Afternoon - I'm new to the forums and have just purchased a 2010 Focus Estate titanium (MK2.5). It has the Sony DAB Radio (05-06-03), but sadly no Bluetooth - just an AUX in the glove box. I've followed GAS RS's great guide to retrofit with a Bluetooth module (Linked below!) I've installed the following three parts:

1: Replaced the grey foam with the microphone in the courtesy light (wiring was all there).

2: Removed glove box & swapped the audio patch cable (Finis 1592580, 8m5t-19A442) from BB to AB (more loops). There was no microphone socket, so assuming I have the new MK2.5 wiring loom.

3: Found the BVC connector & connected a purchased 8M5T-19C112-AT (apparently previously from a C-MAX).

I wasn't worried about voice control, so didn't put a new control stork in or anything - just want to stream music/answer calls. Turned the car on and the Sony Radio now has phone and BT/USB options :)

However, I'm having two serious problems & any help would be greatly appreciated:

PROBLEM 1: When I search for bluetooth devices on my phone, sometimes it finds 'Ford Audio', sometimes a strange coded name, but mostly nothing. Either way it struggles to connect. Only twice in dozens of tries has it even poped up with a pairing code & even then failed to connect. I've tried friends phones, but nothing can connect (my previous car (stolen) was the same model, so I know how it should work). Any help here would be greatly appreciated!

PROBLEM 2: I've found that with the new audio patch cable connected (the AB cable rather than the original BB cable), the AUX input no longer works. reverting to the old BB cable fixes this, but surely I need the new one for the BT module? Can anyone shed any light/solutions here?

Many thanks,

Tim

 

Pity we didn't get any responses. However I've now solved the problem - a dodgy Bluetooth module. I ordered another from a different source ( 8M5T-19C112-AV), installed it and put the AB cable back in - and hey presto, everything's working perfectly & both of the above problems are fixed.

Happy now & just posting in case others have similar problems. If your radio detects the Bluetooth module, but you are having trouble connecting to it, it's probably a damaged module.

Regards,

Tim

Hello,could you tell me where you got your module from?ive tried a couple of sources with the above part number but nothing seems to come up with the end code of AV.

Evening wicket73,

I purchased it from Ford Parts UK (www.fordpartsuk.com). If you do a search for the part number on their website, three will come up - listed as for a Fiesta, Mondeo & Kuga, but they are all the same part & work in the Focus too. It's not cheap, but has worked perfectly for me for the ~9 months I've had it so far.

Thankyou.

And the end code is definitely av?i can find plenty but not with av!