Help fitting aftermarket HU in BMW E90

[Steven]

Anyone around the Larne (ish) area fancy giving me a hand to fit an Xtrons D709 single din HU in my 2006 BMW E90?

 

[Steven]

Ok I thought I'd have a stab...

All hooked up except I ain't getting any power 2 the head unit

Anyone any ideas? The only wires not connected are orange for a camera and pink for a brake.

I'm using a wiring harness for an e90 and everything else seems 2 match up ok

 

[syecadelic]

possibility of having to swap a few wires on the harness. i think vauxhalls had a thing where the power wire from the standard harness, didn't match up with the stereo's harness,simple enough swap. dont quote me tho :'/

 

[Rushe]

There will be no ignition wire present at the radio on a E90, can be got at the cigarette lighter.

 

[Steven]

There will be no ignition wire present at the radio on a E90, can be got at the cigarette lighter.

Ok what do I need to do 2 sort that? Unless there's a "plug n play" style wiring harness that will do my job I think i'll have 2 get a professional on the job lol

The wiring harness I did get was a Connects2 CT20BM02 - Harness adapter

 

[Steven]

There will be no ignition wire present at the radio on a E90, can be got at the cigarette lighter.

I'm just noticing the Connects2 CT20BM03 (i have BM02) has an additional red cable, is this what i would need 2 take to the cig lighter?

I'm guessing I have the wrong wiring harness

 

[Rushe]

You could still use the harness you have, you'll need to cut the red wire and run it too an ignition.
Might be an idea to let someone have a quick look at it before you put it all back together again, not a cheap car to fix if anything goes wrong.

 

[Bigadamski]

pm'd u there mate.