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Wheeled the van into my friends unit:
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The first thing to go was the standard headunit, big, bulky,low powered.. replacement is a Pioneer DEH-4600BT (
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, I'd fitted one of these headunits into my old Focus RS and wasreally impressed by the amount of features, ease of use and quality of it forthe money; so there was no doubt about buying another one for the Connect.
Needed the usual aerial adaptor, ISO conversion cable andfacia adaptor. There were a few options for the facia adaptor, but eventuallywent with
thisone
however bought it from a local audio store for a chunk less thanHalfrauds were wanting for the same bit of kit.
Here is the headunit all fitted up:
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..and given that it's Bluetooth enabled with calls comingthrough the front speakers, it obviously needs a microphone fitted somewhere tolet you talk back!! I decided to put it in the same place that I had fitted onein the Focus and it works fine, telephone calls are nice and clear both ways.
With just the headunit fitted, the standard speakers (frontonly) sounded 10? 20? times better than they did with the standard headunit...so much so that I wondered if I should really bother fitting upgradedspeakers!!
But since I'd already bought them and the standard frontspeakers were better but still not capable of being left alone, it seemedstupid to take them back. I went for some Fli 6x9 speakers(
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) after reading a few reviews and comparing them to much moreexpensive speakers, I didn't see the point paying almost double for what I waswanting them to do.
Now if you could try not to notice the amount of dirt/doghair that I discovered in the next few photos that'd be great, it's gone now,promise!!
...I unscrewed the centre console around thegearstick/handbrake so I could run the cables for the speakers down thedashboard and tuck them up underneath the centre console for as tidy aninstallation as possible.
The wires supplied with the speakers weren't going to belong enough to reach the rear doors, which is where the 6x9's were finallymounted. So using bullet connectors, extra wires were added to give the lengthrequired. MDF was cut to the shape of the door sections and then covered insome black vinyl that my mate had lying around in his unit, it's a bit bubblyin places and doesn't
quite
cover it all... but it looks better thanbare wood.
Keeps them nicely out the way and also if/when the van isused for days at park/beach/camping trip, then it gives the opportunity tofling open the rear doors and direct the music outside too. Happy days.
Here are a few pictures showing how I routed the wiring fromthe front to back. The passenger side is all hidden at the front end, it runsunder the side door step, into the small plastic panel at the door opening andinto the sides same as the drivers side. Wiring from van into the rear doorsused existing grommets etc... time will tell if this is working out, but so farit seems to be fine.
How it reached the rear doors:
The next/final part of this upgrade was the addition of asubwoofer, something I got talked into by a friend who said that I 'might aswell' if I was pulling the headunit out... so while I was in Halfords, I saw aspecial offer on one of their Fli active subwoofers(
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) which would negate the need to mount an extra amplifier somewhereas the sub and amp all came in one box. I read a few reviews (granted frompeople under my age range
) and itseemed a good piece of kit and came with all the wiring needed, so I boughtthat too.
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Not sure if I'm going to bother upgrading the front doorspeakers, they handle what they're asked to handle pretty well and the 6x9'stake care of the rest with a nice wee kick from the subwoofer low down...overall, I think it cost me around £220-£230 and the difference is massive. Ifyou're thinking about upgrading but not sure if it'll be worth it, then do it,you'll not regret it at all.
Cheers,
Grant
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