Update for anyone else thinking about this tidy upgrade.
It was successful, but did involve a bit of wiring work.
Socket on the back of the new unit is the new 52 pin, while the plug on the existing car wiring was completely different, and usually with stereo upgrades you would just buy an iso adaptor, but no such adaptor exists for this.
This involved sourcing a 52 pin plug with wiring, reading wiring diagrams and wiring everything up manually.
I now have Bluetooth, and DAB radio all from a nice new touchscreen unit, and at a fraction of the cost of buying a new aftermarket stereo.
Even changing driving modes it displays on the screen like in the newer Mitos.
The only issues I have is no aux - not bothered when I have Bluetooth.
No steering controls and no phone / microphone connectivity but again not really a deal breaker for me as I never used them in the first place.
I also have a flashing Speedo, which is very common in stereo upgrades, and a proxi alignment did NOT resolve this unfortunatly so I am stuck with that which is a little annoying.
Something to do with a convergence unit failure?
If anyone has any ideas how to resolve this please let me know.
And if anyone would like any further help on this upgrade just let me know.
What if I don't have blue&me originally in my car?
Proxy alignment was failed anytime, I have tried it with MES and with examiner too, but it has all failed.
What if I don't have blue&me originally in my car?
Proxy alignment was failed anytime, I have tried it with MES and with examiner too, but it has all failed.
Do you get any errors in MES ? If you have an actual error, you can try proxy alignment as much as you want, but it won't solve the problem of course till you fix the underlying problem..
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