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9th March 2014, 06:03 PM
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Where is your aftermarket DVB-T tuner and why?
Today being warm and dry and having a few hours to kill before watching England beat Wales at Twickenham (only on TV
 ) I decided to progress my A/V add-ons, which have only been in "lash-up" mode so far.The transmission tunnel side panels are already off so I decided to remove the drivers knee panel as well, especially as this looks to be one prime mounting point. While I was at it I "deleted" the bottom left fixing point as this was broken off and seems to do very little anyway. It is supposed to be secured onto a plastic bracket protruding from the transmission side panel. Partly broken off long ago I removed it completely, but in such a way that I can reinstate it with a sturdier (hidden) small metal bracket if necessary. I have now slightly modified that knee panel (attached a mounting bracket and cut a small hole for cabling) so that the XCarlink unit can be easily and accessibly placed there, just inside the cubby hole vertically on the left wall. For TV input I have a T-ERA converter box ready to plug into the back of the RNS-D and will probably cable tie it to one of the struts between the RNS and steering column - plenty of space and access is pretty easy at present. I don't have an analogue TV tuner in the boot, so input will be via standard 3-cable A/V leads from the DVB-T tuner to the converter box. Power feeds (extendable) for tuner and aerial are already in place in the boot near the CD changer and behind the dashboard near the RNS. The final decision is where to put the DVB-T tuner box and associated IR remote (which has a VERY long lead - 4 metres). If the tuner box is somewhere in the rear of the car I need to run the A/V lead through the cabin to the dashboard area and IR lead to somewhere convenient. If it's in the front I only need to run the aerial lead through the cabin and the IR lead again to a convenient place. The obvious choices for the tuner are in the boot by the CD changer or in the drivers cubby hole, but there may be alternatives. What have others done and why?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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