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Navigation & Audio OEM navigation upgrade-Hopefully a how-to guide.
Navigation & AudioAudio upgrades, bluetooth, and navigation discussions surrounding the Clubman (R55), Cooper and Cooper S (R56), and Cabrio (R57) MINIs.
I have news about my CIC retrofit.
This morning I instaled the Combox with the bluetooth antena. I pass the USB cable, Combox cable and optical fiber cable to the foot rest.
I am very afraid of making a mistake.
Any advice?
@ahorvath , what do you thing about bluetooth antena position?
It should work our cars are small so I don't think it will be a issue. My antenna is under the center console which is covered with plastic same as the box cover. I see you have a Chili red Mini I have the same color.
It should work our cars are small so I don't think it will be a issue. My antenna is under the center console which is covered with plastic same as the box cover. I see you have a Chili red Mini I have the same color.
Yes! this is my chili red
I´m worried about the 26 pin Combox conection. I have doubts about how take off the pines of aux and mic from the radio conection.
You don't have to remove the pins you can splice the wires together if you want. I have a pin removal tool set so it was not a big deal to remove the pins. It is a pain with out the tools.
You don't have to remove the pins you can splice the wires together if you want. I have a pin removal tool set so it was not a big deal to remove the pins. It is a pain with out the tools.
Beautiful chili red and black!
This weekend I continue the work!
Hello everyone,i retrofited a cic unit to my car and i would like to retrieve the vin from the cic unit in order to get an fsc code so i can update the maps, any ideas? Apart from this I try to retrofit a combox now, the combox harness one side i bought the connectors and i can see the order of the cables, the other side how is connected to the cic unit and where does the mic connects to. sorry for my ignorance, i am doing my first steps on this!
Last edited by Dimitris Sofianopoulos; 03-05-2016 at 12:12 AM.
Hi. I would like to upgrade my speedometer too. But I'm unable to find a speedometer with the cut-out for the screen. Do you have any advice for me what keywords I need to use in my parts search?
Hi. I would like to upgrade my speedometer too. But I'm unable to find a speedometer with the cut-out for the screen. Do you have any advice for me what keywords I need to use in my parts search?
Try searching eBay for Mini Cooper R56 nav speedometer or Mini Cooper R56 nav. There were a couple of them listed a few weeks ago.
Or, I have one I'd be willing to sell — I bought some extra parts while doing my install. It's not cosmetically flawless but it works fine. Let me know if you want pics.
There are two kind of screens one for the CCC and the other is for the CIC. Make sure that it is for the right radio. If you have the black radio single unit than you have a CIC if you have the double unit than it is a CCC.
Exactly the same unit I installed in my retrofit. I think you will be fine. I still don't know what is the deference between 606 and 6UM it has Mini connected, it uses the same combox and same screen. I think somebody just changed the code or something.