rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
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| Buying and fitting a Parrot MKi9200 |
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Are these a pain in the  to fit into a D3 SE?
Do i need any extra bits to fit them?
Looked at a few threads on here but quite a few contradictions apparently.
Thanks
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 27th Jan 2013 10:47 pm |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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Easy to fit and you don't need a special lead, look in my gallery If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 28th Jan 2013 12:08 am |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Just been and got one from Halfords. The bloke said it does need a cable. Do I or don't I? Lol
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| 31st Jan 2013 2:07 pm |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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rich89 wrote:Just been and got one from Halfords. The bloke said it does need a cable. Do I or don't I? Lol
Just pm'd you
Its ok i've managed to add the info on the next thread If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 31st Jan 2013 4:24 pm |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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This was from A company is used, i did this and it worked perfect, look in my gallery for the photos
RANGE ROVER SPORT/DISCOVERY 3
DIRECT INPUT
Jaguar plugs behind radio (Black with red insert)
12v Battery – in main block on head unit (Pin 1)
Earth – taken off cigarette lighter or chassis
12v ignition – Taken off the Green wire on cigarette lighter
Inputs – found on smaller of 2 Blocks in the radio
Speaker + is Pin 5
Speaker – is Pin 3
Mute is Pin 10
AUX – Common – Pin 6​
​ Left Positive – Pin 7
​ Right Positive – Pin 8
If 3.5mm Jack plug fitted, this needs to be removed for audio streaming.
Connect the Black and Brown Line in wires on Mki 9200/9100 to Pin 6.
Connect the Red line in wire on the Mki 9200/9100 to Pin 7.
Connect the White Line in wire on the Mki 9200/9100 to Pin 8.
Cut the front left or right speaker out from the socket ISO on the Mki 9200/9100 and connect positive to Pin 5 and negative to Pin 3.
Connect the Mute (yellow) to Pin 10. If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 31st Jan 2013 4:26 pm |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Ok,
How long did it take you to install?
Why are some people saying it needs an adapter?
Thanks.
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| 31st Jan 2013 4:42 pm |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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From memory it took me about 2-3 hours, i'm not sure why others state it needs a lead, but at the time i did some research and this was what i found out..
The info was from a company called www.handsfree.co.uk so i assume they knew what they were talking about If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:03 pm |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Thanks.
Whats the bit about Jaguar?
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:05 pm |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2302
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Jaguar and Land Rover share same input/connections to radio (share a lot of items) same company If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:14 pm |
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Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
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Or buy one of these:
http://www.carcommunications.co.uk/kram-67...-1586.html
As plug and play as it gets for your model and installed in 15 minutes. Assuming you have the hi-line stereo with HK amp in your SE? Not dismissing Grunders' approach; just giving you another, more expensive, option.
Did you consider installing a D4 Bluetooth module before buying the MKi9200? Integrates nicely with the existing stereo controls. Doesn't stream music, though, unlike the Parrot, but is completely transparent in the car.
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:18 pm |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
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I did briefly look into it but for the extra cost and what i want out of it, it just wasn't worth it.
Once i've cleared a few things up, i'm sure the other way will be perfectly easy to install.
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:23 pm |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
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I am looking at my wiring and i seem to have;
3 'mute in' wires
Line out right +
Line out right-
Line out left +
line out left -
And a yellow wire with no label but has a connector on the end?
These are the only ones that are loose, Where exactly do they go?
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| 31st Jan 2013 5:29 pm |
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steve the magpie
Member Since: 23 Jan 2009
Location: pontefract west yorkshire
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Wifey bought me a blackberry took guy 30 mins start to finish to fit on my drive works superb with hse spec no probes or faults been in now 3yr ell happy with it  always up to somert usualy no good acording to swmbo
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| 7th Feb 2013 9:34 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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I have an earlier model Parrot and must say the sound quality both in and out and the Bluetooth connection is very good, but they do clutter the dash up, I don't know how these systems compare to the D4 Bluetooth installation for cost, but the LR seems a lot easier to fit and is invisible, I am seriously thinking of upgrading. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 7th Feb 2013 10:42 pm |
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Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
Posts: 3457
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I had the Parrot MKi 9200 for a week. Couldn't fault the sound quality but the clutter on the dash did it for me. The D4 Bluetooth sound quality is equally good (if not better) as it uses the car's optic fibre MOST bus. The D4 Bluetooth will not allow you to stream music to the LR head unit, though, unlike the Parrot I had.
To do the D4 upgrade, you're probably looking at around £300 depending on whether or not you already have the steering wheel switches/microphone installed in your HSE. The D4 module is ~£175, the MOST cable is ~£40, steering wheel switches ~£40, microphone ~£40, Faultmate enablement ~£30. If you already have the steering wheel switches and microphone installed then it really is a very simple upgrade for you (assuming your microphone cable is not broken, which often seems to be the case). The only other thing you will need is to run +ve and -ve to the Bluetooth module, which you can do by fitting a piggy-back fuse to Fuse 58 (Infotainment).
Some instructions in Wiggs' gallery here:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...itting.pdf
Wiggs can supply the MOST cable, TLO supplied my D4 module, microphone, and steering wheel switches. Geoff. enabled me.
You are correct when you say that the installation is invisible compared to the Parrot; The only visible element of the installation is the steering wheel switches.
Very good mod, though. 
Steve 2021 BMW iX3 Premier Edition in Carbon Black ⚡️🔌
2019 Škoda Kodiaq 2.0 Tdi 190 DSG Sportline in Quartz Grey. Excellent vehicle. Gone.
2017 Discovery Sport HSE Auto in Carpathian Grey and Ebony Leather. Modern JLR Junk. Gone.
2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual in Zermatt Silver with Ebony Cloth (143k) Gone, but now patrolling the Asia section of the West Midlands Safari Park!
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