Glad it helps!

yes! that was a part i struggled with, so i figured i would make a video as clear as possible to help others!

let me know how it goes!

How did it go

You should!

You would connect to the tail light wire. Agent gotten around to installing it to know exactly which one

thank you!

@@HaydenSchreier Hi again, I'm wondering if you can help me a little more. My can bus did not come with the plug for the two wires that you plugged into the plug that you made. I just have a couple of wires with nothing on the end. I expect those two wires go into pins 8 & 9 on the plug coming out of the car with the D2B wake up in pin 10 of the same plug. Would you know which wire position out of the can bus goes to pin 8 and which one goes to pin 9? In my can bus, the two wires are next to the yellow battery wire and the other is next to the black ground. If you could just say the one next to the yellow goes into pin 9 in the corner or vice versa, it would be a huge help. Otherwise, I will jut try it one way and hope I don''t blow a fuse. Thanks.

@@jasonmaxwell2883 its hard to follow over writing. you can email me some photos

should be pretty similar!

Thank you! You’re welcome!

I won’t lie to you, I had a blast building the VW. But financially speaking it’s not feasible to do something like that consistently or I’ll end up homeless. Realistically I may need to start with clean title project cars before spending that much on project cars

seicane D2B uses the factory fiber optic lines and the amp thats stock with the car. i think if you go the double din route you will have to upgrade your amp and potentially your speakers.

Yes it does, you will need to purchase the blue fiber optic decoder box like i showed in the video

if you want sound it has to be connected to the amp....

Thank you!

Like for the clock? What other functions

It’s all in the video or the description

yes the sound is very good because it is playing out of the factory Bose sound system while still using the factory fiber optics!

It works incredibly well! Smooth like butter. So far the last couple months it works really well! My only complaint it when the tops down you can’t really see the screen from the glare

@@HaydenSchreier first world problems if you have the roof down and the sun is annoying your screen. I think this is the way I'm going to go with mine. I really like the fit and the screen looks crisp in the video. I'm an Android user so I am really into the Android Auto part of this for maps and music.

NO you cannot.... yellow cable is constant power, which means even when the car is off the cable will get power. The red is for ACC. which means power will only be supplied when the car is turned on or in ACC mode. you can probe the radio harness for an ACC cable if you want. I am just unsure which it will be. the wire will read nothing when car is off and 12V when car is in ACC more but engine is off

I haven’t figured out a way yet for daylight savings. I set mine before I installed it

what car did you install it on. sounds like there is a break in your fiber optic wires or just too much. Ive read about this happening before and i believe the fix is to shorten the fiber optic wires you have. try to reduce as much of the wires and connectors as possible, leaving as close to just having just the amp and radio plugged in. try to remove all other bypasses.

@@HaydenSchreier r230, year 2002. Hi, I solved the problem. I changed the 90° plug of the orange cables and used a linear one. But another problem. There is a hissing sound when I turn the unit on, steady it doesn't change even with the engine off. Finally, the radio is really different. On the back it also has an (I think) optical digital output, as well as an HDMI output

D2B “wake up” wire is only for the amplifier to kick on so you have sound. "wake up" signal for the sound amp. If the unit isn’t powering on then you have another problem. Good chance they are different wires as they are different cars

Thanks is the cam wire could be Wong that stoping unit to turn on Do recommend any web site I can search and correct my wiring Thanks

@@HaydenSchreier Thanks I checked unit power the unit is getting power, what about cam connection to canbus unit if this connection is wrong then possibly unit will not power up or what is the importance of cam wire

volume works on the steering wheel as well as skipping radio stations. I believe im one of the first to really make a detailed video on the installation process. There is a lot of talk about this in fourms

@@HaydenSchreier Yes, there has been quite some talk as there was an issue with the early SL 2001-4 BOSE & it seems the D2B has solved that. I like the modern tech but also the finish as I feel it blends quite well with the dash, as opposed to fitting a retro style modern media unit. I'm very interested in doing this on my 2002 SL55 but won't commit just yet due to Seicane having so many negative reviews. However you have helped a lot with this video.

@@gruppettaautomotive7184 seicane so far works great. the only negative review i give them is their horrible customer service. you are on your own if you purchase this

Is the Bluetooth good during calls?

@@gruppettaautomotive7184 yes

Yes I did, didn’t you see me press the volume control button?

@@HaydenSchreierI’m assuming you have two steering wires coming from the head unit. where did you plug them in the harness?

The canbus decoder controls the steering wheel functions, as well as tell the radio when the car is in reverse and when a door is open

this is true yes, i had to set the dash clock before installing the radio. as for rom and ram, besides using the radio for the radio, the touch screen features, backup camera and the ability to use apple carplay/android auto, i have no reason to upgrade rom and ram. Im not running power intensive apps or needing memory for heavy multitasking while driving.

@@HaydenSchreier Thanks Hayden, have ordered another unit from our friends in China and will go with another install. One of the issues I had originally was with the unit only having two USB inputs whereas I needed three (DashCam, USB Fob for MP3 and the DAB+ Radio) I will use a USB 3 Hub and see how the unit copes? Thanks again for all your help with this very informative video!

@@brianives9842 you can always just fuse tap the dash cam

Hm. In my ‘07 I’m able to adjust the clock via the cluster. Just some food for thought.

@@papalinguine4092 what do you mean from the cluster?

There aren’t many other stereos that will work on the R230 but yes it’s a similar process

@@HaydenSchreier Aliexpress has lots of similar looking units for r230 with different brands, many different options, hard to choose from....

im sure they will all work. some will let you keep the cup holders other wont. the main thing is you will need to order the D2B fiber optic decoder separately if you plan to order off of aliexpress. which will run you another $100+

haha pay for my ticket or and ill come install it! from the sounds of it, it seems like there is still a break in your fiber optic loop or you damaged a fiber optic wire. since the head unit still works, then that should all be good. a good way to check is turn the volume up and unplug the fiber optic cable from the radio and you should here a loud click (almost like when you unplug an aux from a guitar speaker) from the Benz speakers if you here that than you know the loop is correct. if you dont then there is a break in the loop somewhere.

@@HaydenSchreier I still need to know why my aftermarket unit never powered up as I cant return it. I just bought the car and the previous owner bought the aftermarket unit :(. I wonder if a stereo shop can trouble shoot why the head unit wont come on....Quick question. My D2b fiber optic unit came with a very long fiber optic wires. If I was to plug this wire directly from the stereo to the amp will that make the audio work or does it still have to go through the loop of the cd changer and tele system?

@@omarboswell6296 If you can run the fiber loop directly from the head unit to the amp, you should be good. I've also heard that the amps can fail, but I don't know an easy way to test that.

@@jasonmaxwell2883 I got it working. I had to bypass the voice module, phone, and cd changer to get it working again...these fiber optic systems are very sensitive.