Extranrg - Am I correct that the 4 female ends included 2 ar the mirror mole connector and 2 for connection to the fuse box. I assume they are different sizes.

Also, any reason not to splice into the passenger visor mirror leads for power and ground?

thanks for your reply!

 

The female ends were all the same size. The installation required that the plug housings be removed, the connectors inserted in the correct locations and then the housings re-installed.

I know people have tapped into other power feeds. However, it appears that the mirror is then powered all the time unless you find a switched line. Using the retrofit instructions allows the mirror and homelink to operate only when the car is running, auto dim can be coded to turn off when in reverse (one of the leads attaches to the circuit running the parking sensors), and it also ties in (in a round about way) to the auto dim on the wing mirrors, if you have them.

Following the instructions in the retrofit doc gets you as close to an OEM install as you are going to get. It may also help someone troubleshoot problems that might arise in the future.

 

extranrg - thanks for the input. I agree. With little added effort it makes sense to do it right which is what I will do!

 

Yep, just follow the the links in the thread and the original pdf is a couple pages back.

 

Thanks for all who preceded me. i would like to pre-solder the wires ends before installing. Does anyone have a measurement on the length of the cable - tip to tip?

 

how does the passenger kick panel come off?

 

Extanrg - Thanks again for your help. I installed the mirror and have some comments and questions as a result.

1. First - I am impressed with the speed in which you performed this. I was not so quick. The biggest challenge for me was taking apart the x connectors to get the pins in. For other doing so be aware that really good lighting is a must as the two connectors at the fuse block have to be disassembled to insert the new pins. In addition the 18 pin and 52 pin connector are completely different in design and disassembly logic. The 52 pin connector has two pin blocks and you only need to slide out one. There is a small tab on the outside of the block you depress on this one and it comes right out. I don't clearly remember how the 18 pin one comes out - it was not as intuitive. Also, the 52 pin on has a swiveling yolk that needs to be rotated to get it out. This pin is easier to get in ad out if you remove the adjacent plug t its right(view=facing it)
2. My mirror is installed but not fully tested. The led light on the homelink works so I am assuming this capability is active but I have not yet found my garage door remote in order to program it. THE AUTODIP IS NOT YET VERIFIED - DOES ANYONE HAVE A DAYTIME METHOD TO TEST THIS?
3. A CURIOUS BYPRODUCT OF THIS INSTALL - I replaced a homelink/autodip mirror in a different car (2008 MCS) with an autodip only one and it seems to be slowly draining the battery. ANY IDEAS ON WHY THIS MAY BE? I thought it should have been plug and play?

HJBondar

 

Is there any thing special that is required to start the Home link functions, the first time?

I've run the wire and connected the Pins but there appears to be no function in the mirror. I checked with a multi-meter that there is 12V between the two wires at the fuse box and the wire have continuity at the mirror but the LED is not showing function while the car is running. I will update later if the Auto dimming function is working, but based on tests with a flash light it does not appear to be doing anything.

 

Hi,
i bought a homelink from ebay, i put on my mini.
Homelink work fine but dont work fob key, i cant lock and unlock from key,
My mini is cooper 2011 model

Please help, thank you

 

What wire did you tap into? Undo that and run a test wire from cigarette lighter or other source to see if that works. Many cars have antenna for Key fob up in headliner, maybe you messed with the signal.

 

jump pin 3 with pin 8
jump pin 5 with pin 10

Cigarette lighter work.
When i put old mirror, key fob work fine, when i put homelink key fob doesn't work.

 

If it works when you have a wire from lighter then you need to run a different line for power, at least this seems simplest to me. If you run a longer wire and put the mirror on the seat to test does the key fob work? If so then the HL mirror is interfering with the signal somehow. If you have the HL mirror mounted in place and wire from lighter does the key fob work? If so you need a different source of power than what you have tapped into.

I don't have any info on that mirror so pin info doesn't mean anything to me.

That's all I have. Check here https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/ for wiring diagrams.

 

it doesn't work with wire from lighter
Key fob works only with old mirror

 

Double check realoem.com diagrams for "mirror" on your car. I think you have the transmitter in your mirror for the key fobs. Not sure as I have different MINI's. If that is the case, maybe you can wire up the mirror/transmitter under the seat or in the glove compartment to keep it active. Worth a try, might be the only car with two rear view mirrors installed.

Or return it and do what I did, velcro on a mini garage door remote in the center console.

 

Update. I switched the wires to the opposite of what the diagrams show and it works.

 

Who knows what is the FA/VO (vehicle order) that should be programmed (using ncsexpert) to make this not auto-dim when in reverse?

 

Thats a good one, i dont think you can turn it off for reverse from what I have seen.

 

Hello. I made this upgrade to my 2012 Countryman. I needed to add the new wires to install a mirror with autodim and homelink.

At first, everything seemed to work OK. Now, the homelink does not work. I'm not sure about the autodim.

When I did the install, slot 32 of the fuse box was already populated with a 5A fuse. It looks like slot 32 is for the parking sensor... which is odd because my car does not have the parking sensor option. This fuse is still good. Is there another place that a fuse should have been added? Anyone know what fuse is used for the homelink?

Thanks!

 

Last week I bought a 2013 Countryman S All4. It had the autodim mirror but no homelink. I found NAM and this thread then ordered a used mirror on eBay. The seller listed it as part number 51169302886. I installed it today without using any additional wiring. The homelink works perfectly. However, the compass doesn't work -- nothing is displayed. I now think that the mirror is not 51169302886 because on the back there is only the sorta football shaped hole but no small round hole.

So I have a couple of questions.
1. Do all of the mirrors with a compass include a smaller hole on the back?
2. Is the wiring adapter required for the compass to work? (I'm thinking that maybe I have an older version of mirror with compass.)
3. Anything I'm not considering?

Thanks.

 

I think all of these individual hiccups are very model and accessory-specific. I bought an '07 MCS last November that had some very specific features that I have not seen in other MCS's before. I bought a full JCW interior (w/ GP accents here and there) and full JCW exterior body kit (I don't like leaving things stock and I didn't have the patience to wait for a GP/JCW to come up for sale in my area). My car had the auto dimming feature, but no homelink and has side view mirror dimming. I bought a homelink and auto-dimming mirror from an '09 JCW MCS and just jumped the orange wire to the red wire (on the mirror) and everything works (homelink, auto dimmer and key fob).

So basically I jumped the #3 pin to the #8 on the mirror (PIA btw b/c the wires are so tiny and tight) and boom, DONE.

I hope that helps a little.

 

hi you actually have to open both mirrors you need to take the Smartboard out of your old mirror because it is linked up to your fob you need to swap that out with the Smartboard that is in the new mirror it's rather an easy swap reconnect everything as such you will see what I mean once you open both mirrors put back together the new mirror with the Homelink and all the compass now your fob will work with the mirror.

 

e-mail me as I can not seem to open here...
Elcubiche22@yahoo.com

 

All, @ECS Tuning ,

I'm trying to do this with my '18 F60SE. My OE mirror has no features at all, and no wiring or plug at the top of the windshield. I've have the wiring diagram and looked for the plug but can't find the plug. It is the same one that mates to the socket in this picture from an earlier post in this thread:



Can someone point me to a part number for this 10-pin plug? @ECS Tuning, do you have this? I'd like to order a plug and the wires. TIA

Edit: Is it this one? https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...g/61136909008/

 

That looks like it. With the T. I would get it and try it.
You are using https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...166821264~oem/ this mirror correct? Or one for an F60 or from an F60?

 

Yes, mirror from a 2017 F60 with homelink, compass, auto dim (Mine 2018). Looks exactly like the mount for existing mirror the the rectangular T socket as in the pic, mirror body about 1 cm thicker for housing the boards. There are only 4 wires going in: brown, blue, red, yellow. These match up to the diagram found here: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...ror/1VnXnocklw

Edit: plug and wires ordered.... TIA