RE: Audio question, part 3

["Eric Scott Paul" <esp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To remove the CVA-1000 there is a small trim piece around the headunit, this
must be carefully pulled off and then there are two metal pins that must be
lifted while pulling the headunit out. I don't know if this is the same on
the 1005. (I meant to put this in the last post).

As far as the handbrake switch. I have a switch that acts as the handbrake.
This allows me to use the functions without the handbrake on. On the
CVA-1000 it is a yellow/blue wire. ( I think it sees ground when the parking
brake is on.)

If you can get the headunit out it would be worthwhile to check and see if
the blue wire (blue/white in the case of your install) from the headunit is
running to the factory harness white wire. The remote turn on needs to
activate both the factory amplifier (apparently it does since you are
mentioning the fact that the headunit power is relatively high, being fed
into the amp) and also has to activate the antenna. The blue/white can do
this effectively it does not have to be the blue remote antenna turn on, the
key is that the signal gets to both.

It would be worthwhile to trace the antenna wire (Black) and look at the
adaptor used to convert from the European style connector to the US style
connector. Quite often these are not making good contact and cause reception
problems. I always use electrical tape of heat shrink to ensure that they
are not subject to falling apart due to vibration.

If I think of anything else I will let you know

PS: The DVD based is the way to go, just gotta get the money tree to grow a
little faster!

Eric S Paul
BMWCCA # 94854
99 328i Fern Green
http://home.adelphia.net/~esp/

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