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| Keywords: adapter kit adapterkit iso interface isointerface make it fit makeitfit project 365 project365 stereo harness stereoharness wrong size wrongsize Almost as much to my surprise as anyone else's, I bought a new car recently. I'd been toying for a long time with reducing running costs, and when I asked lil Bruv if he had a line on any cheap diesels, he said "Funnily enough..." Anyway, I got me some new wheels. One of the first jobs when I get a new car is porting my equipment over. The only radio that I listen to these days is BBC6 and BBC7, so I need a DAB unit in the car. Now, anyone who has tried this knows that it's never simple. Despite the car stereo manufacturers developing a nice common ISO standard, lots of the manufacturers choose not to use it. This leaves me with something of a translation problem. I need to get my Finnish telephone hands free kit and my German car radio talking to my Swedish car. Now I had a plan all worked out. With Swedish, Finnish and German all involved I simply needed Karin to come and live in my glovebox. Sadly that's not good enough for some people and shes' gone and got a boss Summer job instead doing land surveys. As it turns out, things get more complicated when you realise that the Finnish hands free kit is made in Hungary, the German radio is made in Malaysia and the Swedish car is made in Belgium! Help is at hand in the form of adapter harnesses, readily available from all manner of places, and so I put my trust in ebay. Sadly, the harness in the picture that they sent me is for the version of my car that was pre 2000, and it doesn't fit my 2002 model. :( I really am lost in translation. I'll just sit without music until the replacement arrives. Almost as much to my surprise as anyone else's, I bought a new car recently. I'd been toying for a long time with reducing running costs, and when I asked lil Bruv if he had a line on any cheap diesels, he said "Funnily enough..." Anyway, I got me some new wheels. One of the first jobs when I get a new car is porting my equipment over. The only radio that I listen to these days is BBC6 and BBC7, so I need a DAB unit in the car. Now, anyone who has tried this knows that it's never simple. Despite the car stereo manufacturers developing a nice common ISO standard, lots of the manufacturers choose not to use it. This leaves me with something of a translation problem. I need to get my Finnish telephone hands free kit and my German car radio talking to my Swedish car. Now I had a plan all worked out. With Swedish, Finnish and German all involved I simply needed Karin to come and live in my glovebox. Sadly that's not good enough for some people and shes' gone and got a boss Summer job instead doing land surveys. As it turns out, things get more complicated when you realise that the Finnish hands free kit is made in Hungary, the German radio is made in Malaysia and the Swedish car is made in Belgium! Help is at hand in the form of adapter harnesses, readily available from all manner of places, and so I put my trust in ebay. Sadly, the harness in the picture that they sent me is for the version of my car that was pre 2000, and it doesn't fit my 2002 model. :( I really am lost in translation. I'll just sit without music until the replacement arrives. | ||||
