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Old 10th November 2019, 11:14 AM
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I've bought this - quoted by Snapdragon a few posts back.
I have the glovebox out and was wondering - for powering the device with constant power, I've sourced an empty 12v on the fuseboard (at position 40 - Brake Servo??)- although there's only one side of the fuse connector there, so is it possible to buy a crimp connector that would go in the other side that I would then join together with the existing live side by putting in a fuse?
I was gonna bolt the -ve cable to the chassis - this is all to avoid splicing into the existing power going in the back of the CD changer as all that came with the installation kit were scotchblock connectors which seem to be too big for these small cables.
ScothLock connectors are TERRIBLE things. For the sake of a few bob, I'd recommend you get some heat shrink connectors and a decent set of crimps. You'll NOT regret it.

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Old 10th November 2019, 05:58 PM
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Finished the install today with a fuse tap into the horn. I now have A2DP bluetooth streaming, aux, and microSD card. Just the glove box to put back in now which I'm not looking forward to...
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Old 10th November 2019, 07:08 PM
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Nice, please report back on your findings - I am tempted to have one for Christmas.
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Old 12th November 2019, 07:50 PM
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I only just noticed what rSAP was doing to my SIM card - my first thought was my phone had a fault until I realised I was losing the SIM when only in the car. So I've set the car pairing to phone call only with no rSAP and then also paired with the MrVolt device for media. All was good with streaming through the media device until I took a phonecall. The music muted and the MMI took over to handle the call. When the call finished the music came back up on the MMI screen but there was no sound. It seems the MMI is not relinquishing the audio back to the media device after the call finishes.I'll have to investigate further. Another possibility I can explore is to let the media device handle the calls as well - I'd need to wire in the included mic.
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Old 16th November 2019, 07:20 AM
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I only just noticed what rSAP was doing to my SIM card - my first thought was my phone had a fault until I realised I was losing the SIM when only in the car. So I've set the car pairing to phone call only with no rSAP and then also paired with the MrVolt device for media. All was good with streaming through the media device until I took a phonecall. The music muted and the MMI took over to handle the call. When the call finished the music came back up on the MMI screen but there was no sound. It seems the MMI is not relinquishing the audio back to the media device after the call finishes.I'll have to investigate further. Another possibility I can explore is to let the media device handle the calls as well - I'd need to wire in the included mic.
Did you disable the Handfree feature of the media streaming device?
Does the music still show as playing or paused on the phone screen?
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Old 16th November 2019, 07:34 PM
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I have the handsfree part of the device disabled. Media device has been erratic, with my original issue no longer happening and streaming audio is returning after finishing phonecalls. The device does not always autopair when I sit into the car though. I ran a scan and got...

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Address 0E: Media Player 1
Cannot be reached

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Address 19: CAN Gateway Labels:. 4L0-910-468.clb
Part No SW: 4L0 910 468 A HW: 4L0 907 468 B
Component: J533__Gateway H06 0060
Revision: 00H06000 Serial number: 1100B081308038
Coding: F5F99F7F507A0E00
Shop #: WSC 11111 123 12345
VCID: 2D070AA14117892F521-8078

1 Fault Found:
01044 - Control Module Incorrectly Coded
000 - -
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 01100000
Fault Priority: 1
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 64
Mileage: 211271 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2019.11.16
Time: 15:21:35

I'm presuming the gateway is wondering what's this new device on the network. Does anyone know what I need to code to get the new device accepted onto the network, or is it that I have the new device in the wrong location on the MOST bus? If I check the Gateway installation list in VCDS, Media Player1 is unchecked in the list...



The current media addresses are listed...
0E-Media Player 1 -- Status: Not registered 0001
0F-Digital Radio -- Status: OK 0000
19-CAN Gateway -- Status: Malfunction 0010
1E-Media Player 2 -- Status: OK 0000
47-Sound System -- Status: OK 0000
56-Radio -- Status: OK 0000
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Old 22nd November 2019, 05:07 PM
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I had the same thing when I fitted an mp3 changer beside my original CD changer in the glovebox. The trick was to tell the second CD changer that it should assume a different network address (I think CANbus not MOSTbus address).
It was to jump two pins on it's connector - one spare pin was shorted to ground. I will try and find it. I am not saying this will fix your issue but is a good place to focus.
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