Transcript MIKBOX INSTALLATION ON A W

MIKBOX INSTALLATION ON A W-208 CABRIOLET
2001 CLK430
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MIKBOX INSTALLATION ON A W-208 CABRIOLET
2001 CLK430
This presentation will depict a MikBox installation on a 2001 CLK 430
Cabriolet. To date, nobody has posted a CLK installation. This vehicle
has a k2 package which includes hands-free voice command system,
which has worked flawlessly with the Motorola Timeport that came with
the car. We use this car only in the summer months, so it has less than
20,000 original miles on it. We also use the integrated phone as a
second phone which is left in the car all the time, so we opted to go with
a MikBox rather than the Bluetooth puck. We will be removing the old
Timeport and installing a Motorola V710 in addition to the MikBox.
Please let me know if this short presentation helps you with your install
at [email protected] . From start to finish it took me less than two
hours to remove the old Timeport phone and install a new Motorola
V710. This installation was done on 1-4-07. Please use this as a guide
only for Mik has complete instructions with the MikBox kit. Thanks Mik
for the ability to upgrade this system!
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Open up your top part
of the center console
to find your Timeport
Phone dock.
Open up the lower portion of the console
To expose the wiring from the top part of
The console and where the wiring plugs
Into the system.
First remove the padding on the drivers side.
Next remove the screw that attaches the passengers
side false bottom to the car.
Then remove the 4 Phillips head screws from the top
of the lower compartment.
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You now can see where the
connector and the antenna
plug into the system. Unplug
the connector and unscrew the
antenna connection.
Next, cut the ties that hold the
wiring to the bottom of the
console.
Since you removed the 4 screws that hold the
upper false bottom to the upper unit of the console, you now have exposed the 4 Phillips head
screws that hold the Timeport docking unit to the
bottom of the upper unit. Remove these 4 screws
and pull the wiring through the hole from the
lower to the upper unit. Be sure if you have Tele-aid
that you don’t depress either of the 2 buttons that
are located in the upper unit that are now loose.
Set the old docking unit aside.
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You now remove the new phone
docking unit from the package
that Mik sent you being careful
to keep the screws and the nuts
together since you have only
the exact number you need for
the install.
This is the lower part of the docking unit and it
fits perfectly over the 4 holes from where you
removed the old Timeport docking unit. Tighten
the screws to the upper unit false bottom.
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Take the upper portion of the
phone dock from your package
and run the wires through the
hole from the upper to the
lower unit.
Now attach the phone dock upper portion to
the lower portion by removing the rubber
plug and using one of the screws that came in
your package.
Do not plug in your V710/E815 at this time.
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Now you need to plug in the
connector to the power
supply and connect the
antenna to the master system.
You will need to use the connector from your kit since both
ends (from the master system
and from the new docking unit)
are male.
When this is completed, tie the
wires together using the ties
that were provided you in your
kit.
You can now reinstall the passengers side false
bottom to the lower unit using the screw that you
removed earlier.
Note, I had to remove a very small portion of the
front part (0.5” x 0.5”) in the form of a notch due
to the new connector which was a little taller
than the old connector.
Now replace the drivers side false bottom which
is foam rubber based and you are through with
this part of the install.
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Now moving to the trunk. You
need to remove the trunk mat.
You remove the lower mat by
pulling up on the release and
pulling it out.
Next you will need to pull the left side felt covering
off to expose the PSE and associated electronics.
You do so by inserting a #3 flat head screwdriver
under these two connectors and gently prying them
off.
Pull out the left side cover, Be sure that you see
how it fits behind the trunk lip cover, especially
behind the left tail lamps.
Left Side Cover
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Linear
compensator
is behind
here
PSE is behind
here
Voila! In the W-208, the PSE
connector is very easy to expose. If you have a 1999/2000
you may want to remove the 3
nuts that hold this unit on to the
trunk frame to be sure that you
don’t have a single-band linear
compensator. In the 2001’s,
they are 800-1900, so you will
be OK. If you have a single
band unit, you will need a dual
band unit (Q682-0657).
Now all you need to do is install the MikBox unit.
Pull out the connector that looks like this from behind
the PSE unit (you will have 7”-8” of wiring to work
with). Take this apart by removing the U shaped metal
clip (attached with 2 small Allen head screws) and
then separate the plugs.
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Plug in the MikBox, being
careful to plug male to female
and female to male.
Tie the MikBox together to the connectors with two
of the long ties that came with the kit.
Now you are ready to test the system.
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Take your V710/E815, turn
it on. Next, turn your car’s
ignition on and push your
Tel button on the radio head
unit. Then pull the small plug
that is in the back of your
phone out and plug your
phone into the new docking
station that you recently installed. Give it about 30 seconds to recognize the new
phone and to download your
phonebook.
YES! Once it says TEL READY, you are
good as gold and ready to go. You should
have no problem with setting your telephone
ringtones to ring through your sound system
and your caller ID should work fine. Try it
out and see for yourself. What a nice upgrade
to the former Timeport that we were forced to
use for all these years.
Now all you have to do is finish cleaning up in
the trunk area.
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Now you will have to
gently push the MikBox
under the PSE (it will fit
under most of the way)
and reinstall the left side
trunk cover by pushing
it in place, working the
area behind the tail lamps
into position and replacing the two connectors
and gently tapping
them back onto the studs
that they came off of .
Replace the trunk mat, snap it back into
place and you are done!
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MIKBOX INSTALLATION ON A W-208 CABRIOLET
2001 CLK430
I hope that this short presentation helps all of you as much as all of
the other material that is available in MB Forums and MikBox’s
website and helped me see that this is one great solution to the old
Timeport replacement. Be sure that you read the phone wiring
bulletin from www.mikbox.com so you will be comfortable with
ordering this unit before taking your car apart. My total cost for this
installation was $358.00 for the MikBox and docking station and
$110.00 which included postage and handling for a brand new V710
form E-Bay. Good luck on your install and I hope it is as easy as
mine was!
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