RRS(L320) 05-09 Установка iPod в Range Rover Sport 2005

I decided to go a bit DIY for fitting my iPod in my 2005MY RRS.
More specifically, I use and iPhone with TomTom for navigation, so really wanted two iPod connections in the car. One by the windshield for navigation and when I wasn't using that, one in the glove box for music from my iPod Classic.
So, I bought two of these from Amazon, the same is available from Apple but in white, these were black and fitted better with the interior.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...SBBDD0/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00

I also got a griffin twin usb charger http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...2B82W6/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00


And a small DPDT switch from Maplins, along with a 3.5mm stereo jack and a 4xphono planel (2 left + 2 right phono sockets)

The 3.5mm jack is needed so create the ground connection to the AUX input. For some reason (probably to avoid interference), the car's ground and the aux ground are not the same. Plugging the 3.5mm jack into the AUX input makes the ground connection. Without it, you'll have no sound. So I've cut all the soldering tabs off mine, reduced the size of the plastic cover and leave it permanently plugged into the AUX jack.

A colleague of mine who lives in the US also got me an iJet remote control (http://www.buyijet.com/) which enables me to leave the classic in the glove box and remotely pause/play and skip next/previous. If you decide to go this route, make sure you get one with a dock connector that supports full passthrough so you get the audio out of the dock connector, and power from the iPod lead into the iPod itself.

A quick word of warning, much of the RRS's dash is clipped together and sometimes, when pulling a piece of trim off, clips that should come with whatever trim you're releasing prefer to drop behind the dash or somewhere equally annoying to get to. A magnetic pick up wand is useful, but there's a chance you won't recover all the clips, so a few spare might be a good idea if you want to keep your dash rattle free.
Start with a complete dashboard

Remove stereo surrounds, then fish for clips

Pull gearbox knob off (no clips here)

Remove terrain response, park brake, etc... housing (lots of connectors underneath that need to be removed)
Fish for clips

Remove the remainder of the floor console, should be one screw near the fridge, two near the stereo, the rest is clips
Fish for clips


Remove driver's side trim as well as the vent to the left of steering wheel. All clipped in place, needs a sharp tug.
Fish for clips


Remove air vent (two screws)


Remove stereo (4 screws), the switch panel above will also need to come off for the radio to slide out (2 screws) as will the HEVAC controls panel (4 fiddly screws some of which you can easily loose)

This is the connector which carries the AUX input to the stereo, C2115.

Black is the audio ground (not the car's ground), Blue is Right, Red is Left which is somewhat counter intuitive since most audio cabling is red for right and white or other for left. Wouldn't be a Land Rover if standards were adhered to !
Cut all three



New loom with DPDT (Double Pole, Double Throw) switch which has ON-OFF-ON positions.
This switch switches the input from one iPod to the other. The middle position is off and enables the rear AUX input to be used without interfering with the iPods. Essentially, the left/right from on of the phono panels goes to the lugs on the left of the switch, the left/right from the other phono goes to the right lugs on the switch, and the middle lugs are connected to the stereo's AUX inputs (Blue, Red, Black).


Switching loom now soldered back into the main loom

Power to 12V socket piggy-backed off the original one.

iPod Lead run through gaps

Now onto the passenger side
Remove air vent
Fish for clips


Pull the inner part of the upper glove box, for this you'll need to remove the side trim that runs along and down the right hand side of the footwell. Also, if you open the glovebox, you can get your hand behind the inner and push it firmly towards you.
Fish for clips.


Drilled hole and put a grommet on the upper right hand side of the glovebox to run iPod wire through


Run iPod cable through to stereo aperture


Plug iPod phono connectors into the phono board


Plug twin usb charger into 12v socket, and then usb plugs from the iPod leads into it.
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Drill small hole near cigarette lighter socket and secure switch
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Finally hopefully this drawing will help understand the wiring side of things, the orange part is meant to represent the DPDT switch.

Took a few more pictures this morning iPod classic in glovebox
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iJet remote receiver in dock connector
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iJet Remote
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iPhone on windscreen mount
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"dummy" jack in aux socket behind armrest
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