Thread: New Stereo and Compressor for my Puma

So for the latest addition to the Puma I decided I NEEDED a Compressor and a new Stereo.

For the Compressor I chose the ARB CMKA12. I haven’t really every been a fan of ARB stuff, but this little compressor is pretty good. It will pump the tyres on the Defender from 18psi up to 32 psi in about 1 min 25 secs and is reasonably quiet.

I chose to get the “on board” style rather than the on in the little carry box and I mounted it under the bonnet on the firewall near the heater in that vacant area.



The install was pretty easy and the supplied wiring kit is good. The wiring kit also has some extra wires in it if you want to fir air lockers in the future, however as I have TC I don’t think this will be an option.

I have mounted it with a nitto socket that is accessible with the bonnet raised and I just plug my inflator into that…

Job Done, for now… Maybe later I might fit a tank to give a bit more capacity but we will see.

Next…. The stereo

So I wanted a Bluetooth phone kit, reverse camera and IPod all in one unit and there are a few good one around, however I went with the JVC AVX-77 JVC Products Australia : Welcome



It’s a really cool unit if a bit over priced. RRP in Aust is a crazy $1549.00 but a friend in the states found one for around $450 USD, and it only cost about $80 to mail it over. Bargain!!!

Install was pretty standard affair although made a lot easier by purchasing a standard plug PC2-36-0 Female ISO Bare End Adpater Wire Connector NEW - eBay (item 320396100965 end time Nov-06-09 11:35:04 PST) adaptor from fleabay. Just solder and heat shrink all the wires together and plug it in. I took a flylead off the reverse light to power the reverse camera and also run it forward to the unit.





I setup the mic input for the phone kit on the A pillar and I run the video cable from the camera along the edge of the roof liner and down the pax side A pillar.

It all worked fist time (which is nice) and I’m very happy with it…

The hands free kit is brilliant and connects to my phone within seconds of getting the car started and the reverse camera image pops up within seconds of putting it in reverse.

The IPod input is a usb cable and even display track info and cover art on the display… overall Fantastic. although I may need some better speakers...

I think I will convince the wife I NEED a snorkel and dual battery set-up next.

Originally Posted by Mikes defender

Craig

Are the connections behind the sterio normal? I heard that it was a CAN BUS or some thing and that i would need a speical adpator. I think that the salesman was talking ****. Don't have a puma yet but next year i should. I was planing on getting a sterio for this defender then tranfering it accross. buy was put off by this CAN BUS thingo.

Mike

Originally Posted by JohnR

Can Buss normally refers to the dash board and ecu data transfer system. Which I don't think the defenter uses (I stand to be corrected here )

As for the stereo the sales man was talking the preverbial! The standard stereo connect like any other stereo and installing an after market one is just as easy. The biggest drama I had was running cables and storing them in hidden locations, but this is no different to any other car.

Chreers,

The Puma is a CANbus system for the ECM, Alarm, ABS and basic BCU systems. As I understand it even though the alarm system isn't actually CANbus, it has been interfaced. The radio and a lot of the switches and controls are not operating through the CANbus system though. Therefore (unlike say a new Commodore) you can simply pull out the radio and install a new one.

That said it should also be possible to add things on to the CANbus - like Cruise Control perhaps.