help me please with my headunit.

[kbgnat]

I am no ice expert and I am having a nightmare time trying to upgrade my wave cassette with 6 CD Changer to the MD boost. It took me a lot of effort to get the headunit out, but finally once i had done it, the connections on the back of my wave unit is different to those on the boost. I have round pins and the one on the boost are flat. What can I do? Also the round nob piece on the back left is different (this is for the radio i believe). Is there an adapter out there that i can get? Or have i just gone and done the wrong thing by getting the boost? BTW thanks Cooper_Sport for selling me the MD, hopefully I can get it to work... if not is it retunable with money back?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I know coopergeezer got a wave to boost upgrade, but his was done by the dealers, so is there anybody else out there who have carried out a similar job with success?

[mikeythemini]

do u have the mfsw

[kbgnat]

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Originally posted by mikeythemini
do u have the mfsw

no. just the wave cassette connected to a 6 cd autochanger. coopergeezer mentions something about having paid the dealer 35 quid to get some sort of adaptor. But he paid over £400 just for the boost cassete upgrade, which i don't think is worth it.

[mikeythemini]

WILL SEE WHAT i CAN DO IN WORK IN THE MORNING

[kbgnat]

How come? what do you work as?

[mikeythemini]

own a car hi fi shop, think I have got the parts
just got to check the cd plug swaps over

[kbgnat]

cool, that is good. so you understand the problems i am having.

What do you mean by "the cd plug swaps over?"

So basically i need two adaptors, one to change the block of round pins to fit the flat pins. And another to change the radio jack?

Cheers again mate, would've been quite lost if it hadn't been for you.

[mikeythemini]

got the aerial adaptor in stock
The cd plug not sure till I look at 2 connectors in the morning
contact you thursday

[kbgnat]

cheers mate. whys it called a cd plug? Is it because I have an autochanger in the boot?

[kbgnat]

well went into the dealers today and asked if they had any idea on how to upgrade wave to boost. They told me they have never done it before and that they would have a look.

So they looked at the parts in the computer and fount a wave to boost conversion kit. They ordered the following parts for me:

61.12.0.144.351 Tubing £8 + VAT
61.12.6.913.954 Cable £6.63 + VAT
61.12.6.913.957 Cable £26.38 + VAT
61.13.0.029.658 Shrink Hose £1.04 + VAT

Anyone know if these are the right parts for me? The description "cable" is very worrying. As I thought all i needed was two adaptors, one for the radio and the other for the cd autochanger and others. Why is there tubing and what is the shrink hose?

Thanks

P.S. Mikeythemini, do you know what these parts are? are they the right ones for me? If not I will tell my dealers to cancel the order and I will get them from you. Let me know asap as my dealers shut at 5 i think.

[mikeythemini]

looks odd
didn't have much luck
Havn't done this conversion yet, We have a lead to fit the wave into a car thats had a boost !!!!!!!!!!!!
but our makers don't make the other way round yet
plus the cd plug looks different.
Dont know what the tube is for??
I would say they will need more parts
But they have quoted a cheap price so fingers crossed for you.
Mike

[kbgnat]

Quote:

Originally posted by mikeythemini

Havn't done this conversion yet, We have a lead to fit the wave into a car thats had a boost !!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike

Would that not be downgrading?

[Coopergeezer]

Quote:

Originally posted by kbgnat


no. just the wave cassette connected to a 6 cd autochanger. coopergeezer mentions something about having paid the dealer 35 quid to get some sort of adaptor. But he paid over £400 just for the boost cassete upgrade, which i don't think is worth it.

I paid £413 for the CD-Boost, as I wanted Cd in the front as well. As for the Cable, I'll get in touch with my dealer and see if I can give me the part numbers for the leads that they used to do the conversion.

[kbgnat]

thanks, could you also ask what was actually done? did they have to rewire the autochanger etc? or did they just do a stright forward plug in one end of the adaptor to the back of headunit?

Really appreciate you helping me out like this.

[kbgnat]

any news then coopergeezer?