I want to try and get a C BLOCK cable as this would be more tidy, but it isn't essential. It took a lot of messing around to sort this out, but I could fit or remove this now in less than about 30 mins.
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I even contacted a local car electronics outlet who said it would cost £120-150 to sort the problem!!! I now have full sound from my MP3 player which the FM transmitter never even came close to. Screwed radio back in, put cover back on, and problem solved.Īnd to think that all the misinformation had me ready to buy a Connects2 device. Connected the jack using the screw and put the glovebox back. The blank on the glovebox is way too thick to fit a normal 3.5mm jack, so I used a hand tool (Dremel) to file it down to a suitable thickness. You need a suitably sized Torx key (or 'star tool') to get them out - any decent DIY or motabits store has them. The glovebox has 7 screws holding it in - four along the top and three (hidden behind plastic clips which just fold out) along the bottom.
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Threaded the cable through the top of the radio cavity and into the glovebox cavity. Plugged in, reconnected the radio, entered the radio code, switched to AUX, and fired up my Zen.
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I stuck two of these together back-to-back and cut them down to make a square 4-pin block, then made this into the appropriate cable.
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In my case, I discovered that the audio connectors used to connect a CD drive to the motherboard or soundcard in a PC has the correct sized female connections to mate with the pins on the radio. If you have the C BLOCK present, all you have to do is tap into the appropriate cables and connect your stereo jack and that's it. I made one at a cost of a couple of pounds with parts from Maplin. Knowing this, all you need to do is connect a stereo jack (3.5mm) via a cable to these pins. These are the ones you want (assuming there aren't dozens of variants out there).Īs you look at it, the top left pin is the left AUX-in, the bottom left one is the right AUX-in, and the top tight one is the GND (or COMMON) pin. In the bottom right corner you'll see four pins in a square. Take off the radio aerial and look at the pins on the Quadlock socket on the radio. It should be a 12 pin connector (I think it is called the C BLOCK) on the bottom left of the quadlock, but on mine this is totally absent. Myth #3 - the connector for the AUX socket it already there. You have to squeeze the locking device and then lift the lever and it unplugs easily. The Quadlock is a bundle of cables connected to a single plastic connector. There are four screws holding the radio in. Once you can get your fingers under it it comes off easily, almost peeling away from bottom to top, but go gently. To get the grey shield off I used a 10p piece (to avoid damaging it with a screwdriver) and levered it on the lower left side just above the windscreen heater switches. Maybe if you're lucky, but it is not standard. Myth #2 - take out the glovebox and there will be a cable already there, just not put in. It is an option and if it ain't there, it ain't there. There is a place in the glove box for the 3.5mm jack, but it is empty. It has buttons 0-9 with '*' and '#' and an AUX button on the left side. I've got a 2007 Focus (I get a lease car every 6 months) and it's got the 'facelift' radio in it, which has the shiny silver surround and is embedded in the grey plastic shield with the heating controls and hazard switch. Having someone tell you they 'sorted it' out, but not telling you how, is hardly useful! I hope this helps someone, as the quality of the half-information you find on the internet is appalling sometimes.