Install a MG Rover Bluetooth Handsfree Kit... By Steven

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1 Install a MG Rover Bluetooth Handsfree Kit... By Steven Here is a quick how to for installing the MG Rover bluetooth kit. These are often seen on ebay and can be bought from sellers such as SMC for around 30 The part number for the kit is XPT000083ACA The kit comes with in Italian. Here are the same converted to English What you get in the kit. A control unit, microphone, control and privacy cable. An ISO harness and a power cable. You'll need to splice into a permanent live, switched live and neutral cable. I just spliced into the main radio wiring as it has all three. The draw of this unit is very low and unless you have a very high power consuming stereo this will be fine.. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

2 Then you connect the male and female connectors into the speaker side of the ISO harness I put my microphone on the centre light just above the rear mirror. I put it there just in case the passengers want to talk as well. I know my kids do. I know most installers put this by the drivers A pillar. In the future I may replace the sun blind switch blank with this.. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

3 I put the control cable under the stereo and through the same channel as the climate control unit. This seems to look the best from the many places I tried it.. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

4 I put the headphone unit in the glovebox. There is a hole already in the glove box for the CD changer lead and as I don't have a CD changer it was perfect. I didn't take a photo of this. I will rarely use the privacy headphone so it's fine hidden away in there and if I need it I can just drop the glovebox and pull it out. The lead is long enough (Just). As you can see in the pics above I put the control unit near the fusebox and it fitted perfectly with all the other bits. The install was about 10 mins of figuring the italian out and then just plugging everything in. It's very simple. Routing the cables takes longer especially if you want it not to vibrate whilst driving. If you are wondering what the blue cable is under the glovebox it's the permanent live feed I put into the boot. All in all a great kit that sounds superb with most mobiles. the reason I state most mobiles is this kit does have one weakness. I have used this kit with 2 Nokia and a 3 Skype phone and the sound quality has been excellent. I tried using this with blackberries and the sound quality is not very good for the people on the other end. This has something to do with the kit expecting the phone to still perform some noise cancelling. The blackberries don't.. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

5 How to get the sound from the drivers speaker By default the sound from the bluetooth kit comes out of the passenger speaker. This is mainly as the kits are made for european drivers and we all know they drive on the wrong side of the road. Here is how you change this to the drivers speaker without mucking up the stereo sound for the radio. This information is credited to Mark from Merseyside and I have been give permission to use it. You need to reverse the stereo inputs to the unit and then also reverse the outputs. This maintains the left/right stereo image correctly but reverses the Bluetooth output. The tricky bit is pushing out the pins from the brown plug and socket. I did this with some dental-type tools and then bent the locking barb back straight afterwards. If you can t do this and don t care too much about aesthetics you could always just cut the wires and cross them over using terminal-blocks. What needs to be done:. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

6 OK, now here s how: You need to insert some sort of thin, sturdy tool into the gap nearest the keyed end (it was on mine anyway) of the plug to depress the barb locking it in place. The wire can then be pulled out the back. Same with the socket, but this time the barb on mine was furthest from the keyed end.. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

7 Ensure the locking barb is bent back up a bit to lock it in when you replace it. How the plug should look after swapping:. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these

8 ... and the socket: Right, now install as normal!. Neither 75ZT Community or the author of this document shall be held responsible for any losses or injury caused by the use of these