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YOUR RESEARCHWhat are these plugs? Head unit installation
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Replace head unit and someone has been
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I’m halfway through changing my head unit and someone has been before!
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1st one is diversity antenna and GPS with Fakra connectors, I think they are both factory wiring as I used them both on my retrofit with suitable adapters, so could use factory GPS sensor instead of the separate one that came with my head unit, and use the antenna in the windscreen with a signal booster and converter into a standard aerial connector (reception still useless).
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Use factory gps sensor instead of the separate one
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1st one is diversity antenna and GPS with Fakra connectors, I think they are both factory wiring as I used them both on my retrofit with suitable adapters, so could use factory GPS sensor instead of the separate one that came with my head unit, and use the antenna in the windscreen with a signal booster and converter into a standard aerial connector (reception still useless).
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I have one with mine, it's usually to provide native 4G connectivity to an aftermarket head unit so you can use youtube/spotify etc as native apps on the HU rather than carplay or android auto....
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1st one is diversity antenna and GPS with Fakra connectors, I think they are both factory wiring as I used them both on my retrofit with suitable adapters, so could use factory GPS sensor instead of the separate one that came with my head unit, and use the antenna in the windscreen with a signal booster and converter into a standard aerial connector (reception still useless).
Use factory gps sensor instead of the separate one
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1st one is diversity antenna and GPS with Fakra connectors, I think they are both factory wiring as I used them both on my retrofit with suitable adapters, so could use factory GPS sensor instead of the separate one that came with my head unit, and use the antenna in the windscreen with a signal booster and converter into a standard aerial connector (reception still useless).
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I have one with mine, it's usually to provide native 4G connectivity to an aftermarket head unit so you can use youtube/spotify etc as native apps on the HU rather than carplay or android auto....
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I’m halfway through changing my head unit and someone has been before!
What are these unused plugs for?
*edit* so the blue one is gps and the mustard one the diversity antenna
1st one is diversity antenna and GPS with Fakra connectors, I think they are both factory wiring as I used them both on my retrofit with suitable adapters, so could use factory GPS sensor instead of the separate one that came with my head unit, and use the antenna in the windscreen with a signal booster and converter into a standard aerial connector (reception still useless).
the other one is as others have said, a SIM card holder. I have one with mine, it's usually to provide native 4G connectivity to an aftermarket head unit so you can use youtube/spotify etc as native apps on the HU rather than carplay or android auto.... I stuck a SIM in mine and used it for a bit, but the 4G reception was flaky so no point paying the subcription for the data SIM when carplay worked a lot better anyway.
It’s a complicated system! I’ve been researching and it appears this yellow plug has speaker cables? Why are there speaker cables when I have fibre optics?
Thanks
I thought the connectors had been standardised on car audio now but it appears not.
The fakra blue plug for the gps antenna on my 996 does not fit the pioneer HU. Of course pioneer use a different plug
alpine offer an adapter for their HU but pioneer do not - and their plugs are different to alpines
The OCD in me did not want to fit the pioneer gps antenna when there is an oe one already installed. So much research led me to this - the only place I can find it is on Ali express.
It may help someone…
Not exactly straightforward installing a head unit!
Ali Express bargain arrived and saved the day. After an initial glitch (one plug was slightly bent) I finally have wireless CarPlay..
Thanks to this adapter.
Just waiting for my DAB ariel now.
Then I have that to install plus a usb c lead to the glove box and a rear camera…
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