Not had a single reboot since I ditched the extension cables, so i'm geussing that solved it.
Forum post = / = reliable source.
This info came from the MOT tester magazine thing which explained what VOSA would LIKE to do.
HID's will be enforced under construction & use (must be e-marked / washers / levellers)
Wiring harness is a good idea - but you can't really inspect much of it on a modern car without taking it apart (which you can't do on an MOT...)
Airbag lights is not a bad idea, enforcable.
The chipping thing is rediculous though - no legal basis, pretty much impossible to detect on all makes for a reasonable price.
On topic:
No, they wont.
WRT chipping - they'd "like to" but theres no way they can. Especially as you break no rules by remapping etc.
Disagree - XCNuse gets his fair share of haet.
It's only non-performance mods that set off the flaming, anyway.
Lip spoiler:
Boomerang + lip spoiler:
Boomerang:
I have the lip, but i'm swapping to the boomerang.
Boomerang + lip spoiler:
Boomerang:
I have the lip, but i'm swapping to the boomerang.
The mirror?
A friend picked up a 1.2 Clio, admittedly in 1999 flavor, for £500...
You'll have to ask Mr Richard Bennett, it's new owner (eBay)
Hideous to tax & insure, though.
Yes, it's all Mitsubishi underneath - but it's all 15 year old Mitsubishi underneath!
Not bad underneath... but the only one that would fit the bill would be a shed of a Wira. In fact I think this was exactly why mine sold
I think you'll find it very hard to get a "ZX5" for under a grand, being US only and all.
You can get a 500GB laptop hard drive for like £40 - I doubt you'll find a external that much cheaper.
Seems i've fixed it (bypassed the extension, and now using the OEM Apple cable)
However, getting loads of interference, so i'm going to give up
However, getting loads of interference, so i'm going to give up
Unfortunately it doesn't, would be far to easy for Apple.
I've done it that way so that the cable comes out in the central cubby hole and goes back in again - as the HU has one USB input, and it's being used for the iPhone, it means I can easily unplug it and put something else in instead.
How would I do that? It works fine via 3.5mm, but I want to use the controls on the steering wheel to skip tracks etc.
The USB connection on the stereo supports plugging an iPod cable in for direct iPod control - it's the only way you can do it (and what the manual suggests).
By "dock" I mean the 30-pin dock cable that you need to use to plug it in - not an actual drop-in dock.
Have to disagree there - it will charge from 1A (it's what my old car charger was), but USB ports on a PC are only 500mA, which is what the port on my HU is, and my iPhone always charges from my PC.
That overtake at the start was questionable...
Actually been doing some more thinking.
Why would this cause it to THINK it's charging?
And why would this cause it not to reboot when not being used to play music?
Any way around it? Makes sense unfortunately
Could well be - but I have no idea how to measure the voltage on the pins (I have a multimeter, but the connections are TINY!)
The cable is for any iPod / iPhone - I've got 4, all of them work fine for charging / syncing.
The USB connection just says "for iPod" and a list of old models - but the HU was released before any iPhone was released. I've seen an ad on eBay which claims someone used it (or one of it's sister-devices) with an iPhone 4.
Car Stereo Causing iPhone To Reboot?
Really really odd one here...
Just bought a new stereo (Kenwood KDC-W6541U), which uses a dock connector via USB to plug in your iPod / iPhone.
If I plug my iPhone in, I can access all the files on there, and it says it's charging (although from my experience, it still seems to drain - which i'll come back to in a sec).
However after ~5-10 mins of playing music, it reboots. This happens continually...
If it's plugged in, but not being used for music - it never reboots (or at least not in the ~30 minute drives I've been testing it with).
I have no idea if there are any iPhone logs that could help me track down the problem.
The only idea I have is that apparently the pins (and voltage) to charge it up changed - which might explain why it doesn't charge. But not why it says it does - and then reboot!
Connection wise, it goes from the USB port on the HU, into an extension, into another extension & then to a dock cable. I was using the same dock cable with a USB charger, charging with no issues.
The iPhone is on 4.2.1 and Jailbroken with Greenpois0n.
Any ideas?
Just bought a new stereo (Kenwood KDC-W6541U), which uses a dock connector via USB to plug in your iPod / iPhone.
If I plug my iPhone in, I can access all the files on there, and it says it's charging (although from my experience, it still seems to drain - which i'll come back to in a sec).
However after ~5-10 mins of playing music, it reboots. This happens continually...
If it's plugged in, but not being used for music - it never reboots (or at least not in the ~30 minute drives I've been testing it with).
I have no idea if there are any iPhone logs that could help me track down the problem.
The only idea I have is that apparently the pins (and voltage) to charge it up changed - which might explain why it doesn't charge. But not why it says it does - and then reboot!
Connection wise, it goes from the USB port on the HU, into an extension, into another extension & then to a dock cable. I was using the same dock cable with a USB charger, charging with no issues.
The iPhone is on 4.2.1 and Jailbroken with Greenpois0n.
Any ideas?
I find the opposite... people drive like cocks in cars because they've got 1 ton of penis extension making them feel like a man.
A biker knows in any accident he's probably going to be breaking a few bones, and so tend not to ride like a cock - or at least on the routes I drive.
I also find them the most courteous road users when your "nice" to them - i.e. whenever I move over to allow a biker past in my lane I get a "thanks" about 80% of the time, versus any sort of response about 5% of the time from a car driver.
A biker knows in any accident he's probably going to be breaking a few bones, and so tend not to ride like a cock - or at least on the routes I drive.
I also find them the most courteous road users when your "nice" to them - i.e. whenever I move over to allow a biker past in my lane I get a "thanks" about 80% of the time, versus any sort of response about 5% of the time from a car driver.
FM transmitters sound like arse.
Hate to say it, but I totally understand where S14 is coming from - OEM HU's look good, and aftermarket ones always look gash.
However, while it might be an expensive car to you, it's not withcraft - a professional audio shop will have MORE experience doing stuff like this than the VW dealership. Although personally - DIY every time. You'll learn more, know it hasn't been bodged, take proper respect of your car, and save a wedge of cash. Most cars trim isn't impossible to disassemble...
Personally, i'd get some a Connects2 kit and DIY fit it - but on the other hand trying to work around an OEM HU is a bitch, and isn't really worth it unless it does something special (i.e. Nav, iDrive etc) - I've just bought a HU that does proper iPod support (all playlists, search by artist, control from the HU / wheel controls), better sound quality than anything OEM, and it cost me £50 second hand...
For pure cost, I find DHL via Parcel2Go not too bad (~£8 for a "normal" parcel).
Construction and Use regs say the speedo MUST be between 100% accurate, and 10% over-read. Nothing else. So manufacturers aim somewhere in the middle.
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