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06-16-2018, 10:50 PM | #1 |
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688 Harman Kardon retrofit
If something that I hate most is a BMW with poor sound system and since mine came with Top Hifi (missing the rear door panels speakers) I decided to retrofit to HK.
1. Pretty straight forward replacing all the existing speaks with HK ones. 2. I end up sourcing on ebay 2 rear door panes, I end up removing my leather and use only the cutoff plastic from the donor ones and glue back the leather (could`t find color match). 3. Fun part: running fiber optic from the trunk all the way to the dash and loop into the cluster. 4. BMW made the same color wires from Top Hifi to HK so rewiring was pretty easy. Just need to run wires to the rear door panels. 5. Coding: remove the 676 (top hifi) & 679 Subwoofer HiFi System and adding 688. Last thing to do is the find how to wire the small cooling fan ... Last edited by koanga; 06-16-2018 at 10:59 PM.. |
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That's all or i need to do someting else ? Thaks ! |
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Night & day difference! No issues what so ever
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Yeah in the trunk. For love nor money I can't get the plastic frame that sits over the amp and TRVSC back in place. It just bends the cables to the point it could damage them. It seems like the TRSVC module is sitting too high in my case. Did the wires cause any resistance for you or does it just pop back in nicely?
On looking closer at one of your pictures it looks as though the frame and TRSVC are angled out towards the body of the car, almost like I would have to bend and push the frame outwards. I'm gonna give that a try and see if it makes some room for the support. Last edited by DayvG; 02-12-2019 at 04:29 PM.. |
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Its the video cables that are in the way. At least I know that it should fit now and that I need to work on it to get it all in as it should be. I hate having bits left over or bits that don't fit! Thanks for your help bro, that's a job for the weekend after I've finished retrofitting my park assist; new PDC and JBE arrive tomorrow
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I`ll do the park assist soon, having difficulties sourcing the fender sensors. I didn't knew that a JBE is required also ... |
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So it turns out that if you have a PMA from factory you have a separate PDC module. PDC on non factory Park assist cars have the PDC built into the JBE. Now as luck would have it the new PDC module lives right next to the JBE. The pinout is slightly different and the new PDC needs a KCAN2 feed as well and supply and ground. You have to replace the JBE for a non PDC version as well. I have the new pin out if and when you need it. Also, I have a spare gen2 PMA module I bought as I thought the one I had wasn't working. Happy to sell to you for what I paid if you want it (€100) I got a great deal on the sensors, fender trims and PMA module on eBay 6 months ago. The hardest part is running it all through the firewall but I did it at the same time as fitting my side view cameras.
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2014 F10 550iX
I have a 2014 BMW F10 550iX. Really love the car but unfortunately the sound system is the HiFi version (option S676A). Would like to upgrade to the TopHifi Harman Kardon system. Can you supply some more details about running the fiber optic cable from the amp to the head unit. For example does the cable plug into the amp and also into the back of the head unit? I see there are OEM BMW fiber optic cables available for about $40 from several suppliers. Thanks.
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