doublejay wrote:

Only 90 mins up the road Wiggs - I'm up for it. Discount for being guinnea pig ???

Cant do them any cheaper than £300 im afraid ..thats a bargain as it is .

Will be around sat AM ..or sunday PM ...if thats any good

Groovy - pm sent.

I'm busy the next couple of weekends - but am definitely interested. PM me your email so we can sort something out ?

Can any one tell me where the TV tuner is in a 2006 MY FFRR ? I'm hoping its some where in the back and not inside the dash. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

in the boot cubby left hand side looking at the car may have a sticker saying LEAR metalic box

simonmanx@hotmail.co.uk wrote:

in the boot cubby left hand side looking at the car may have a sticker saying LEAR metalic box

Got that thanks, for some reason I thought that was the radio but now I think I herd that the radio module on 2006 MY is behind the nav screen. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Hi Axle, I think that's where it lives on the older BMW pre-touchscreen TV units. Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

Hi Wiggs,
Thanks very much for the response to the thread. I've PM'd you and am very interested in buying one.
Thanks again. Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

Pm'd you back

The radio module is also in the boot cubby with everything else the only thing in the dash is the IHU (Integrated Head Unit) which combines and controls all of the boxes and supplies the signal to the screen. on a 05 & 06 MY it is directly behind the touchscreen and on the 07 - 09 MY cars it is behind the lower glove box. 06MY 4.4 V8 Autobiography Cairns Blue with Navy & Parchment Interior

Friend of mine just fitted one in his dads FFRR ...said it was easy and managed to use the original bracket ( well the top 2 bolts )

Unfortunatly he hasent taken any pictures

Cheers Wiggs, pm'd you back.  Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

Might whip out the one thats in the wife's XF and plug it into mine  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Got it - fitted it - works fine !!! Cheers Adrian

Hi all, went to see 'Wiggs' today, all but 2 miles from where I live and it took him around 5-7mins to hook the unit up in my car and show me it working!! No software updates etc required, literally plug n play (4 cables to move over) then press the 'auto' button on the TV and the freeview channels appeared (with EPG).

Took me around 2hrs after getting home to fit it permanently, but depends what you've got....
if you don't have rear screens, you can simply make up 1 or 2 custom brackets to attach to a couple of the existing bolts, leave the old TV unit where it is (as it is bolted in from behind) , and mount the new slimmer one in front of it and simply move the 4 cables across (the new unit is about half the thickness of my analogue unit and slightly shorter in length).

If like me you have the factory rear screens, then it's more complicated as their control unit takes up the space in front of the old tuner and so there's not enough free space anywhere. Hence, I took out all the kit starting with the mounting bracket holding the nokia/satnav/dvd , then removed the TMC on its mounting, then the rear tv unit, then the main mounting plate containing the Harman Kardom amp/analogue TV tuner (as this is held on by 4 bolts which screw in from the back of the plate). The only cable I left plugged in was the feed to the subwoofer, all others disconnected.
Then simply removed the old analogue unit and attached the digi unit , which due to its smaller size can only utilise 2 of the 4 original bolts but it's fine as it's lighter and slimmer than the old one.
One thing I did find was that I could not get the main mounting panel out without first removing the plastic 'tray' next to the cubby hole (the one with the removable carpet cover over it) and by doing this, it made it a damn sight easier to remove and fit all the kit.

To do this I:-
Took the main carpet/ spare wheel cover out
Removed the nearside 'd' column vertical carpet trim (2 x cargo net clips + nearside front chrome load retainer on floor)
Removed the 3 plastic nuts and 1 plastic popper that retain the plastic 'tray'
Loosened the nearside rear vertical carpet that covers the subwoofer -removed 2 x cargo net clips and removed the nearside rear chrome retainer fixing to allow movement in it.
Removed the plastic tray.
I now had enough space to get at the retaining nuts & bolts and actually remove the main mounting which would not come out any other way for me.

Once I had refitted everything and tidied the wires up a bit, did the reverse of above.
Reckon now I could do it in 30-45mins

It's great, thanks again to Adrian. Highly recommended.
p.s. any overseas person want to buy a 2nd hand analogue TV tuner in great condition - still works in many countries!!!
 Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

Excellent - thanks for the report !!

Won't be far behind you !!

JJ