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Post by Spriteracer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:46 am

Good morning all,

I've just received the Blue Music dongle, and need a bit of assistance accessing the cd changer cables without damaging anything else.

Mine is a Dec 2016 E86 with CD changer prep but no cd changer. I understand from other posts here that the connectors will be behind the boot bulkhead trim panel.
I can't see how to remove the rear boot panel without stripping out the whole of the (brittle ?) plastic mouldings each side. I've removed the two plugs holding the front of the floor covering in the step next to the battery well but this doesn't seem to get me much further. The metal strip where the roller cover goes in seems to be riveted - maybe only to itself - where the cover support is.
(tried looking through the storage bins recess behind the seats but not enough access to see anything useful.)

What am I missing ?

Many thanks.
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Post by Spriteracer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:54 am

Sorry - this should probably have been in the discussion section....
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Post by Spriteracer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:55 am

And it is 2006 not 2016 - it can only get better....
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Post by Sandman77 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:12 pm

Watching with interest. I think this is a fairly simple task in the roadster but looks a bit more involved with the coupe.
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Post by Probocop » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:16 pm

Slightly different in the M due to the battery location, but I pulled down the panel from the top to access the CD changer. As I said though, due to the battery in the M this looks like it was easier as there's a cut-out section on the far right.
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Post by Spriteracer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:28 pm

Thanks both for the replies. I have managed to crack it. I took out the drivers side cubbyhole (mine totally loose - all the clips broken off) and could just see the two connectors tied down to the floor just below where the cd player would have been. I was then able with a bit of gentle brute force get my hand under the bottom of the boot bulkhead trim panel and fiddle the connectors out of the tie and out enough to connect. Couldn't see a thing but seeing them from the front helped. Then just tested and pushed the dongle back and hope it doesn't rattle.

Seems to work fine but the only downside I've found so far is that the dongle will only connect to 1 device at a time. As I have 1 iphone I use all the time with the audiobooks on it, and an old one with the music on it, I'll still have to swap them back and forth. C'est la vie but better than before.
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Post by Vijay » Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:21 am

Their was a post on this recently, but I still couldn't figure how to access this without, as you said, removing all the side panels etc. When you say 'drivers side cubbyhole', could you elaborate please, maybe a pic too??.... :)
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Post by longshaw » Tue Jun 25, 2019 10:46 am

Bookmarked. :thumbsup:

I have recently done the Blu Music install.
I accessed the loom required by uncrewing 3/4 screws on theboot lining.
However, once I moved the carpet the back of these screwes have now dissappeared (somewhere inside the car?)
Did you have this issue and how did you scren the liner back together?

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Post by Magicarcher » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:26 pm

what is a blue music dongle?
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Post by Vijay » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:23 pm

Magicarcher wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:26 pm what is a blue music dongle?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... ag=z4fo-21
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Post by Spriteracer » Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:54 am

Hi Vijay - the cubby holes are the storage bins in the bulkhead behind each seat where more speakers would be in cars with the higher spec audio systems. Mine only has the basic system.

Hi Longshaw - the only fixings I removed were the two plastic plugs as mentioned. They hold the edge of the boot carpet to the vertical step of the boot floor just forward of the battery recess. You can just see the hole where I had taken one out in my 1st picture above. This allows you to lift the carpet which seems to be fixed to the bottom of the bulkhead lining and then force your hand underneath it. I didn't see any relevant screws and couldn't see any way of taking out the bulkhead liner without complete dismantling of the whole boot area.

I did 450 miles with it on yesterday and it worked faultlessly all the way. Couldn't hear any rattles either..... though not sure I would have anyway over the exhaust boom. Really must find a way of quietening that - it gets pretty wearing after a while.
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Post by Thrustyjust » Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:11 am

Looks ideal for what I need in the car. Although having the basic sounds, think its needs more ooomf too, such as bass. Contemplating a small unseat sub , which is what guys in the Lotus club used in the Elises with a good result although may research it. I have a decent sound shop in Reading so may ask them how to make it a bit better. I didnt want to change the head unit in the dash .
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Post by Vijay » Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:21 am

Thanks Spriteracer, I'll look into that !
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Post by Thrustyjust » Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:29 am

Just did mine yesterday and what fun that was trying to fumble under the carpets to get to the centre console ( from the boot end) to find the cable, taped onto a rail and try and untape and bring it out back to the boot. Still, as soon as I found it , plugged in the device and hey presto , music and no cable to aux . Definitely worth the fun fitting and the grazes up my arms :thumbsup:
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Post by tuco » Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:30 pm

Does this work with the Carver DSP ? and couldn't you plug it into the head unit ?

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