'cos a number of people have asked about how to get to the head-unit and its frame, here's a guide: (click on each image for a larger version)
1)
open the ash-trap under the central-trim.
2)
get a couple fingers into the ash-tray and push it in about half way so you car grab the bottom-right lip of the trim. Pull out - start by pulling away the bottom-right part of the trim, might be quite strong the 1st time but dont worry, it's only a push-in clip. When the bottom right clip gives it wont be long before the bottom-left goes and you just work up the trim unconnecting the 6 clips (the 4th image shows the location of the 6 clips in yellow rings).
3)
Once the trim is out you'll see that there are a few cable-looms connecting to the various bits & bobs. I found that instead of having to remove all of them i could get away with just unclipping the bottom 2 (air-con & fan dials).
4)
With the bottom two looms disconnected I'm able to swing the trim around and balance it on the central dashboard fans. The head-unit and 3-dial cluster are held by the same frame which is held by 4 screws - shown in the green squares. Remove these and the frame (with the dial-cluster & head-unit) can be pulled out (but will have to disconnect both to remove it completely
). Remember to disconnect the battery negative lead before removing the head-unit, or might blow it (or the fuse). For ref the trim clips are circled in yellow - these are what you'll need to push the trim back into when assembling.So, that's it... to put back together it's just a simple case of going backwards
Dunno if it's completely obvious from the photos but I've got my iPod lead coming out infront of the gear-knob (wont reach to the central arm-rest) and it's much more accessible than the glove-box - dead easy to connect/remove your ipod when you get in/out of car (plus shows an empty lead to any1 looking into the car which hopefully might detract theives from breaking in to look for an ipod). To do this:
grab hold of the "leather" part of the gear-know and pull up (no 1 on the image). The back of this section will pop off and then just pull away from the ash-tray (no 2). When fitting the head-unit feed the iPod lead down behind its cavity and bring the lead out here. Replace the gear-knob plate and trap the lead (might be worth creating a little notch in the panel's edge to stop the cable being squashed if you're planning on keeping it there a while.
hope that's made some sense and helps someone
DDR
(Moved to FAQ as its a great guide and removed a bit of waffle from the thread. Cheers Dodge
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