Thought I'll put this up again after the crash:
Bought the iPod adaptor through a group-by organised by Doddsy in May 2006.
It connects the iPod directly to the car's head unit stereo through the CD-changer port at the back. Features:
1) Direct line-in, play iPod through car's stereo
2) Charges the iPod
3) Allows for control of the iPod through car's stereo and steering wheel
4) Allows full control from iPod itself
For
facelift Mazda6/MPS6 models, all you have to do is:
1) Remove the glove box
2) Locate the CD-Changer port at the back of the stereo unit
3) Plug it in
4) Run the cable into the glovebox, or anywhere you want to store your iPod
For
earlier models (like my 2005), you might need to do a short circuit on the stereo's main circuit board to enable the CD-Changer port... big hassle!
Try the above first to see if it works before taking everything apart.
Detail instruction on How-To remove Headunit can be found here:
http://mazda6tech.com/index.php?opti...d=36&Itemid=49 YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS WITH THE FACELIFT MODEL MAZDA6 AND MPS6
Simplified:
1) Remove Gear knob (anti-clock-wise)
2) Remove the cup-holder (this is infact the most difficult part, almost broke all my fingers and I’m a pianist).
3) Pull up the gear-shift cover + ashtray and move to one side. Careful not to rib off the cables underneath.
4) Remove the cigarette lighter bulb (with a plier – carefully), and the cigarette lighter power source (it’s clip on)
5) Immediately behind where the ashtray was there are 2 screws holding the console into place. Remove those.
6) Now you need to move on to the glovebox. It needs to be removed because there's a single screw behind the console that needs to be removed.
7) Before removing the HU, cover the gear-shifter rod to prevent it from scratching your HU.
8) Now, pull out the HU from bottom.
9) Unclip all the cables
10) Remove the HU and put it on a soft clean surface:
11) The following are diagrams from the Mazda6 Workshop manual, showing the structure of the Stereo
12) After disassembling the stereo unit, locate L716 and short circuit it by dropping a solder between the 2 points. Please be very very careful. I practised for a number of times on an old graphics card b4 proceeding to the real thing. Oh… I’ve never solder anything b4. Scary…
13) Put the whole unit back together, and push the HU back into place.
14) Plug the iPod adaptor cable into the CD-changer port at the back
15) For my installation, I decided to run it to the cup holder. Run the wire behind the centre console to under the cup-holder. Tape the main unit securely to avoid rattling.
16) Put the ashtray and gear-shifter cover back. Run the iPod adaptor cable with the dock connector bit through the cup holder. Put the cup-holder back.
17) Finish… LCD Display
Linear Mode
