[mcflow]

Hey all of you guys - Thank you for all the compliments I really appreciate that :P

Originally Posted by StuartM

Wow that looks great!

Good job on the install McFlow.

I've not seem the Mio before, are they able to play movies on any of the other models in the range, I'm not bothered about TV just being able to play stuff off the SD Card?

Thanks

Well I installed an 8GB SD Card and there is no problem at all playing *.avi's, *.mpeg's, mp3's. It also has a slide-show option for pictures.

Originally Posted by e82vette

how long did that take you installing??

Thats really hard to tell, but I think it took 30h all in all including stripping the cases, modify, install and finishing.

Originally Posted by aacabriolet

Hey man!

Looks really neat! Nice work!

Just a few questions if you don't mind!

1) Will you lose the AUX port by doing this?

2) Is it fully reversible

3) How do you get it to flip up and down automatically on ignition? Does the circuit that does this come with the flip up case from eBay?

Thanks

No problem at all

1.) No since I plugged the audio cables of the Mio in on the back of the radio plug, so it's possible to plug an mp3-player into the Aux-In while watching a video or do something else with the sat nav

2.) It's fully reversible


Now the answer for the motorization

I connected the BMW flip up at the back of the radio plug

flip up plug: -> radio plug

pin 1 : terminal 30 (plus) -> Radio = pin 15 (red/green - thick cable)
pin 3 : terminal 31 (minus) -> Radio = pin 12 (brown - thick cable)
pin 5 : K_CAN High -> Radio = pin 11 (orange/green)
pin 6 : K_CAN Low -> Radio = pin 9 (green)

The original flip-up comes with the curcuit board and 2 cables running through the hole on the left side in the housing.

http://img269.imageshack.us/i/p1010726b.jpg/

You need the cables on the left side. One goes in on the electric board, the other comes from the electric board to the motor. You'll need to wire the end outside the case up:



The plug looks like this:

http://up.picr.de/2164802.jpg

You will need to buy the left parts from the BMW dealer...

That's the plug that needs to be connected: http://img199.imageshack.us/i/p1010735.jpg/ (its not my finger )

part numbers:

61 13 6909058 plug for the cable on the 2nd picture
61 13 0006663 contacts for the terminals to go from the plug to the radio

total = 6 €

You can see the plugs stick together right here with the pins number 1,3,5 and 6:





I hope I could give you some good answers
cheers Flo