wired up?

ryandel_9n3 wrote:hmm right.the guy a bought it from gave me this.
whats the red button for?
i am having trouble with the standard connection?
were is this getting pluged into?
u got any pics of every thing wired up?

The red button is to override the 'safety switch' on the mfd unit ie U can watch videos while u drive..

I think the standard connection fits into the plugnplay wire..but cant quite remember, will get sum pics in daylight.

I think this is what I used to help me

abdnmoh wrote:I think this is what I used to help me

so the plug and play then goes into the connection from the car??
hmm dont think my arial will go any were as well.
never had this much trouble with fitting any thing like this

ryandel_9n3 wrote:

abdnmoh wrote:I think this is what I used to help me

so the plug and play then goes into the connection from the car??
hmm dont think my arial will go any were as well.
never had this much trouble with fitting any thing like this

The gps and standard antennae have different input plugs.

But i'll put some picks up tomorrow anyway.

thanks a lot mate for all the help.
talk to you tomoro then