My MFD 1 Upgrade

[carl4u44]

Hi all this is my first post. I'm a new member from Belfast, Just recently acquired my first skoda, an 06 vrs, from previously being a Volvo owner/enthusiast.

 

I decided to get rid of the standard Symphony radio. It was a great radio, just a little plain for my liking. I spotted the latest MFD1 on ebay - a specific skoda model which included the most recent maps and a gps aerial. I couldn't help myself! Furthermore I also bought a usb box, plug and play lead and facia trim adaptor.

 

My car previously had a parrot Bluetooth installed and intergraded into the speakers, again these are great little devices.

 

Firstly I started stripping everything out. Glove box out and radio out.

 

 

Previous wiring for Parrot was a dogs dinner. Spent some time sorting out the wiring and pinning it back behind the glove box. In the meantime whilst I was waiting on the little parts to arrive, I spent a Saturday night filling out a square hole in the spare blank button for my usb cable to mount into.

 

 

The plug and play adaptor. You need this because the MFD requires a Gala pulse to run the sat nav. Now the original wiring has a gala wire (blue and white) however this adaptor takes the gala wire and feeds it into the 26pin connector at back of MFD. The toggle switch was cut off and wires bridged. It only allows video to play when gala is off, as a safety feature, however the sat nav will cease to work accordingly.

 

 

All wires brought through. I ran the GPS aerial to the bottom left hand corner of windscreen. Aerial lead flows behind glove box. Nice and neat and you get top signal. A lot of people I hear, on the vw forums mounting the aerial onto the metal frame behind radio. The windscreen is much better. 

 

 

Location of where I fitted the usb box, Earthed it onto the airbag frame.

 

 

Final result!

 

 

The navi requires setting up. Set the GALA to 8 and tyre size accordingly using the conversion chart in the weblink below. After 15 minutes of driving the MFD adjusts itself.

 

 

 

USB Box: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skoda-Fabia-Octavia-USB-adapter-interface-CTAVAGUSB002-CTAVAGUSB003-in-car-MP3-/221257936040?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item3384002ca8

 

Plug and Play:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Multimedia-adapter-Audi-VW-MFD-Navi-Plus-add-video-signal-to-navi-/141004881421?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item20d48bbe0d

 

Trim:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-FABIA-6Y-RADIO-CD-PLAYER-FASCIA-TRIM-ADAPTER-GENUINE-PART-6Y0857231B41-/271234137585?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f26d07df1

 

Helpful link: http://www.davidprojects.net78.net/styled/

Edited 23 July, 2013 by carl4u44

[RAPTURE]

Looks good mate nice and oem .

[hutchysrs50]

Seen one sell for £40 odd the other day, wouldn't mind one myself, love the oem

[Thisday]

Id love this too! Glad I didn't see that go for 40 though...would have been so tempted and just can't afford owt at the min...

[Rexob]

i just bought one if these head units for £50 from an 06 superb for my 04 superb, just orderd dx maps from germany i just hope all works ok dont have a clue about electronics and radios so this gala pulde is all new to me

[AaronMountford1990]

Where from! I've got one I'm possibly getting for 75! I thought THAT was cheap

[hutchysrs50]

They do come up cheap time to time, you just need other stuff usually.

- Sat Nav disc

- Plug and play loom

- Code

Cheap ones don't tend to come with everything!

[hutchysrs50]

In saying that, I'd buy another one if its going cheap

[carl4u44]

Hi folks. Glad to say mine is still going strong. At Christmas past I further installed an amp plus 4 speakers. The amp had to pass through my parrot kit. I also needed the yellow connecting block for 4 channel pre out here:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=221230803181&globalID=EBAY-GB

As for the maps, my cd supplied (which was a copy too) with the radio began to fail (slow to load and deeply scratched) so I ripped my own latest 2013 UK and IRE maps.

The burning process is very difficult. You'll require an older CD burner 1x and and blank JVC only CD-R. The radio is very fussy! In reality tho once the cd is in, it very rarely it gets removed.

[carl4u44]

On another note, I sold my original CD player 'symphony' for £75 with manual not long after installing the mfd.