Bluetooth for music
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To finish off my part of this thread, I took the car to Authorized Import Cars in Flemington, NJ the other day to get AUX enabled. It took about 20 minutes for George to run through the steps in the SDD to get the AUX going. At one point, though, the program threw a warning to the effect that enabling the AUX might result in disabling certain of the information displays on the instrument cluster LCD screen. Although the warning was for VINs other than mine, George said there was still a small risk that it might happen on my car. I took a deep breath, and said "go ahead." Bottom line, AUX works as advertised, and no adverse changes to the LCD screen.
I realize that this upgrade is minor compared to others discussed in this forum, but it's big enough for me.
Thanks again to Cambo, JagWrangler/White XKR and all others for their work and help.
I realize that this upgrade is minor compared to others discussed in this forum, but it's big enough for me.
Thanks again to Cambo, JagWrangler/White XKR and all others for their work and help.
Last edited by Bill Mack; 10-09-2020 at 04:59 AM.
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I finally got the Cambo/JagWrangler Bluetooth adapter installed the other day. It took me quite a while to get everything sorted, but the removal and reinstall of the infotainment unit was straightforward. I'm reasonably handy but I never did this before and wanted to take time and do it right. It was the glovebox removal/reinstall that took more time.
During the glovebox removal, I realized that the cable from the damper behind the box had unhooked from the arm on the glovebox door. Until then, I thought the native behavior of the door was to drop open in freefall onto my wife's knees. Live and learn. Unless I am missing something, the design of the cable attachment to the arm is pretty poor. It's easy to see why the cable would slip off the arm with use. I used a couple of zip-ties to secure the loop on the damper cable to the connection point on the arm - I think that will be a permanent or almost permanent fix.
I digress. After the BSA install, I checked to see if I could get a BT signal from the adapter on my iPhone. Success on the first try! Now all I have to do is get my jagshop to enable the AUX option on the infotainment system and I'm in business.
During the glovebox removal, I realized that the cable from the damper behind the box had unhooked from the arm on the glovebox door. Until then, I thought the native behavior of the door was to drop open in freefall onto my wife's knees. Live and learn. Unless I am missing something, the design of the cable attachment to the arm is pretty poor. It's easy to see why the cable would slip off the arm with use. I used a couple of zip-ties to secure the loop on the damper cable to the connection point on the arm - I think that will be a permanent or almost permanent fix.
I digress. After the BSA install, I checked to see if I could get a BT signal from the adapter on my iPhone. Success on the first try! Now all I have to do is get my jagshop to enable the AUX option on the infotainment system and I'm in business.
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Glovebox Fix
StiggyMac, here is a photo of the glovebox (not from my car but identical to it) showing the key parts for the repair. The damper cable on my car had a loop at the end (not visible in this image) but it was too small to securely fit over the notch at the end of the glovebox door arm. I connected the loop on the damper cable to the glovebox door arm with two zip-ties threaded through opening in the notch on the door arm.
To get to this point follow the below steps from the Jaguar XK service manual (this is from the manual for RH drive cars but you get the idea). Good luck!
To get to this point follow the below steps from the Jaguar XK service manual (this is from the manual for RH drive cars but you get the idea). Good luck!
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At one point, though, the program threw a warning to the effect that enabling the AUX might result in disabling certain of the information displays on the instrument cluster LCD screen. Although the warning was for VINs other than mine, George said there was still a small risk that it might happen on my car.
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I know but your post gave the impression that things might go horribly wrong for cars within the VIN range so I was just pointing out that SDD has it covered.
My old '07 XKR was in the VIN range and I flashed it many times without issue.
My old '07 XKR was in the VIN range and I flashed it many times without issue.
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