Vauxhall

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.

InstallationNumber 1

Here is a picture of the screen when it first arrived:

Thing you have to note here is the centre console around it is actually brownish and not jet black. But it isn’t noticable and I actually think it looks fine against the jet black.

Number 3

The back of the new unit:
I put some numbers on it:
1-2 form the harness pictured above. The harness also connects to a Can-bus decoder. Which has a lead coming from it that then connects into one of the leads coming from the adapter where the number 3 is placed(I call it the extras cable, as it has lots of extra inputs and outputs. Audio out and aux in, rear camera input etc.). This is were I went wrong with the console buttons and steering wheel controls. I didn’t see the wire coming from lead 3

Also you will see a cable at the bottom left of the unit, that is the aerial adaptor, you plug that in, then you plug in the vauxhall aerial cable in to the end of it. Oh and the black cable hanging to the right of the picture is the USB cable. It just has a standard usb port at the end for you to plug in a memory stic/usb drive or even an ipod cable(can’t confirm if it works or not. But what I can say is it doesn’t work with the iPhone. I just stream my music via A2DP using my iPhone)

Number 4

Front of the new unit:
You will see a small white connector on the front, you plug the touch screen in to that. There is a lead that you plug in to the touch screen then you plug it in to the unit.

That’s about it. Basically you plug 4 cables in to the back of the unit. 2 of the cables form the Harness + Can-bus decoder. The other is the extra’s lead like audio out and aux in, rear camera and speakers etc. Then the aerial lead.

The can-bus adaptor has a wire that plugs in to another wire on the extras lead that makes the steering wheel controls + front console buttons active.

Then you plug in the screen and attach the GPS aerial to the back of the screen it just screws on, it is the gold plated connector shown below:

Pictures

Now for some interface pictures:

Main Interface

Bluetooth

Movie Player – to play from USB stick/Memory card

Music player – USB stick/drive/Memory card

Setting Page – See video for car settings

Radio interface

Note the heat settings display at the bottom, pretty cool that.

A2DP interface – Bluetooth streaming

Remote control lol

DVD player

Long ass post that.

Hope it shows of the unit a bit more and helps people who plan to buy it next year.

Vauxhall

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.

You need to remove the ashtray first. It just pops out. But be careful as it is held in by plastic clips. They could be easy to break of.

You do the same for the piece on the right and the left.

The left one is easy, Just be careful when you get to the top. As it is held in with some sort of clip. It still just pulls out. But it can be a bit hard to get off. It is best to grab it at the top and pull it.

The right hand side is easier if you open the glove box and work your way from the door in to the radio. Probably the easiest piece to remove.

Step 2

Is removing the the centre console.

There is 4 screws/bolts you need to remove.

I couldn’t get a good enough picture. But the blots are on the left and right hand sides of the centre console. There is 2 on each side. You can see the 2 blots better on the picture above(4th one from the top)

Once the blots have been removed the centre console just pulls forward and up. The whole thing comes of. Even the heater vents at the top, which has 2-3 clips in it so you have to pull it off.

Step 3

Is the cables attached to the centre console and radio. I couldn’t really get a good picture of the cables.

There is a total of 5 as far as I remember. You can on hook them. The first 3 I found easy. But I had issue’s unhooking the final 2. The one at the bottom I could not remove.

To remove the radio your faced with another 4 bolts.

The radio isn’t pretty! But it does look like it is smiling Once the 4 bolts have been removed. The radio just slides out.

You have two cables connected to the back of it.

Aerial cable and the data cable. Data cable is simple to remove, Push the top in and move the we lever down and pull it out. I could not get the aerial cable removed. I’m not sure how to take it of and I didn’t want to force it. So I just left it on.

Here is a close up of the data cable interface:

That is it for now. I will post again soon. Once I get the SOT cable so I can hook up a parrot bluetooth kit.

I’ll probably be going for the MKI9100 or the MKI9200 depending on how rich I’m feeling at the time of purchasing.