i have disconnected the cd stacker in mine and just left it in place.

the reason why i disconnected it was so i could put an AUX cable in its place on the back of the head unit.

in terms of draining power. you should be able to connect you BT device using the "accessories" 12V wire, instead of the battery power (head units usually use both so that even when off there is power to eject and/or operate the radio for some period of time.)

it depends on the power cable for this unit on how you want to wire it up. But most likely you would take an accessory and the ground wire and jumper them to your unit.

 

I have the LT (no BT) version installed in my Alfa. No CD changer in my case, so it was connected directly to the car stereo (plug and play, it uses the same connection as CD changer, AFAIR no extra power connection was needed). I wanted access to the connectors (usually I have iPod connected all the time, but sometimes I connect iPhone), so the adapter is placed in glove compartment and I would suggest similar installation

 

This product is really nice. I'm using a cheaper product. Dension are experts in this business.

 

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Can anyone help explain to me how to remove the CD Changer in the boot to get access to the connection cables.

Thanks!

 

You don't remove the changer in the boot, you remove the head unit and disconnect the CD changer cable from it. Then the Dension comes with a connector that will go straight into your head unit where the CD changer used to.

Its plug & play. I have fitted many, usually in Audi's. I even have a couple in the garage spare from old installs!

You remove the head unit with special tools that can be got from any ICE company or online, however if you are impatient and dont want to wait, go get a metal coat hanger, cut 2 s 12" lengths from it and bend them in half with a 2" distance apart (5", bend 90 degrees, 2", bend 90 degrees) to make a U shape. Make 2 of them.

Put those into the small holes on each side of the head unit and push in then pull the head unit out. Its fiddly, and you need to find a way to grab onto the head unit, but it will come out.

The cable that connects the CD changer will be labelled on the back of the head unit but it will also be the same as the one on your Dension, and they are handed / unique so they can only go in the right place on the head unit.

Enjoy!

Great bit of kit

 

Sorry if this comes across as a silly question, but why is it not possible to simply unplug the CD changer connection in the boot and reattach the same cable to the Dension unit (assuming they use the same connectors), so that the Dension sits in the boot?

Thanks for your help. This mystery to me is slowly unravelling.

 

no, the plug fits the socket in the back of the head unit, the plug and socket at the changer is entirely different.

Unless you want to start cutting into the loom, plug in at the head unit.

 

As the others said. Forget the boot, the connection to the head unit is plug'n'play.

 

Thank you all! Now I understand.

 

I too wanted to fit the Dension unit in the boot instead of the CD changer. I couldn't even find a way to remove the CD changer so I gave up and connected it to the head unit.

Now I am thinking to remove the useless changer anyway to get a little more space for some other junk I'd carry in the boot. Is there a way to remove it easily?

 

Guys, i fitted the dension cable to the rear of the 939 head unit and I get nothing from the unit, no sound at all. I can get phone ot stream to the BT unit but no sound from the head unit, i have the head unit on AUX, assuming that it correct. Stuck - any suggestions?

thanks

 

If you have a disc in the CD player it will do that. remove it and just press once on the CD button, and CD CHANGER will show in the display, and you should hear iphone sound.

 

Perfect, thanks. After some messing about I finally got it sorted out. Great product, travelled Wigan to London with full tunes and BT phone too.

 

Yesterday I got mine Dension Gateway Lite BT and now I'm thinking where to put this little thing as there is no enough free space available behind the headunit and there is no easy way to install it in the glove box as you have to drill the hole for wire harness and so on. I don't want to do that. Anyone have tried to connect it in the boot using the 13 pin din cable?

 

I've finally made an adapter for Gateway Lite BT, so I can connect it directly to 13pin DIN cable in the boot :clap: If someone is interested, please contact me.

Photos:
https://i.imgur.com/9Vz40A1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cbXPjhY.jpg

 

Does this unit work when you have Blue&Me and no CD change? My car is a 2007.

 

Yes, it does. Not sure if you will find a 13pin DIN cable in the boot if you don't have a CD changer, but you can connect it directly to the headunit using 8pin ISO connector (I actually haven't found enough space behind the headunit for this unit).