Opel/Vauxhall Insignia audio system with touch screen

This is a guide on how to install a new touch screen infotainment system for a Vauxhall/Opel Insignia. I will

also provide pictures that show of the interface of the new system along with some videos. The new system is a Hualingan HL-8747GB, which can be bought from this site Dvdplayer.com.com.  I paid around £350 GBP.

Hopefully it will help other people interested in this system. So far it is a good system, I’ve not had any problems with it. Everything seems to work fine on it.

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Removing Insignia Centre console

This is going to be a post about how to remove the centre console in the new Vauxhall Insignia.

Reason I’m doing this is because I shall be fitting a Parrot bluetooth kit. Once I get the cable needed to connect it to the radio in the Insignia, Which I understand has not been released yet.

Step one:

Is removing the plastic/wood surrounding the centre console.

The ash tray and the pieces to the left and right of the radio.

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Copy Music of your Iphone

iPhoneBrowser is also an option for those with jailbroken phones, providing an FTP-like interface to iPhone/touch files with a USB connection.

First thing you need to do is Jailbreak your Iphone.
You can use QuickPwn located here: http://www.quickpwn.com. Simple process.
Then download and install iPhoneBrowser. Open it and connect to your Iphone.

Transfer the files: I found my iPhone’s music nested deep inside the file structure, at /private/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/Music/. You’ll probably find your music there too. Copy all the folders named F01, F02, and so on to your computer. The files have nonsensical names, but they’re really your tunes, and iTunes (and even Windows itself) knows it:

Once you’ve got your files, you can give them back sensible names in iTunes by importing them, then heading to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->”Keep iTunes Music folder organized.” Now you’ve got your iPod’s whole music library, organized, and ready to use wherever.

Forwarding/Deleting SMS’s on 2.0

I discovered if you Jailbreak your Iphone and install BiteSMS using Cydia.

You can forward SMS’s and delete single SMS’s.  I assumed this was something you had to pay for.

But after reading a post somewhere else I discovered you can set it to use your mobile carrier to send SMS message’s for free without paying for there SMS service.