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Understanding Mk7 Stereo Connections and upgrade help

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2013 facelift- I’d say yes - mine did



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    No m8 but I'm going to be doing mine next week so I'll take alot of pictures for you .if you find out anything let me know please sorry m8  Ill txt you soon 

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1 hour ago, Lewie226 said:

2013 facelift- I’d say yes - mine did

Ok but on the original one it has one port at the back and on the Sony one has 2 any ideas of what this is, plus will I need the screen and the cd box\ head unit or literally just the stereo face?

Are u sure? My Sony fascia only has a single input

really depends on what your wanting to achieve re the other parts

if u have a 7.5 facelift and just like the look of the gloss Sony fascia (buttons) you should just be able to swap it straight out presuming you’ve bought a facelift Sony fascia

If your looking for dab or a colour screen then obviously you’ll need to swap out the rest

 

6 minutes ago, Lewie226 said:

Are u sure? My Sony fascia only has a single input

really depends on what your wanting to achieve re the other parts

if u have a 7.5 facelift and just like the look of the gloss Sony fascia (buttons) you should just be able to swap it straight out presuming you’ve bought a facelift Sony fascia

If your looking for dab or a colour screen then obviously you’ll need to swap out the rest

 

Yes was thinking about buying it because it looks cooler however do I need to buy the silver cd box thingy or will. My one work that came with the car ?

 

2 minutes ago, TJR121 said:

Yes was thinking about buying it because it looks cooler however do I need to buy the silver cd box thingy or will. My one work that came with the car ?

 

Mine looks like this but I want this 

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3 hours ago, Lewie226 said:

Are u sure? My Sony fascia only has a single input

really depends on what your wanting to achieve re the other parts

if u have a 7.5 facelift and just like the look of the gloss Sony fascia (buttons) you should just be able to swap it straight out presuming you’ve bought a facelift Sony fascia

If your looking for dab or a colour screen then obviously you’ll need to swap out the resT

so all I really need is the facelift fascia so what is the silver box thingy for ?

As I said it depends what you want - the Sony fascia should just plug straight in with 1 connection- if they are both from the same gen fiesta

sony produced for the 7 and 7.5 they are not interchangeable 

the silver box is the actual stereo unit the fascia’s just really the buttons 

what makes you say the Sony has 2 connections 

9 minutes ago, Lewie226 said:

As I said it depends what you want - the Sony fascia should just plug straight in with 1 connection- if they are both from the same gen fiesta

sony produced for the 7 and 7.5 they are not interchangeable 

the silver box is the actual stereo unit the fascia’s just really the buttons 

what makes you say the Sony has 2 connections 

Thinking of the black and white connections I think DAB AND F, but I’m buying the Fascia with satnav 

20 minutes ago, Lewie226 said:

As I said it depends what you want - the Sony fascia should just plug straight in with 1 connection- if they are both from the same gen fiesta

sony produced for the 7 and 7.5 they are not interchangeable 

the silver box is the actual stereo unit the fascia’s just really the buttons 

what makes you say the Sony has 2 connections 

I’m talking about these A01F1326-C884-4346-9480-2415B5549842.thumb.png.d63e5243f9c8a26965a068bc8f836417.png

Sorry you’ve totally confused me here

so your looking at the whole unit- fascia, cd unit screen and top binnacle - you want nav?
I thought you were looking to replace the fascia only!

those 2 connection are on the back of the cd unit ones FM the others DAB aerial connections 

1 minute ago, Lewie226 said:

Sorry you’ve totally confused me here

so your looking at the whole unit- fascia, cd unit screen and top binnacle - you want nav?
I thought you were looking to replace the fascia only!

I am only replacing the fascia I have just ordered the fascia with the nav option, I’m just wondering if the normal stereo will still work with the normal fascia 

The back of your ‘normal’ fascia only has one plug connection 

pop the fascia off unplug it and plug in the new one - 

just wondering why you opted for the nav fascia as now you’ll be missing some buttons where the map and nav buttons are 

youve now 2 buttons you can’t use

2 minutes ago, Lewie226 said:

The back of your ‘normal’ fascia only has one plug connection 

pop the fascia off unplug it and plug in the new one - 

just wondering why you opted for the nav fascia as now you’ll be missing some buttons where the map and nav buttons are 

youve now 2 buttons you can’t use

What we’re the buttons instead of nav ?

1 hour ago, Lewie226 said:

The back of your ‘normal’ fascia only has one plug connection 

pop the fascia off unplug it and plug in the new one - 

just wondering why you opted for the nav fascia as now you’ll be missing some buttons where the map and nav buttons are 

youve now 2 buttons you can’t use

Ok is it worth me just buying this that way it comes with three CD player bit 

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Something like this is 1/2 the price

 

 

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Yep just brought one for £25 +£7 shipping, hopefully it works. Seller said it should work.

On 4/3/2021 at 11:14 PM, Lewie226 said:

Something like this is 1/2 the price

 

 

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Thanks for your help I bought just the fascia and it worked perfectly just had trouble getting that silly plastic trim off the top 😂😂

Your welcome

  • 6 months later...

Hi, I bought a complete sony system to upgrade from my basic radio.

 

I figured out that I need an extra module to get bluetooth, which I haven't. The radio that came with the screen and facia is this :

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To visualize a bit, this is the back of it. Check the image attached. This one is lacking the usb output that my stock radio had. Question is, with this port only, can I connect the bluetooth module provided that I get the cable required, or this one is missing the expansion port for the bluetooth module?

 

Thanks!

 

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21 hours ago, solid_snake said:

Hi, I bought a complete sony system to upgrade from my basic radio.

 

I figured out that I need an extra module to get bluetooth, which I haven't. The radio that came with the screen and facia is this :

AA6T-18C815-SF

 

To visualize a bit, this is the back of it. Check the image attached. This one is lacking the usb output that my stock radio had. Question is, with this port only, can I connect the bluetooth module provided that I get the cable required, or this one is missing the expansion port for the bluetooth module?

 

Thanks!

 

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I've done my head unit to m8 same as that someone said to my the usb wire goes in the Bluetooth module. But watch what Bluetooth module you get as there's 2 .1 with mini usb 1 with a big usb but a big usb doesn't fit it must b a special ford usb wire hope this help as the Sony h unit has bluetooth in the menu 

33 minutes ago, Matty Murray said:

I've done my head unit to m8 same as that someone said to my the usb wire goes in the Bluetooth module. But watch what Bluetooth module you get as there's 2 .1 with mini usb 1 with a big usb but a big usb doesn't fit it must b a special ford usb wire hope this help as the Sony h unit has bluetooth in the menu 

 

Hi Matty and thanks for the response. This is the photo from the unit that came with the sony face and screen. My stock as I said had usb output, but this doesn't. My question is, how do I connect the unit with the single port (one in the picture above) to the bluetooth module. I've seen a few modules for sale now, and a lot of them have two ports, and now I worry that this unit doesn't support the bluetooth module. 

2 hours ago, solid_snake said:

 

Hi Matty and thanks for the response. This is the photo from the unit that came with the sony face and screen. My stock as I said had usb output, but this doesn't. My question is, how do I connect the unit with the single port (one in the picture above) to the bluetooth module. I've seen a few modules for sale now, and a lot of them have two ports, and now I worry that this unit doesn't support the 

 

5 minutes ago, Matty Murray said:

 

My m8 mk7 have bluetooth an a standard h unit  his h unit doesn't have usb on it his usb goes in the bluetooth module.

I got bluetooth module the wrong one so I'm a way to get the one with mini usb I think it got something to do with the mystery plug at back of the glove box. I'm hope in to get mine done next week when wages go in so I'll keep you posted mine is mk7 2012 head unit 2010 .

If you get any further let's know how you get on an ill do the same

Sorry didn't have an more answer 

 

I think it all wires up throw bluetooth as the 3.5 mil head phone jack still working on mine just not usb an h unit has bluetooth on menu just can't do any further that ware bluetooth module come in but just make sure you get bluetooth module with mini usb to plug your usb wire in to not sync unit 

Thanks for the reply Matt, but I really struggle to follow your writing. Do you know anyone that could help me with the connectivity issues? Thanks

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