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Old 06-19-2014, 10:25 PM
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Auxilary input installation

Does anyone know a good spot on the dash to drill in (1/4") auxilary input cable to run to the stereo? I have a Dynavin unit (which I will probably be selling pretty soon as the new Dynavin units will be released next month) and I need to have an aux input (as well as my spec dock) working again (I had to order a new spec dock as the cable for the old style 30pin broke, and rendered the spec dock useless). I was thinking of putting it where the console switches are (DSC, downhill, trunk release, PDC, etc) is, but I dunno if I can even drill into that (I've never even pulled that thing out before) I don't mind drilling into the dash as long as I know I'm not going to hit anything vital behind it. I just want to run the cable to connect to my unit.

Anyone done something similar?
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Old 06-19-2014, 10:55 PM
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[QUOTE=diddy0071;998788]Does anyone know a good spot on the dash to drill in (1/4") auxilary input cable to run to the stereo? I have a Dynavin unit (which I will probably be selling pretty soon as the new Dynavin units will be released next month) and I need to have an aux input (as well as my spec dock) working again (I had to order a new spec dock as the cable for the old style 30pin broke, and rendered the spec dock useless). I was thinking of putting it where the console switches are (DSC, downhill, trunk release, PDC, etc) is, but I dunno if I can even drill into that (I've never even pulled that thing out before) I don't mind drilling into the dash as long as I know I'm not going to hit anything vital behind it. I just want to run the cable to connect to my unit.


Don't drill into the console switch or you screw up the circuit board for the entire switch array.
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Does anyone know a good spot on the dash to drill in (1/4") auxilary input cable to run to the stereo? I have a Dynavin unit (which I will probably be selling pretty soon as the new Dynavin units will be released next month) and I need to have an aux input (as well as my spec dock) working again (I had to order a new spec dock as the cable for the old style 30pin broke, and rendered the spec dock useless). I was thinking of putting it where the console switches are (DSC, downhill, trunk release, PDC, etc) is, but I dunno if I can even drill into that (I've never even pulled that thing out before) I don't mind drilling into the dash as long as I know I'm not going to hit anything vital behind it. I just want to run the cable to connect to my unit.

Anyone done something similar?
I connected an AUX cable to my CD player in my E53. In the ash tray area, i removed the light cover (simply pops out) then I fed the cable from the CD player through that hole and into the cabin. If you are interested I can take a few photos of it
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I connected an AUX cable to my CD player in my E53. In the ash tray area, i removed the light cover (simply pops out) then I fed the cable from the CD player through that hole and into the cabin. If you are interested I can take a few photos of it
Well I have a dynavin unit, but yeah, take a picture, I would like to know what you are talking about. In the ash tray area, I actually have a spec.dock so I can't fit anything there. Maybe right underneath the cigarette Lighter adapter...
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run it to the central storage bin... do not drill A169 module (the PDC, heated seats module), that unit is one big piece - you drill it, you need to buy another unit...
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run it to the central storage bin... do not drill A169 module (the PDC, heated seats module), that unit is one big piece - you drill it, you need to buy another unit...
what is the central storage bin? I want easy access on the dash somewhere. I was thinking of actually putting it near the rear cigarette lighter plug, there are 4 little "boxes" that I could drill a hole into.
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central storage bin is the cavity under your right arm, where you might have a CD or cassette storage... the soft padded armrest can be lifted in two ways, one reveals little tray for pens and a small cell phone, the other partition opens up a little bit bigger cavity... easy to drill, relatively not easy to route wires, as you need a coat hanger to fish the wires, but definitely do-able...
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