Upgrade shaker500

[Stan_the_man]

I'm after some advice please, the shaker cd jumps and I'd like a DAB radio but not particularly interested in DVD player or sat nav.
What do you guys recommend please?

[steve_welsh]

[jeff200sx]

you can remove the shaker 500 and take the cover off the radio ( only a few tiny screws) take it back to your car and push in the power lead you will see the laser mech pop out to read for disc's. yank out the power lead and go grab a cotton bud and some glas cleaner. Give it a very very gentle clean and get it back into the car.
I did it to mine, it was skipping and not reading discs and hasnt done it since. been done over a year and still going well. ill hang off on buying a new unit till it sh*ts the nest altogether.

[hertfordtyres]

if not ive just another post on this

found a sat nav, phone controller, with dvd so single dvd drive with mp3 will hold just as much as the 6 disc


and for passengers they can watch a film if there bored of you driving all the time

[Stan_the_man]

Thanks Jeff - I'll give it a shot.
Steve - that was very helpful

[hertfordtyres]

ordered mine, should be here this week, will take pics on fitting

[fooseme]

DAve, look forward to seeing the pictures and a detailed explanation as I too am interested in replacing the Shaker.

[DrDax]

Watching a film when in traffic always eases the pain of queuing lol

Fitting a double din unit is reasonably straight forward, don't froget the adaptor frame for the unit as the opening in the muzzie is slightly larger than Double Din.

This might help

Shaker500.pdf

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[hertfordtyres]

ordered this one instead

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/G2203E-7-LCD-CAR-GPS-NAVI-DVD-Player-Bluetooth-USB-MP3_W0QQitemZ130414300965QQcategoryZ67772QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D110564638581%252B110564638581%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6782606803848335717

seeing as they had good feedback and that there actually in the uk

spoke to the other people and it was a load of tosh

spoke to the audio gus about where to put the recievers as i didnt want them on the outside of the car

they hide the tv and the gps under the front bumpers

[DrDax]

That looks like a good deal... a lot cheaper than the F900BT Pannie Looks like it does exactly the same too...

[hertfordtyres]

may be here tomorrow !!!!!

[hertfordtyres]

nope it didnt arrive, bet it will be monday now

ive got gone in 60 waiting to load in the dvd

[stormy]

ive got gone in 60 waiting to load in the dvd

Not the Nick Cage one I hope.

[hertfordtyres]

er yes, not the shoddy old film,

i know your old, like your cars

but i liked the grey car


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[hertfordtyres]

ok it turned up today
heres a step by step guide to any aftermarket head unit


im still not feelin that great since highclere so if i miss somthing then i will say sorry now as my minds not all there
got very short attention span, feel like im close to death half the time and want to just sleep the rest, and no energy
hence hardly any posts in the past few days

anyway

it goes like this

easy to fit, easy to use took 40 mins to fit and an hour to read the book and sort out phone conectivity, my fault not the head units

how to fit

lift arm rest on centre console, remove rear upper 2 philip screws

if auto, not sure if the manual has the same, remove outer ring around gear selector

pull handbrake up as high as you can

lift upper part of the centre consol from rear first and angle up towrds fron of dash

then at around 45degrees remove from handbrake by slipping forward

once removed, remove the 2 side panals of dash, they just clip in and will come out

now you will need to go in through the removed side panels and remove the 2 plugs for the air control


drivers side has a small clip you push in to release the conector

pasenger side has a tilting lock mech that you push up anti clockwise and it will release the conection

next remove the 6 7mm nuts around the outer edge of the centre panel

once removed gently tilt the centre panel from the bottem upwards and at again 45 deg pull slightly down to allow the upper tab to release the panel from the upper dash pad


once you have enough clearence release the 3 connectors to the info /12v power connector and the hazrd switch

now the panel can be removed

next remove the 4 7mm screws surrounding the shacker 500 and gently bring the shacker forward and release the connectors

now if you have bought an iso connector connect it to the large connector on the left

now connect the stereo lead to the iso connector, put the arial back in, connect the gps lead and dab tv if you bought that too, if not, put the 2 tv connectors down to the right so they have easy acsee if you buy one at a later date by just removing the centre console and the drivers side panel

screw the new head unit in, i found only 2 of the 4 bolt holes lined up but i did them up tight and no movement

you will need a stereo facia as ive found a gap around mine but will try and get a universal one in the morning


there are 2 push in pins on the centre panael cover that push in between the stereo mounting bolts, due to my mounts i could not use these so i cut the pins off

refit the panel inc electrical connections and scew the 6 bolts back in

refit the side panels and the console and your ready to go

i mounted the gps reciver on the dash in the corner infront of the a panel trim and fed the wire down around the dash, gentley pulled the side panel out and fed the wire around and down till i got to the bottem of the dash and then cable tied it to the loom all the way to the dash centre


ok problems i had


manual wasnt that good so ive downlaoded all of the parts, as in the head unit and my mobile phone and the gps software

first make sure the gps software is set to the uk not denmark

make sure you know how to pair your mobile phone in bluetooth

and then create an mp3 disc with at least 40 albums on it on a dvd

buy an sd card and find some films in avi format that you, your missus or the kids love

put these on the sd card

and then drive

if you buy the one i did, make sure you set the bass and treble up before

my bass is set to 6 and treble is set to 4

ive found that you cant alter it once musics playing or it stops and then restarts, well its cheap so it has to do somethings different to the shaker

had my daugther with me for the first time in 4 months today and she helpd to fit it, so i took her for a pizza hut tonight, and on the way she watched twilight on route and the sound was fantastic

if you need to know more just ask

will try the sat nav properly tomorrow and make a few phonecalls