You really messed up that PCB by creating cold solder joints. You should have removed the solder and redone it with flux and all. It may work now, but the vibrations will get to it again like before.
I would've taken the car in to get this issue fixed. If this fails after my repair, I won't be able to do that because the dealer won't touch it. That's what I mean by voided warranty. Other components may not be affected necessarily.
If you knew Doug you'd know he couldn't turn a wrench. Now onto your other statement, it was something that can be fixed within an hour rather than bringing your car to a dealership for hours to have them fix it, only to go through the process of making the insurance pay for it.
Hey a free repair is a free repair. I'd rather have the warranty intact if a complex job comes up like turbo replacement. Plus insurance is not involved for warranty......
Some constructive criticism here, and suggestions for others experiencing this problem. Chances are very good that just cleaning up the connections in the plugs and the relay - without unsoldering and resoldering any of the connections on the PC board - which actually induces stress into the thin traces on the PC board, would have solved the problem of intermittent contact. In other words, one should clean up the contacts, reconnect everything, and test it before going to the extreme of attacking it with a soldering iron. And not replacing the relay cover with a new one that will properly and fully enclose the relay contacts from dust is asking for future problems .
if you own a house you need a pickup truck for dump runs and everything else, sell one of those driveway ornaments you have out there and get a decent pickup....makes life a lot easier
I like that. That was a ballsy move. I did the same thing a few years ago when I had 1999 s500 and the pump under the back seat and the pump in the trunk that control the locks, windows, and auto latching doors died. I tried doing the same thing as you just did except I ended up fucking them both up lol. I end up finding a company in Arizona that refurbished them for $300 a piece. Either way I still saved money compared to the $2500 the dealer was trying to get me for.
For future circuit board cleaning, I recommend getting electrical contact cleaner, it doesn't harm the plastic. Also, some of those solder joints on the connector look pretty bad before you re-soldered them.
I had to do the exact same thing to my RX8 about 6 months after I bought it. The AC temp control knob is known to fail at the solder points so you have to disassemble the radio, faceplate, HVAC controls, glob a teeny tiny amount of solder on the 3 points, reassemble, and be glad you bought $9 worth of tools/materials and didn't spend $620 on a new part. Hooray, being cheap and shit. The repair still works 5 years later. Precise robot soldering in mass manufactured electrical parts doesn't seem to handle the stress of automotive installations very well, as now I need to totally disassemble the interior so I can repair the Bose amp that powers the door woofers. The Bose amp that is IN. THE. DOOR. Good idea, that.
SkuzzyJ I know the pain of that. I did that a while back on my 03' Jeep Liberty Limited Edition that had the factory premium audio package. Some more on decided it would be a good idea to make a metal structure to house the amps in on the back of the speaker. This makes it to where you have to cut the housing open just to get to the amp. I ended up going full aftermarket after accidentally cutting into the first amp while attempting to cut the housing open. Best of luck to you!
It might also be the contacts in the relay. You would have been better to use a solder remover and re-do the joints. There were also active electronic components as well as resistors which could have been damaged if you took too long to re-solder the joint so it was a good call not to touch those.
I just ordered a $3 Chinese Bluetooth adapter that will work with the male input rca to aux cord I have on my high end home stereo from 2006. That might be an option for the whole Bluetooth situation.
I can't speak personally for Astons, but in my experience with multiple different vehicles and models Mazda and Jeep make some of the most reliable vehicles available if you maintain them properly.
depending on the setup your stock deck has (idk what was factory from aston lol) you might be able to get something like the Rockford Fosgate RFBTRCA or other similar device for adding bluetooth. its 50 bucks depending where you find it might get it a bit cheaper. but expect it at about that price point.
You should've taken advantage of the warranty while you had it. What if they updated the part with a revised one so caveman hits to the floorboard wouldn't affect its functionality in the future?
If you're really concerned with audio quality, get an auxiliary jack instead of Bluetooth. A wire hanging around in the interior would probably dull some of the glamour though. If you want to go whole hog, I'd find a way to integrate a flash drive into the infotainment system. I don't know if you can get head units for an Aston, but that's the route I'd go. Bluetooth audio is pretty crappy. www.6speedonline.com/forums/aston-martin/246507-vantage-premium-audio-ipod-usb-bluetooth-integration-project.html
Satveer Degun if you know anything at all about audio, analog is almost ALWAYS better than digital. Bluetooth cannot transmit anything CLOSE to the quality of an analog jack. Bluetooth is for convenience, not quality. A wireless signal can't transfer as much data as a comparable wired connection. That's just a fact. WiFi is not faster than Ethernet.
Doing this kind of a minor mods/fixes won't void the entire warranty. He most likely voided the warranty on that part, at worst on the whole audio system. But this fix should not affect the warranty on any other unrelated system (e.g: engine, transmission, etc..).
Video uploaded in 2016, car is a 2007. You have/had a +9 year warranty on a Vantage and weren't the original owner? Seems like a stretch to even think the manufacturer or the dealer would give a +9 yer warranty
Interesting stuff, I was wondering if you are going to swap the nav screen for an updated one based on a mini tablet? then you would get bluetooth audio etc. Has anyone done this?
Nice attitude wanting to learn about the car, but you will hate yourself if something expensive breaks and you could have had it still covered by the warranty
That soldering makes me cringe! You should have allowed the original solder on the relay pins to melt, not just stuck another blob on top of what was already there.
you don't void a warranty as long as you do the work correctly, it could be done by anyone, as long as it's done right. consumer protection and warranty laws exist for a reason.
Why in the hell would you void your warranty on your BRITISH car? Do you even have any idea on cost to repair..? Damn I feel for you, your car your choice, but damn that was NOT a good move. That engine, rip.
That's the worst solder job i've seen. If you'd do that solder properly i think that you'd not lose your warranty ;) Anyway i had similar problem with mi RX8 - problem with electrical connection in my climate control - i did the same thing - resolder it completely and it helped. It's all because that stupid ROHS and no lead thing...
By law a repair only voids the warranty on that part and parts directly related to it. Everything in the car that's not part of the Bluetooth system is still under warranty, but if anything Bluetooth related went out he'd have to pay to get it fixed.
Johnathan Waters There is no legal way an automotive manufacturer can void a vehicle warranty. The most they can do is refuse to cover a repair for free under the warranty because it relates to something you did. He still has his warranty, but if he takes it in for a fried wiring causing the car not to start, they won't cover it because he messed with the wiring. If he takes it in for a prematurely worn suspension component, they'll cover it.
I used to really like your videos until you got that Aston Martin and that's all you talk about now kinda getting old I guess I'm going to unsubscribe and check back in a couple months
...you didn't need to add so much solder...really all you had to do was use a bit of flux and reflow the solder...though I suspect the hot glue was what really fixed it...probably a connector getting moved out of contact...with that much glue the insides aren't gong anywhere. Good job.
I was going to suggest to installing some shop lights under the overhang cabinets so you can see better on the work bench. I'm surprised you used that hot bright light to get the job done! Lol last year around Christmas time I bought a wireless switch that is used for Christmas lights. With the key fob, I can turn on all the shop lights in my garage. Just a thought, keep on wrenching!
clutchthepearls they can. You have to take the car to the dealer to be fixed. If you dont bring the car in shen predicted, you can loose a warranty. If you put a chip in, you csn loose a warranty, etc
milosilic23 No you can't. Vehicle warranties can't be voided. If you "chip" your car (actually called tuning) they can deny to cover any repairs under the warranty *IF* the damage was done by the tune. You still have the warranty.
Actually called chipping, because in the case of some vehicles you can retune them by installing a literal chip or circuit box, either to the ECU directly (ex. Hondata) or between the ECU and the engine sensors (telemetry interference tuning, see KD-Box for Benz turbodiesels as an example. It reports one thing to the ECU but something entirely different to the variable geometry turbo, fuel injectors, fuel pump, etc.) That said, in many cases an entire warranty can in fact be voided for misuse of the vehicle, which would include things like racing/competing in it even if completely stock, or making far-reaching performance enhancements.
MedicSound This isn't the 80s anymore, bud. It's tuning now. It used to be chipping when you had to do that because the ECUs were extremely basic. Now you tune the ECUs.
Swing and a miss mate. ECUs that were chipped directly were not done so because they were basic, but because they were proprietary and it was easier at the time to add additional hardware to make the ECU do your bidding than it was at to reverse engineer the ECU to remap it directly (think Playstation/Playstation 2 modchips, it's literally the same deal.) It's definitely more commonplace these days to remap an ECU directly, largely because the gap between commercial and hobbyist electronics has decreased immensely in the last 20 years making reverse engineering much simpler, but plug and play tuning solutions for modern cars very much so still exist. The KD-Box solution mentioned before is a component for Benz turbodiesels built '03 to present, and it isn't the only one. Brabus even sells a tune box if I'm not mistaken. They are still popular precisely because you don't have to remap the ECU directly, returning to stock is as simple as disconnecting it from the ECU.
Unfortunately, without cleaning off the old solder and using flux, it looks like those solder joints are pretty "cold". I imagine you'll be revisiting this part in the future, but that's okay--everyone's gotta start somewhere with soldering!
+APIDA Online Hey Freddy! Here's what you need to get bluetooth in your car: PAC AAI-ALPA - converts Alpine's AI-NET cable into RCA Link: www.amazon.com/PAC-AAI-ALPA-Auxiliary-Audio-Input/dp/B0014KQJ1E JL Audio MBT-RX - bluetooth receiver that ouputs to RCA Link: www.crutchfield.com/S-8RNZWdh67jG/p_13691126/JL-Audio-MBT-RX.html That's only one solution. I personally use this bluetooth module: www.bestbuy.com/site/rocketfish-bluetooth-music-receiver-black/9976103.p?skuId=9976103 It uses the AptX codec, which is better sounding bluetooth decoding. It also uses a micro USB for power, hooking it up is no harder than the JL Audio piece. Good luck!
If you have some basic electronics knowlegde i would reccomend TPAI (The Post Apocalyptic Inventor) channel here on youtube. He has several videos/tutorials on doing bluetooth conversion to different old stereo systems and car radios.. No idea how much of it applies to the unit you have but maybe it helps..
Dude you've made a classic newbie mistake you've used a heat glue gun have you worked it out yet...?? The Bluetooth sender you attempted to fix gets hot when in operation as most electrical items do have you worked it out yet ..? The glue that you've used melts when hot
the ipod adapter can be converted easily, but if you can find a bluetooth adapter that uses the same bus connection, that should work. either that or add a simple aux adapter and bluetooth receiver.
You really messed up that PCB by creating cold solder joints. You should have removed the solder and redone it with flux and all. It may work now, but the vibrations will get to it again like before.
The warranty isn't voided. Thanks to the Moss Magnusson Act, it has to be directly correlated to the issue you are having.
I would've taken the car in to get this issue fixed. If this fails after my repair, I won't be able to do that because the dealer won't touch it. That's what I mean by voided warranty. Other components may not be affected necessarily.
Beat me too it! Many companies will claim "opening will void warranty" but unless they can prove your tampering caused the problem your in the clear.
aka the title is just clickbate
+APiDA Online warranty for a 10 y/o car???
Doug would NOT be proud...
The license plate that he had on there at one time was literally warnty
Whoa top comment! That feels good 😊
I bet when he heard he had a minutes silence.
If you knew Doug you'd know he couldn't turn a wrench. Now onto your other statement, it was something that can be fixed within an hour rather than bringing your car to a dealership for hours to have them fix it, only to go through the process of making the insurance pay for it.
Hey a free repair is a free repair. I'd rather have the warranty intact if a complex job comes up like turbo replacement. Plus insurance is not involved for warranty......
That the kind of attitude every car owner should have. "take it apart and learn about it"
A Chinese made electrical part in a British car that was owned by Ford WHAT COULD GO WRONG??
CJ DASHCAM Funny.
Doug sold his car at the right time :P
Some constructive criticism here, and suggestions for others experiencing this problem. Chances are very good that just cleaning up the connections in the plugs and the relay - without unsoldering and resoldering any of the connections on the PC board - which actually induces stress into the thin traces on the PC board, would have solved the problem of intermittent contact. In other words, one should clean up the contacts, reconnect everything, and test it before going to the extreme of attacking it with a soldering iron. And not replacing the relay cover with a new one that will properly and fully enclose the relay contacts from dust is asking for future problems .
Am I feeling an Aston DIY maintenance series??! SUBSCRIBED!!
you have a new subscriber bro,I love Aston Martin cars and I love that you aren't afraid to take yours apart. keep up the good work
if you own a house you need a pickup truck for dump runs and everything else, sell one of those driveway ornaments you have out there and get a decent pickup....makes life a lot easier
Wow, it’s fascinating to see how you’ve progressed. Nice!
Tavarish you got balls killing off that warranty prematurely please never change lol
Whoah Tavarish is upping the vlog game with the timelapse
I like that. That was a ballsy move. I did the same thing a few years ago when I had 1999 s500 and the pump under the back seat and the pump in the trunk that control the locks, windows, and auto latching doors died. I tried doing the same thing as you just did except I ended up fucking them both up lol. I end up finding a company in Arizona that refurbished them for $300 a piece. Either way I still saved money compared to the $2500 the dealer was trying to get me for.
For future circuit board cleaning, I recommend getting electrical contact cleaner, it doesn't harm the plastic. Also, some of those solder joints on the connector look pretty bad before you re-soldered them.
I had to do the exact same thing to my RX8 about 6 months after I bought it. The AC temp control knob is known to fail at the solder points so you have to disassemble the radio, faceplate, HVAC controls, glob a teeny tiny amount of solder on the 3 points, reassemble, and be glad you bought $9 worth of tools/materials and didn't spend $620 on a new part.
Hooray, being cheap and shit.
The repair still works 5 years later. Precise robot soldering in mass manufactured electrical parts doesn't seem to handle the stress of automotive installations very well, as now I need to totally disassemble the interior so I can repair the Bose amp that powers the door woofers. The Bose amp that is IN. THE. DOOR. Good idea, that.
SkuzzyJ I know the pain of that. I did that a while back on my 03' Jeep Liberty Limited Edition that had the factory premium audio package. Some more on decided it would be a good idea to make a metal structure to house the amps in on the back of the speaker. This makes it to where you have to cut the housing open just to get to the amp. I ended up going full aftermarket after accidentally cutting into the first amp while attempting to cut the housing open. Best of luck to you!
An Aston, a RX8, a FCA Jeep... How come it's only low quality brands with issues like that?
Tobias Weiß in 03, Jeep was a Daimler/Cerburus product.
Your video edits are getting much better. Great video man.
lmao what if the engine suddenly fails next week?
What if a meteor falls on my head?
APiDA Online one is much more likely than the other
Joe C Yeah, engines are super reliable now, and meteor showers are SUPER common.
ya fucked
Justin LaBarge not Aston engines. There a whole different breed.
It might also be the contacts in the relay. You would have been better to use a solder remover and re-do the joints. There were also active electronic components as well as resistors which could have been damaged if you took too long to re-solder the joint so it was a good call not to touch those.
Same solder issue happened to my Acura. Reflow solder with new stuff for maximum reliability in the future.
You could get an ipod 30 pin Bluetooth adapter and connect it to the car's ipod interface to get Bluetooth audio. A Bovee 1000 might be a good choice.
Also.. WOoo hoo! He did the 1 hand off camera!
I just ordered a $3 Chinese Bluetooth adapter that will work with the male input rca to aux cord I have on my high end home stereo from 2006. That might be an option for the whole Bluetooth situation.
I can't speak personally for Astons, but in my experience with multiple different vehicles and models Mazda and Jeep make some of the most reliable vehicles available if you maintain them properly.
RAT TRAP I'f i were you i'd just use a normal cable bluetooth causes a lot of quality loss. What speakers and amplifier do you use?
getting B is for Build vibes from that soldering part ;)
Draco Malformed Pannels won't line up lol
Hehe, me too! Lol
Just google Bluetooth AI-Net module adapter (AI-Net is the interface that Alpine used), they run about $30 on ebay.
depending on the setup your stock deck has (idk what was factory from aston lol) you might be able to get something like the Rockford Fosgate RFBTRCA or other similar device for adding bluetooth. its 50 bucks depending where you find it might get it a bit cheaper. but expect it at about that price point.
Doug sold you a lemon
You should've taken advantage of the warranty while you had it. What if they updated the part with a revised one so caveman hits to the floorboard wouldn't affect its functionality in the future?
Well done .Other people talked about should have used solder.You probably used Flux -cored-Solder
is the crack, from the road chip, Doug said was repaired?
If you're really concerned with audio quality, get an auxiliary jack instead of Bluetooth. A wire hanging around in the interior would probably dull some of the glamour though. If you want to go whole hog, I'd find a way to integrate a flash drive into the infotainment system. I don't know if you can get head units for an Aston, but that's the route I'd go. Bluetooth audio is pretty crappy.
www.6speedonline.com/forums/aston-martin/246507-vantage-premium-audio-ipod-usb-bluetooth-integration-project.html
Andre McGee it only switches the front speakers for Bluetooth so I imagine it's calls only
Andre McGee you are rather misinformed if you believe that the output from the jack socket is clearer then of Bluetooth (analog vs digital)
Satveer Degun if you know anything at all about audio, analog is almost ALWAYS better than digital. Bluetooth cannot transmit anything CLOSE to the quality of an analog jack. Bluetooth is for convenience, not quality. A wireless signal can't transfer as much data as a comparable wired connection. That's just a fact. WiFi is not faster than Ethernet.
Doing this kind of a minor mods/fixes won't void the entire warranty. He most likely voided the warranty on that part, at worst on the whole audio system. But this fix should not affect the warranty on any other unrelated system (e.g: engine, transmission, etc..).
I like that cd a lot..
Have you heard of ISimple connect. I bought a Bluetooth/iPod interface for my 08 Impala and it works quite well with my 7 Plus.
brass balls going in on an Aston warranty like that
Video uploaded in 2016, car is a 2007. You have/had a +9 year warranty on a Vantage and weren't the original owner? Seems like a stretch to even think the manufacturer or the dealer would give a +9 yer warranty
Mad skills bro - great work
Do you have any experience with DB9 window washers? Mine are not functioning. Thanks
How are you not terrified to work on a car like that
Why didn't you just have this problem repaired under warranty?
then don't hit the passenger side floorboard
That makes a lot of sense.
Interesting stuff, I was wondering if you are going to swap the nav screen for an updated one based on a mini tablet? then you would get bluetooth audio etc. Has anyone done this?
That is not called soldering what you did. That is called welding 😂😂😂😂
Nice attitude wanting to learn about the car, but you will hate yourself if something expensive breaks and you could have had it still covered by the warranty
That soldering makes me cringe! You should have allowed the original solder on the relay pins to melt, not just stuck another blob on top of what was already there.
How much warranty do you have left!?
Rip Aston Martin
how about w220 ultimate daily project?
rip bumper to bumper warranty
you don't void a warranty as long as you do the work correctly, it could be done by anyone, as long as it's done right. consumer protection and warranty laws exist for a reason.
someone already touched on this, my bad.
You just paid 58k for that and it's broken already?
Nooooo! Whelp it was only 2 months left lol
Nothing too painful there. Let's hope no big breakdown.
Good job!
Why in the hell would you void your warranty on your BRITISH car? Do you even have any idea on cost to repair..? Damn I feel for you, your car your choice, but damn that was NOT a good move. That engine, rip.
Hey man I like your videos but please invest in a proper camera! this one is just awful
The camera is fine, it's the lighting that sucks. I'm working on that.
cowboy mechanic
Good Job!
I also like to live dangerously.
Thoughts on the is300 sport cross?
brandon maxwell doesn't come with a manual
Alex Stern that was my first thought too. Otherwise, IS300 drove well, but it feels like 4/5ths the size of an E46 3-series
they're insanely reliable, fairly rare, and would make badass sleepers, I'm currently on my third Lexus IS300, love them 👌👌
I wish I were a mechanic. i would buy a good car for almost nothing and fix it and save a lot of money
That's the worst solder job i've seen. If you'd do that solder properly i think that you'd not lose your warranty ;)
Anyway i had similar problem with mi RX8 - problem with electrical connection in my climate control - i did the same thing - resolder it completely and it helped.
It's all because that stupid ROHS and no lead thing...
Don't you have a million mile bumper to bumper warranty . Theres no need to work on it
You are doooomed...... :)
Wait, so did you ACTUALLY void the warranty, or was that just dramatics? lol
By law a repair only voids the warranty on that part and parts directly related to it. Everything in the car that's not part of the Bluetooth system is still under warranty, but if anything Bluetooth related went out he'd have to pay to get it fixed.
You sure? haha. Do all Warrantys work this way? (Obviously I've never ahd a car with a warranty lol)
Johnathan Waters There is no legal way an automotive manufacturer can void a vehicle warranty.
The most they can do is refuse to cover a repair for free under the warranty because it relates to something you did.
He still has his warranty, but if he takes it in for a fried wiring causing the car not to start, they won't cover it because he messed with the wiring.
If he takes it in for a prematurely worn suspension component, they'll cover it.
Thank you, sir. Sounds like it could get sticky...fast...
Nope, as much as I've enjoyed the rest of your videos up to now. This just seems silly. This warranty should be exploited while you still have it.
I'm only here for what I still consider Doug's Aston. Not you.😒😒
lol nice video
I used to really like your videos until you got that Aston Martin and that's all you talk about now kinda getting old I guess I'm going to unsubscribe and check back in a couple months
Lol. Shekels
Are you wearing a bra?
RIP Bumper to Bumper Warranty
Quote of the day: "I didn't buy this car for the warranty" It's like the anti Doug, haha.
...you didn't need to add so much solder...really all you had to do was use a bit of flux and reflow the solder...though I suspect the hot glue was what really fixed it...probably a connector getting moved out of contact...with that much glue the insides aren't gong anywhere. Good job.
Just in case you didnt know in Florida insurance has to replace windshields free of charge.
Yup, I know. Already filed the claim.
I filed a claim on my Mini JCW, and they brought a new windshield out to me at work. It was less than 18 hours between the incident and new glass.
I was going to suggest to installing some shop lights under the overhang cabinets so you can see better on the work bench. I'm surprised you used that hot bright light to get the job done! Lol last year around Christmas time I bought a wireless switch that is used for Christmas lights. With the key fob, I can turn on all the shop lights in my garage. Just a thought, keep on wrenching!
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That's not how warranties work. They cannot legally be voided by a manufacturer.
clutchthepearls they can. You have to take the car to the dealer to be fixed. If you dont bring the car in shen predicted, you can loose a warranty. If you put a chip in, you csn loose a warranty, etc
milosilic23 No you can't. Vehicle warranties can't be voided. If you "chip" your car (actually called tuning) they can deny to cover any repairs under the warranty *IF* the damage was done by the tune. You still have the warranty.
Actually called chipping, because in the case of some vehicles you can retune them by installing a literal chip or circuit box, either to the ECU directly (ex. Hondata) or between the ECU and the engine sensors (telemetry interference tuning, see KD-Box for Benz turbodiesels as an example. It reports one thing to the ECU but something entirely different to the variable geometry turbo, fuel injectors, fuel pump, etc.) That said, in many cases an entire warranty can in fact be voided for misuse of the vehicle, which would include things like racing/competing in it even if completely stock, or making far-reaching performance enhancements.
MedicSound This isn't the 80s anymore, bud. It's tuning now. It used to be chipping when you had to do that because the ECUs were extremely basic. Now you tune the ECUs.
Swing and a miss mate. ECUs that were chipped directly were not done so because they were basic, but because they were proprietary and it was easier at the time to add additional hardware to make the ECU do your bidding than it was at to reverse engineer the ECU to remap it directly (think Playstation/Playstation 2 modchips, it's literally the same deal.) It's definitely more commonplace these days to remap an ECU directly, largely because the gap between commercial and hobbyist electronics has decreased immensely in the last 20 years making reverse engineering much simpler, but plug and play tuning solutions for modern cars very much so still exist. The KD-Box solution mentioned before is a component for Benz turbodiesels built '03 to present, and it isn't the only one. Brabus even sells a tune box if I'm not mistaken. They are still popular precisely because you don't have to remap the ECU directly, returning to stock is as simple as disconnecting it from the ECU.
Unfortunately, without cleaning off the old solder and using flux, it looks like those solder joints are pretty "cold". I imagine you'll be revisiting this part in the future, but that's okay--everyone's gotta start somewhere with soldering!
Watch Doug's latest Range video :p
Tavarish, do you know the song that was playing while you were testing out your fix? Thanks man. Great content. You're very talented🇺🇸
Brilliant fix, Sir. Very well done and I bet that gave you a massive buzz. Top man.
Freddy's stepping up his game with that soldering montage
+APIDA Online Hey Freddy! Here's what you need to get bluetooth in your car:
PAC AAI-ALPA - converts Alpine's AI-NET cable into RCA Link: www.amazon.com/PAC-AAI-ALPA-Auxiliary-Audio-Input/dp/B0014KQJ1E
JL Audio MBT-RX - bluetooth receiver that ouputs to RCA Link: www.crutchfield.com/S-8RNZWdh67jG/p_13691126/JL-Audio-MBT-RX.html
That's only one solution. I personally use this bluetooth module: www.bestbuy.com/site/rocketfish-bluetooth-music-receiver-black/9976103.p?skuId=9976103
It uses the AptX codec, which is better sounding bluetooth decoding. It also uses a micro USB for power, hooking it up is no harder than the JL Audio piece.
Good luck!
I just sometimes wonder why do you take on some of the projects you show here.
If you have some basic electronics knowlegde i would reccomend TPAI (The Post Apocalyptic Inventor) channel here on youtube. He has several videos/tutorials on doing bluetooth conversion to different old stereo systems and car radios..
No idea how much of it applies to the unit you have but maybe it helps..
Dude you've made a classic newbie mistake you've used a heat glue gun have you worked it out yet...?? The Bluetooth sender you attempted to fix gets hot when in operation as most electrical items do have you worked it out yet ..? The glue that you've used melts when hot
A friend owned a V8 Vantage and Aston Martin asked 1500 euros for connecting a mini jack.. Can't imagine for a bluetooth system.
the ipod adapter can be converted easily, but if you can find a bluetooth adapter that uses the same bus connection, that should work. either that or add a simple aux adapter and bluetooth receiver.
I love the car and i love the idea of doing it yourself but i would have added every possible thing to the warranty list
I think the "music" voided the warranty.
Flux man its called Flux
Well, it is probably the first Aston Martin still in warranty that has hot glue on it.
How far is the closest dealer? Gotta be a drive from your location?
Resoldered? That's not how that works.. sorry.
R.I.P Bumper to Bumper Waranty
You need a Alpine KCA-100BT check ebay
Could you not find a bigger soldering iron?
next time get a porsche 911 ?
What song is that at 7:10?
I wanna see the S class
freddy is a baller
Made in China LOL