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FITTING GUIDE
1. Open the passenger side door and proceed to pull away the door trim from the pillar.
STEREO REMOVAL
DAB ANTENNA INSTALLATION
2. Using a set of panel removal tools, begin to pry away the pillar casing.
4. The DAB antenna not only has a self adhesive backing, but also features a black earth sheet. When
placing the DAB antenna, the earth sheet
MUST
be placed onto the metal part of the pillar. The antenna
itself must be located roughly 15cm from the top of the windscreen.
Note: this antenna must not be placed atop any kind of heating elements, this will interfere with the
antenna’s signal.
5. Once happy with the placement, take the 3m of wiring extension and feed it down through to the
stereo’s opening. With the wiring adjusted to the appropriate length, feel free to re-install the glovebox.
3. The glovebox will need to be dropped down to route the antennas wiring. To do this, first remove the
glovebox side panel. Then remove 3x screws located within the lip of the glovebox, as well as 3x located
underneath. Once free, pull out and drop down into the footwell.
FASCIA PLATE SET-UP
1a. Use a panel removal tool to release the air cone unit and remove 2x screws located here (this step is
only required for
Volkswagen Golf
vehicles).
1b. Use a panel removal tool to remove the trim surrounding the main radio. This will reveal 4x screws
which will need to be removed.
2. Once free, pull the head unit out of the dashboard and disconnect all of the wiring in the process.
1. Take the steering wheel control interface in hand and connect both the 12-way stereo patch lead and
the 14-way steering wheel harness connectors to the corresponding sides.
STEREO INSTALLATION
1. Attach the brackets to the new stereo. These brackets allow you to set the specific depth of the unit in
relation to the fascia plate. Start by lining up the spacers
(Fig 1.)
on the inside of the plates
(Fig 2.)
.
Fig 1.
Fig 2.
Fig 3.
2. Attach the spacer and plate combination to the corresponding side of the stereo using the screws that
come with the stereo. Test this set up outside of the dashboard by sliding into the radio cage.
3. Take the fascia in hand, and place it atop the caged radio combination. If the depth/alignment of the
stereo hangs out too much/is reccessed to far, use the radio removal keys
(Fig 3.)
to release the stereo
from the cage and repeat the process.
4. When you’re happy with the bracket alignment, you can proceed to install the fascia into the dashboard,
utilising the pre-existing screws.
2. Connect the bullet connector from the stereo patch lead to the ‘steering wheel remote input’ on the
back of the new stereo.
3. Connect the DAB antenna’s SMB connector to the back of the new stereo.
