How ya like them apples? 2005 L322 'Gap Year' MOST system upgrade

[irubix]

Installed yesterday!

Steering wheel control - Yes
Canbus interface - Yip
Clock sync with internet time - Sure
4G Modem - Yes sir
Apple CarPlay Wired/Wireless - Yas
Rear camera enabled with reverse - Oh yes
L/100 readout - Absolutely
Integrated panel mic for phonecalls - Of course

Wiring required - Zero, zilch, nada, Nien

Completely plug and play.

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[Tombie]

Good win!

[NUTTTR]

Nice!

It looks photoshopped in all those images...so nice it actually fits.

The top of it looks a bit high though, on mine I drilled a new set of holes for the screws on the screen (while the stock holes lined up for the unit to mount in the frame it sat too high, leaves a gap at the bottom on the front and causes the top of the screen to be hard to press as it's right up under the dash)...

This is the approximate top line of mine... I drilled new holes almost directly below the existing ones and had to cut the frame a little more..

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[irubix]

Ahh good point, I need to refit the dash top still so ill see how it goes tomorrow. The PO had already been in there and cut the frame to buggery so its a little crooked already. When i bought it, i ripped out miles of terrible audio wiring and had to trace and repair lots of cuts. Killer.

[vbrab]

Nice!

It looks photoshopped in all those images...so nice it actually fits.

The top of it looks a bit high though, on mine I drilled a new set of holes for the screws on the screen (while the stock holes lined up for the unit to mount in the frame it sat too high, leaves a gap at the bottom on the front and causes the top of the screen to be hard to press as it's right up under the dash)...

This is the approximate top line of mine... I drilled new holes almost directly below the existing ones and had to cut the frame a little more..

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Good looking job, and a lot of work in that.

[irubix]

Top back on, fits well. Also installed the USB and AUX into the cig socket. Have another twin USB (power only) coming for inside the armrest on the slowboat from china [smilebigeye]

Wanting to fit a gauge into where the clock lives, looks a bit off 52mm standard side + there is a lip inside so i think ill need to dremel it out a bit. Probably dual temp, trans and water. Either that or install a faceplate and have a GME radio bulkhead plug for the radio handpiece.

Anyone fitted a gauge in there before?

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[Tombie]

Do it! Will come up well.

[NUTTTR]

Looks great, nice fit!

[harlie]

looks nice.

Q: does yours have the optical connector?

I've seen 2 very different looking units available - 1 has a single DIN and the other (more expensive) is rather flat on the back. from the pics I'm guessing NUTTTR has the single DIN and irubix has the later flatter unit?? Some of them are specifically labelled as 2005-2012, the add always says 2002-2012 but in the photos there is sometimes a sticker visible on the unit.

I'm not sure when they changed to what? ie anyone know whats different between irubix 2005 and MY07?

wanting to install one but I've not seen anyone with a 2006-2009 do it. Heaps (including me) done early model

[irubix]

Yep, all fibre connections + has a flat back so not a DIN type with the long back.

My 2005 is the year when they were still M62/BMW era, but with all the ford entertainment.

When i was installing it, i was speaking to the seller as it wouldn't power on. I could jump 12v to the CAN connection and it would start, but for some reason it wasn't getting power normally. The guy said the power on is CAN controlled, so the CAN interceptor that comes with it does a fair bit of talking with the car for control. I was just going to patch in ACC power to the CAN 12v signal and was advised against it. Ended up being a loose wire in the connector so no changes required.

The car data control app thing is pretty bad, but you can reset fuel mileage in there and thats all i really care about.

Im going to get ibus/rasler connection at some stage, but thats for future me. The IIDtool software is installed on it and works great for monitoring things i need.

Its absolutely possible to do with the 2005+ era cars as I've just done it, and you dont need to run any wires, its all just plugged in up the front, remove the CD player, screen and radio receiver behind the screen and loop the fibre connectors and you're done basically.

its the first unit from China that i have seen that has all the bits to get it working. Seller is super helpful as well.

[harlie]

does you old unit look similar to this?

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My car is in many pieces for another issue, time to do it.... I now know simply getting to it is a lot more work on the '07 than it was on the '04

[irubix]

Yep, that’s the one

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210202/bd739df8d73227192a3a3990977fa3ff.jpg

[NUTTTR]

Wait... You got the IIDTool app installed and it talks to your dongle?

Mine flat out refuses to find it unfortunately as I was hoping to use it that way (I mean it's not hard to use on the phone itself, but still)

[harlie]

Yep, that’s the one



Thank you sir. I have the same unit coming.

can we get rid of the CD changer? (not sure if the MOST ring needs it there) If it can go I will get the 3d printer going to make a box to fill the space.

[harlie]

Wait... You got the IIDTool app installed and it talks to your dongle?

Mine flat out refuses to find it unfortunately as I was hoping to use it that way (I mean it's not hard to use on the phone itself, but still)


Check what bluetooth standard the head unit is - the cheaper units will probably be BT3.0 IID requires >4.0.

[irubix]

Thank you sir. I have the same unit coming.

can we get rid of the CD changer? (not sure if the MOST ring needs it there) If it can go I will get the 3d printer going to make a box to fill the space.

Yeah i had already removed my CD player and looped the fibre plug with a little looper plug. I bought a few of them a while back as I wanted to remove all the things that would be replaced like Bluetooth module etc etc

They give you one in the pack but spares are handy if you want to remove the radio unit behind the screen as I did. So get a couple extra.

Removal of the CD player opens the whole glovebox up. I have the USB and the sim car connector coming down into the glovebox for easy access. The other USB and aux is connected to my cig lighter flush mount.

[NUTTTR]

Check what bluetooth standard the head unit is - the cheaper units will probably be BT3.0 IID requires >4.0.

Well, it was supposed to be 5... I'll need to check!

[harlie]

I got no sound [bawl].

Vehicle data, steering wheel buttons all good. Just minor issue with no sound...

[irubix]

I got no sound [bawl].

Vehicle data, steering wheel buttons all good. Just minor issue with no sound...

I'd probably start with the fibre connections, make sure they are all looped. Thats the link. The seller is really helpful ps, so probably will have a bunch of things to try.

[harlie]

OK.... I had no sound due to my own stupidity and incompetence.

car is MY07 TDv8 with HK Logic7 system including rear entertainment. Everything up front is good - as expected, I have lost:
1: Venture Cam
2: Rear entertainment screens.

The Venture Cam was great, stuck on the passenger side of caravan near the front to get a view down the side reversing in, I'm going to look at the RV specific cameras and probably need another screen just for towing - it just made parking it so much easier. I know what a problem!!

And you can install one of those "360 bird view" 4 camera kits but I cut that from the project cause I'm lazy and didn't like the idea of running camera wiring out into the wing mirrors. I am going to do it the wife's car as she likes curbing wheels [bigsad].

On the fence over the rear kids screens, after a bit of reading, I'm pretty sure I can build a stand alone system to run them but is it worth it?? not sure.....

Time to get the 3d printer on the task of a nice big glove box where the CD changer and Venture Cam was [biggrin]. If anyone is interested, let me know.....

[irubix]

Might be able to get something like this in and working. Some RF cameras and receiver + standard cam into the box and out into your headunit under the reverse camera input.

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There are a few 'car launchers' for android as well that take over the whole environment to customise the OS, Im going to have a play with a couple:

Car Launcher Pro
CarWebGuru
FCC Launcher
Nova Launcher

[harlie]

Been running Car Launcher Pro in the other car for a while, its pretty good.

[loanrangie]

Just started using Carwebguru but i cant work out where to set it as the default launcher on my Eonon android unit ?

Sorted, contacted Eonon via their FB page - 126 is the code.

[mowog]

Installed yesterday!



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How is system performing for you?

[irubix]

How is system performing for you?

No dramas at all. Except i cant update or remove chrome for some reason :bat:

Makes the car a million times more enjoyable

[mowog]

My only reservation is using a credit on that system. They need to add PayPal

[irubix]

They have PayPal on AliExpress don’t they?

Credit card also has protection, just call them up and do a charge back if you have an issue. That’s what I do.

AliExpress is one of the worlds biggest retailers, it’s not some random site on the internet with no known owner.