C5 Speedo

[Guest gill]

hi

 

can anyone help?

 

how do you remove the instrument panel on a c5

 

does anyone know the colour code of the wire that mutes the stereo when fitting a nokia hands free kit

 

many thanks

[paul.h]

To remove the speedo/rev counter panel, use similar to 2 plastic credit cards (so no damage) and push under the lower trim at the point where there are 2 tiny holes, to release the clips, then try and pull the lower edge forward.

[proinnsias]

does anyone know the colour code of the wire that mutes the stereo when fitting a nokia hands free kit

 

On the Nokia kit - the wire is Yellow

 

SIO Communications have some help in identifying the mute positions ... just use a test lamp to ID it - http://www.siocommunications.co.uk/Radio-Mutes.html ... one thing to note though is the

 

There is no wire on the C5's ISO loom to attach to a mute, so you're going to have to rig something less elegant ..

 

(A very nice solution is to get a small ISO extender form a local auto factors, and snip the muting wire - add a bullet point to it and the other end to the nokia kit ... voila :) )

 

Note - if you're talking about taking out the radio (and not hte speedo etc) it's quite easy.

 

Lift the flaps at either side of the stereo (with the switches in 'em) ... they pop off ... undo the two Torx screws holding in the radio, slide out ...

 

Note too that if you're fitting a second-hand speedo, that the mileage displayed will be the greater of that stored on the speedo unit and the BSI - both store the overall mileage, and if they disagree, the higher is registered in both.