UK best uhi phone retrofit installation harness part number?

[perdikoula888]

here they are two photos. one of the complete harness and a close-up of the connectors. As you can see it is too short...

 

[miro]

Which part of "try these part numbers" was misleading ?

 

[perdikoula888]

how about the microphone harness miro? Should I raise and glue it to the headliner from the C-right pillar all the way to the centre rear view mirror or from the A-right pillar to the centre rear view mirror? To me it makes more sense from the C-right pillar since I can unclip it from the connector at this point if I need in the future to remove the headliner. Is this correct? Also can I connect the new 4 microphones mirror or it will not work? thank you in advance.

 

[miro]

how about the microphone harness miro? Should I raise and glue it to the headliner from the C-right pillar all the way to the centre rear view mirror or from the A-right pillar to the centre rear view mirror? To me it makes more sense from the C-right pillar since I can unclip it from the connector at this point if I need in the future to remove the headliner. Is this correct? Also can I connect the new 4 microphones mirror or it will not work? thank you in advance.

2 pin harness from the c-pillar to the front (with your BOSE microphone harness alongside).

Beats me why you didnt do it when the headlining was new and not in the car ?

New mirrors have 4 microphones. How do you propose to connect the other 3 and colour match the plastic.

 

[perdikoula888]

Miro, colour matching might be possible as the 4 mic mirror A2038103217 is offered in 7D43 orion grey as well, same colour with the headliner. regaring the mics, a custom spliter would do the trick.

I ended up buying the one mic mirror at the moment.

 

[miro]

Miro, colour matching might be possible as the 4 mic mirror A2038103217 is offered in 7D43 orion grey as well, same colour with the headliner. regaring the mics, a custom spliter would do the trick.

I ended up buying the one mic mirror at the moment.

One of my friend wrote the E-Class UHI control software and as you know that was the first car to appear with multiple microphones. The IDEA of many microphones does not mean it is RELEVANT to your project. The microphones are controlled by the UHI MOST control unit or MOST Linguatronic control unit which your car doesnt have.

If you must do something unusual then maybe order a ML W163 colour coded microphone cover which is sold in grey, beige as an alternative to the boring black circle you currently have.

At least then you will have something cosmetic and unique in a W203.

 

[perdikoula888]

Thank you for the reply.

Also miro, you previously asked me why I did not pass all the wires the very first time I had my new headliner out. The reason for this is that I did not have all the parts I needed from the beginning, neither I initially intented to do so many modifications. Also as I have mantioned in other posts, my car is in a body repair shop and if somethings stays out until other parts arrive, it gets very dusty plus there is a very high risk that it gets damaged or at least marked with grease and dirt.

I wish I had my own garage where I could take my time and work whenever I want. (now I am obliged to go only daytime when I am free and leave 5pm at the latest weekday, no weekends at all! Also sometimes I cannot even open the car doors in the garage since there are other cars for repair left and right too close next to my car... really frustrating... By the way do you have your own garage available when you modify your car?

 

[miro]

Thank you for the reply.

Also miro, you previously asked me why I did not pass all the wires the very first time I had my new headliner out. The reason for this is that I did not have all the parts I needed from the beginning, neither I initially intented to do so many modifications. Also as I have mantioned in other posts, my car is in a body repair shop and if somethings stays out until other parts arrive, it gets very dusty plus there is a very high risk that it gets damaged or at least marked with grease and dirt.

I wish I had my own garage where I could take my time and work whenever I want. (now I am obliged to go only daytime when I am free and leave 5pm at the latest weekday, no weekends at all! Also sometimes I cannot even open the car doors in the garage since there are other cars for repair left and right too close next to my car... really frustrating... By the way do you have your own garage available when you modify your car?

I have been known to work under a tarp in the pouring rain at 3am in the driveway of a suburban house with no carport.

Mistake #1 - it would be easier to strip the car down with all the parts in hand than to drag this out ad-hoc. I agree with your modification concept as its my stock hobby. However, thinking things up as you go along is extremely time consuming and labour intensive.

My advice is always to pre-purchase your kits and shop around for an installer or purchase the technical documents from that American Mercedes website (MBUSA).

It took me about 2 years to buy in all the parts I wanted and about 4 days to install them. After that I started on my next round of buy-ins and expect to have that installed in about a year or so.

I suspect that a GTG for modding could be arranged. One big showdown of people helping each other and a handful of guys helping each other and taking cars apart / back together. All we would need is parking spaces, a wash basin for dirty hands and some protection from the sun / rain.

I would happily come to it if my costs were $0.

My workshop belongs to a private owner who has about 15 car spaces indoors and another 6 outdoors. The rest of the time I am assisting Mercedes dealers all over Australia.

 

[perdikoula888]

It is great what you do! I am sure you are very knowledgable in mods. I would be great a GTG sometime in the future if there are enough people here in the UK with the same interests and hobbies and all of us share the costs to bring you here for free.

I agree with you it is better to do everything together when you have the parts. My situation was a little bit strange as I started with having a full respray for my car, then I got the mod bug and ended up changing everything including full interior colour change including flooring and dash from grey to black, adding a factory sunroof, meaning changing everything roofwise and taking out front and rear windscreen, amg seats and interior, amg bumpers side skirts and rear spoiler, amg brakes, amg instrument cluster, parktronic, heated seats, memory seats, command, cd changer, tv tuner, aux port, partial bose sound system, linguatronic, UHI phone system, booster blower for armrest, bixenons, clear amg foglights, 18" original AMG new style 3 alloy wheels (including spare wheel), rear sunshade/roller blind, full amg springs and suspensions, changing trims in the boot to match the new equipment, luxury climate control with lcd screen, new ’05 clear mirror indicators /blinker lights, '05 grille, memory/dimming/folding mirrors, amg exhaust, illuminated and stainless steel door sills, original sports/amg pedals, plus many mechanical parts changed to brand new (e.g. all plastic trims under the car, all bushes including front and rear subframe, links, differential, prop shaft bearings and mounts, streering, air mass sensor, new increased capacity Mercedes battery, and many engine parts changed to brand new, a lot of work, still not everything completed 100% as some parts I still wait to find them (eg, rear tray/shelf and insulation with electric roller blind holes and fittings) and also still try to figure out some of the wiring from the booster blower.

I also skipped electric steering colum, distronic, multicontour and air-conditioned seats due to lack of parts and patience at the moment…. I also wanted to make a special air vent illumination wiring harness because although my car has illuminated air vents, however strangely enough there is no airvent illumination harness in my car to plug the illumination bulbs of the air vents… Finally would love some time in the future to add rear number plate camera and headrest monitors, plus I need to find a special micro dvd/mp3 player small enough to fit inside the glovebox next to my cd changer. Rear boot/trunk dvd changer wound be great, however I do prefer a single small enough for my glove box compartment. A good idea also would be an aux spliter so that I can use the ipod kit and still retain the aux port in case I need to connect anything else….

I think for a first time I have done too much….. most of the work was done by myself with your advice/help and occasionally the advise of 2 or 3 more people in the forums. Sunman had a spare OEM Mercedes multiplexer and sold it to me.

 

[richard]

> [ Sunman had a spare OEM Mercedes multiplexer and sold it to me.

As it a star diagnosis one ? How to you connect it to the PC ?

Where are you ??

Richard

 

[perdikoula888]

Yes I hook it up to a pc. You CAN use star diagnosis with it. Cardiff

 

[miro]

> [ Sunman had a spare OEM Mercedes multiplexer and sold it to me.

As it a star diagnosis one ? How to you connect it to the PC ?

Where are you ??

Richard

If you want to see an Actia Multiplexer I can meet you in July and dismantle the one I have. I estimate about 400 pins ....

I also have a diagram of the pinout from 485 to 232. Once you sit down with it the whole thing makes bulk sense.

 

[miro]

I think for a first time I have done too much….. most of the work was done by myself with your advice/help and occasionally the advise of 2 or 3 more people in the forums. Sunman had a spare OEM Mercedes multiplexer and sold it to me.

I think it's time you started to drive your car and enjoy it. There is always PHASE II.

 

[perdikoula888]

I agree with you miro!!! Time to drive this damn car! Life is too short to keep waiting for a long time! I am extremely stressed with the body shop at the moment. I do not want to become extremely particular, however I do want to make sure that I do receive an acceptable quality of service and that the paint job and rust protection is properly done. By the way do you really come to UK in July???

 

[richard]

If you want to see an Actia Multiplexer I can meet you in July and dismantle the one I have. I estimate about 400 pins ....

I also have a diagram of the pinout from 485 to 232. Once you sit down with it the whole thing makes bulk sense.

Miro, Id be really interested in that diagram - can you pm me and i'll send you my email address.. Ive seen inside (picture) of an actia mux - theres a board full of relays and a board full of processor etc !

R

 

[miro]

By the way do you really come to UK in July???

Not sure .... depends on whether there is a mod GTG.

 

[perdikoula888]

Richard the picture you have seen is not of an actia mux but of a copycat. I am attaching this picture here: