DIY

Thanks - wasn't too bad once I got the lead through the right hole and pulled it taught so there wasn't any slack sitting behind the satnav. Fitting the second socket in the dash made things a little more fiddly but got there in the end. The cables were a lot longer than they needed to be for the job at hand but I wasn't confident about trying to shorten them - a few cable ties and some duct tape did the job instead.

OK, finally got around to sorting this out - I’m no electrician so didn’t fancy doing any wiring – instead I decided the easiest way to get the job done was to buy the various connectors that would get me from SatNav to AUX socket with as little technical ability as possible ….I’m sure a few of you guys could probably shortcut what I did by re-wiring a couple of the cables and swapping the connections (that would certainly make it a more elegant solution) but my method got the job done. I actually decided to fit two sockets in the end - one in the glovebox for when me and the wife are on long drives and I don't want the MP3 player lying about and one on the dashboard that I can reach from the drivers seat so I can hook my phone up and play tunes off there. The dashboard one was a little more complicated so I'll just describe the glovebox fitting here - that one took me about 20 minutes to fit and cost less than £25 all in!!… Here’s what I used: A) AUX line IN adapter: £7 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUX-Line-IN-adapter-VW-Audi-MFD-10pin-2xRca-0-15m_W0QQitemZ140297814047QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Terminals_Cabling_ET?hash=item140297814047&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318 RCA phono to 3.5mm stereo jack socket: £3.94 http://www.amazon.co.uk/RCA-phono-plugs-stereo-socket/dp/B000LB0X5K/ref=sr_1_1/276-2232382-3267717?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245925356&sr=8-1 C) 3.5mm Jack Plug Aux Socket: £10.99 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250380353960 Remove the SatNav as described by GBDave further up this thread (you’ll need the 4 keys to do that) The AUX line IN adapter connects to the back of the SatNav like this (see att.1) I taped up the blue antenna wire to protect it as it's not needed here. I had to shave a bit off plastic off the collar on this cable so that it would fit snugly into the SatNav over the top of the other connections – Stanley-knife did the job so it ended up like this (see att. 2) The phono end of the AUX line IN cable connects to the RCA phono cable and then that feeds through a hole that’s conveniently located towards the back/top of the tray that the SatNav sits in. There’s 7 screws holding the glovebox in place – 5 at the front and 2 underneath. Remove them and the box pulls forward and drops down. The panel at the end of the dashboard just pops off with a screwdriver so you can get in behind the glovebox more easily (see att. 3). Make a hole for the AUX socket using a 22ml drill-bit (a flat wood-bit did the job for me). The socket comes with a plastic securing bolt – remove it, feed the wire through the hole and slide the bolt back up the wire and screw the whole thing it back together. I put it here cos there was more room behind the glovebox (see att. 4) Connect the AUX socket lead and the RCA phono lead together. There’s a lot of spare wire with the AUX socket so I just left it tied up and then taped all the leads on to the top of the glove box. Fit everything back together and it's job done!! Note - I bought the cheapest components I could find just to test that this would all work. Now I know it does, I'll probably upgrade the RCA phono cable to something of better quality. The other cables seem pretty good quality anyway.

Hi All, Been following this thread for a while now but only just got around to signing up... Are people still trying to sort this out or have you all found a way round it and are keeping it to yourselves? I think I may have found a solution that works for me anyway (famous last words) - decided just to fit an AUX connection so I can play my MP3's...haven't gone for the snazzy off-the-shelf products like denison or xlink cos they look like too much faff (and money) just so I can get the song names on screen etc. Anyway, let me know if you're interested and I'll try and do the photo thing...if I can get the camera to work....that's the next job!! . Cheers PS - just wanted to say thanks to the rest of you for all the useful information you've posted after the last few months - has enabled me to get all the right bits to do the job without having to pay my local skoda dealer £120 to do a crappier job :rotz: