2000 M5 MKII to MKIV Upgrade - Page 2

DAD'sM5 · 11th November 2005, 19:45

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Originally Posted by spstack

The only piece that I have changed so far is the MKII to MKIV drive. No other module needed to make it work with 4:3 screen. I am also installing the 16:9 screen (already have) and tv tuner at a later date. If anyone has a 16:9 tv tuner that they are interested in selling, please let me know.

Jack, I will sent some pics to you right away. Quite a few screws to remove the cd changer, radio module, and dsp amp.

Thanks spstack. I'll look forward to the pics.
By the way, do you have to remove all of those screws just to get to the trimble unit or are you removing these screws because you wanted to take the trimble unit out of the car? From what I understand, you only need to unscrew the gps wire from the trimble unit and screw this into the MK4 player. Is this unreachable with the CD player, radio module and the DSP unit in the car?

spstack · 11th November 2005, 21:07

That is correct. It is plug and play in the sense of electrical connections. Not in the sense of not having to do some typical car audio installation type work.

spstack · 16th November 2005, 19:38

Here are the install pics...

divere · 16th November 2005, 20:02

How did you get the nav computer out of the mount??

I am looking for a mk3 and a 16:9 screen so this looks intresting

spstack · 16th November 2005, 20:20

No need for a special tool. Just use 2 fingers on either side to push in the retension tabs and push/pull the unit out.

divere · 16th November 2005, 20:24

But why did you remove the dsp amp ???

DAD'sM5 · 16th November 2005, 21:25

Very crisp pictures Sean! Nice job and thank you.

3rd One · 16th November 2005, 21:51

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Originally Posted by spstack

Here are the install pics...

ughh.....where were you yesterday with these pics

. I had to take out the amp as well to figure out what I was looking for (although some people could do it just by reaching). If I had to do it again I could probably do it that way as well.

good job...I'm sure those pics will make it easy for people down the road.

3rd One · 16th November 2005, 21:51

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Originally Posted by divere

But why did you remove the dsp amp ???

makes it much easier to find that antenna wire

spstack · 19th November 2005, 06:11

Here are the pics from my widescreen install. Nothing too tricky here other than unclipping the 4:3 trim ring. There are 2 screws on either side of the trim piece and then use the screwdriver to pull up on the brass locking mechanisms and the piece comes right off. I had this piece off before and forgot about the locking mechanism. Chipped off a large piece of the wood trim trying to pry before I remembered! I guess I won't be selling the trim. Anyway, the widescreen works like a champ even though I think a wood trim ring would look nicer. Oh yeah, there are 2 screws top and bottom holding the unit in the car. Pretty easy to get to the top screws, but easier to get to the bottom 2 with the screen tilted down in tape insert mode.