Emtee
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Another job on my list of things to do was to install the Loudlink I bought before Christmas, so I followed David Howson's excellent pictorial how-to and was soon able to get at the NIT to plug in the Loudlink cadle. The cable itself is quite long, so I fed this under the NIT where there's a convenient space behind the ashtray.
As the point of getting the Loudlink was to use my iPod, I had no need to use the SD card other than for software upgrades and therefore no need for the Loudlink unit to be immediately accessible, so I did a quick measure and decided it could sit under the armrest tray immediately above the vent pipes and behind the NIT.
To make access just a little better I bent down the two semi-circular lugs that extend from the screw brackets.
As my tray was fitted with the phone privacy socket, I removed this and stuck it out of the way (top right corner of the photo) in case I need to re-install it when I sell the car.
In order to have the Loudlink under the tray, and having removed the privacy socket, I then 'dremelled off the screw posts and stuck a couple of strips of velco down.
Did the same to the Loudlink unit and stuck it in place.
So then it was a case of fettling the tray itself to accommodate the iPod and a retractable cable.
After cutting a hole in the back of the tray to allow for the connection of the cable and after gluing in some modeling cork followed by shaping, sanding and then covering in felt, this was the result.
So with just four screws to re-install the whole lot back in the car, this was the finished result.
I'm rather pleased with it, though it's a shame I can't hear a darned thing for the glory that is a full Larini system!!
As the point of getting the Loudlink was to use my iPod, I had no need to use the SD card other than for software upgrades and therefore no need for the Loudlink unit to be immediately accessible, so I did a quick measure and decided it could sit under the armrest tray immediately above the vent pipes and behind the NIT.
To make access just a little better I bent down the two semi-circular lugs that extend from the screw brackets.
As my tray was fitted with the phone privacy socket, I removed this and stuck it out of the way (top right corner of the photo) in case I need to re-install it when I sell the car.
In order to have the Loudlink under the tray, and having removed the privacy socket, I then 'dremelled off the screw posts and stuck a couple of strips of velco down.
Did the same to the Loudlink unit and stuck it in place.
So then it was a case of fettling the tray itself to accommodate the iPod and a retractable cable.
After cutting a hole in the back of the tray to allow for the connection of the cable and after gluing in some modeling cork followed by shaping, sanding and then covering in felt, this was the result.
So with just four screws to re-install the whole lot back in the car, this was the finished result.
I'm rather pleased with it, though it's a shame I can't hear a darned thing for the glory that is a full Larini system!!
