Why oh why does the easy part of the ICE install turn out to be the hardest?
I've routed the power cable through the bulkhead, a pain but I did it.
Found the ignition power on the Audi cabling after it wasn't where the concert wiring diagram said it should be /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif. Modified the wiring on my side of the head unit to accomodate. Found a nice earth in the glove box for the amp.
Checked this all out with my empeg MP3 player before slotting it all in the centre console and bingo it all works /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif.
Now all I have to do is slot in the head unit cage and I'm all done.
So in she slides, nice and easy, uh..... get in you bit*h. What the ?@!!
Would you credit it? The cage for my head unit won't go all the way in! It gets jammed with about half an inch still protruding from the front of the centre console /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif. This cage fitted fine in my old MG. I've chiselled and filed bits that seem to be protruding inside the DIN slot, but to no avail, the effin thing still won't slide all the way in.
I've checked that none of the cables is jamming things up behind the cage by looking behind with the glove box removed.
Has anyone else had this problem during an install? If so did you solve it? If yes what's theh secret?
I have an X plate S3 with single DIN slot if that helps anyone solve my problem.
It's always the bit that should be easy, grumble, grumble......... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
I've routed the power cable through the bulkhead, a pain but I did it.
Found the ignition power on the Audi cabling after it wasn't where the concert wiring diagram said it should be /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif. Modified the wiring on my side of the head unit to accomodate. Found a nice earth in the glove box for the amp.
Checked this all out with my empeg MP3 player before slotting it all in the centre console and bingo it all works /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif.
Now all I have to do is slot in the head unit cage and I'm all done.
So in she slides, nice and easy, uh..... get in you bit*h. What the ?@!!
Would you credit it? The cage for my head unit won't go all the way in! It gets jammed with about half an inch still protruding from the front of the centre console /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif. This cage fitted fine in my old MG. I've chiselled and filed bits that seem to be protruding inside the DIN slot, but to no avail, the effin thing still won't slide all the way in.
I've checked that none of the cables is jamming things up behind the cage by looking behind with the glove box removed.
Has anyone else had this problem during an install? If so did you solve it? If yes what's theh secret?
I have an X plate S3 with single DIN slot if that helps anyone solve my problem.
It's always the bit that should be easy, grumble, grumble......... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif