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OK, the new Headunit got delivered today.

Opened the box, and discovered no wiring loom, but what looked like
standard ISO sockets on the back.

Both the other cheaper HU's I have bought in the last couple of years
had ISOs on short wiring looms/harnesses (adding to a bigger bunch of
wires behind the dash).

I've fitted a Saab loom - ISO adaptor to the car to get the other HUs
in before, does this mean that I just need to plug the ISO end of the
loom straight into the HU?

Cheers guys.
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"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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OK, the new Headunit got delivered today.

Opened the box, and discovered no wiring loom, but what looked like
standard ISO sockets on the back.

Both the other cheaper HU's I have bought in the last couple of years
had ISOs on short wiring looms/harnesses (adding to a bigger bunch of
wires behind the dash).

I've fitted a Saab loom - ISO adaptor to the car to get the other HUs
in before, does this mean that I just need to plug the ISO end of the
loom straight into the HU?



AFAIK, yes. However you should have had a ISO plugs to bare ends in the box.
All the Blau's I've had did.

Tim..

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"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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OK, the new Headunit got delivered today.

Opened the box, and discovered no wiring loom, but what looked like
standard ISO sockets on the back.

Both the other cheaper HU's I have bought in the last couple of years
had ISOs on short wiring looms/harnesses (adding to a bigger bunch of
wires behind the dash).

I've fitted a Saab loom - ISO adaptor to the car to get the other HUs
in before, does this mean that I just need to plug the ISO end of the
loom straight into the HU?



AFAIK, yes. However you should have had a ISO plugs to bare ends in the box.
All the Blau's I've had did.

Tim..



Nothing in the box, but it did just plug into the ISO plugs on the
harness anyway.

Bit disappointed that the tuner isn't as good as either the base model
panasonic 113 or the Pro-Plus bargain bucket ones that I had bought
previously. The Panasonic would lock onto traffic reports from Preston,
Leeds, and Hull, when I was in Manchester. The Blaupunkt seems to have
trouble getting a decent lock on the local indy station, and goes into
FM search

Also the pop front stays illuminated when the power is off. The display
blanks, but the buttons stay lit. I know for security you should remove
it, but there are some places (like works carpark) that are "Safe", and
now I'm as worried about battery drain, as much as theft.
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"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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OK, the new Headunit got delivered today.

Opened the box, and discovered no wiring loom, but what looked like
standard ISO sockets on the back.

Both the other cheaper HU's I have bought in the last couple of years
had ISOs on short wiring looms/harnesses (adding to a bigger bunch of
wires behind the dash).

I've fitted a Saab loom - ISO adaptor to the car to get the other HUs
in before, does this mean that I just need to plug the ISO end of the
loom straight into the HU?



AFAIK, yes. However you should have had a ISO plugs to bare ends in the
box.
All the Blau's I've had did.

Tim..



Nothing in the box, but it did just plug into the ISO plugs on the
harness anyway.

Bit disappointed that the tuner isn't as good as either the base model
panasonic 113 or the Pro-Plus bargain bucket ones that I had bought
previously. The Panasonic would lock onto traffic reports from Preston,
Leeds, and Hull, when I was in Manchester. The Blaupunkt seems to have
trouble getting a decent lock on the local indy station, and goes into
FM search

Also the pop front stays illuminated when the power is off. The display
blanks, but the buttons stay lit. I know for security you should remove
it, but there are some places (like works carpark) that are "Safe", and
now I'm as worried about battery drain, as much as theft.

Either you have power on the illum wire when you shouldnt, or in the DSC you
have the illumination set to "always on".

Does your aerial have a built in booster which now for some reason isnt
getting power from the Blau?? This would give poor FM reception...

Mine is good, although FM lock on some channels isn't as good as I had
hoped...

Tim..

Fitting a Blaupunkt Modena CD53
 

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says...
Either you have power on the illum wire when you shouldnt, or in the DSC you
have the illumination set to "always on".

Does your aerial have a built in booster which now for some reason isnt
getting power from the Blau?? This would give poor FM reception...

Mine is good, although FM lock on some channels isn't as good as I had
hoped...


DSC? On the Blaupunkt menu didn't see anything about illumination
settings, other than a mention in the manual about wiring in
illumination to the dash dimmer?
The standard Saab way to power the radio is always live, rather than
ignition switched. Both of the others I had in both powered down apart
from maybe a small light on the PWR or SRC switch to see where to switch
back on.

The Antenna is a decent automatic powered one. The Antenna remote works
fine. And the Antenna raises to it's full extent.
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"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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Either you have power on the illum wire when you shouldnt, or in the DSC
you
have the illumination set to "always on".

Does your aerial have a built in booster which now for some reason isnt
getting power from the Blau?? This would give poor FM reception...

Mine is good, although FM lock on some channels isn't as good as I had
hoped...


DSC? On the Blaupunkt menu didn't see anything about illumination
settings, other than a mention in the manual about wiring in
illumination to the dash dimmer.

DSC- dynamic software control or something like that. Does your set have a
DSC button? Inside you'll find many menus for setting up the radio like the
display colour, the brightness of the display, the start-up volume, traffic
report volume, etc etc etc and one of the options (at least on the London)
is whether you want the illumination :

1) On all the time regardless of the igntion or set being on or off.
2) On with the set on and off with the set off

and another menu for

Whether the illum. wire goes to 12v or 0v when the vehicle dash lights come
on if you have selected 2) above.

Connecting the illum. wire to a dimmer supplied 0 - 12v supply will cause
the set illumination to dim in accordance when you have selected either 1)
or 2) above.

Hope this helps.

Tim..

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"Tim.." wrote in message
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Ahh. Just looked at the Modena in the catalogue and it doesnt have DSC, so
ignore all my wafflings!

You will have to arrange for a switched live for the illumination to work
properly I think :)


Tim..

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You will have to arrange for a switched live for the illumination to work
properly I think :)


Think you might be right.
Saabs are notorious for daytime running lights too, so while there is a
dash dimmer knob/pot it is probably illuminated on a default lower
setting when the headlights are off too. so even using the illumination
dimmer wire would only reduce rather than power it.

Guess I will have to take the front off all the time.
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