Fitting CD70 instead of EONON unit

[Zaffy]

Hello all :-)

First post.......I can normally get the answers I need by searching these forums, but this one has me worried as the situation is unique, to me, or so it seems.

My 2008 Design has an aftermarket DVD player fitted in the dash. Sadly me and touchscreen units don't get on and as such I purchased a CD70 unit for fitting in the place of the aftermarket unit. The previous owner gave me the CD30, but did mention it was terrible sound quality......

Now, I understand the CD70 unit I bought has been divorced from the donor car. I presume there is no "pairing" between the screen and aftermarket head unit?

The display is a late three-line GID unit, so therefore I undertand it is compatible with the Navi on the CD70.

So, the question is, what precisely do I need to do to get the CD70 operational in my Zaffy? To elaborate, I also have the following if required:

The original CD30 Head Unit
Access to someone who owns OPCOM

I can do all work apart from OPCOM which someone else can do for me, though he might need guidance here too as the situation is unique, so something step-by-step if you have the time would be so appreciated!

Or should I just push the whole lot over to my local VX dealer to do?

Steve..(aka Zaffy)

[domtorredo]

If cd70 is divorced from donor car than put it in car and code to your car with code from carpass

[Zaffy]

Oh you're kidding, is it really that easy?
I was concerned I needed all sorts of variant coding changes and goodness knows what else!

Thanks domtorredo, of course I will let you know how it goes once I've fitted it this weekend :-)

[domtorredo]

You can change variant coding etc to really match your car specs
variant coding is easy task, but some users have reported that op com has missing files for code index
that's why I didn't mention to change them but all info can be found here
http://www.diagnostics.org.uk/help/s...-Zafira-B-CD70
http://www.diagnostics.org.uk/help/s...l-Info-Display
and don't forget to change mid speed can settings to match modules you have and don't set anything to present what you doesn't have do it before activating theft protection

[Zaffy]

Thanks again domtorredo.
I will pass this on to the chap with the laptop and see what happens. Hopefully it won't be too daunting.
I appreciate the advice.

[Zaffy]

Fitted the CD70 last night. It works!
Have a few niggles though. the Navi language is German, but found a Language CD on fleabay last night so ordered that and will keep fingers crossed that sorts it.
Also Navi Tab on GID is missing. not too worried as Navi can be found using the button on the CD70, its just a mild niggle.

I'm very pleased though. After the touchscreen thing I'm glad to have buttons to push, I can't help but think these touchscreen things are not a great idea in-car, too much mis-keying and looking at the unit, the CD70 seems much safer to operate, IMHO.

Now selling what I have since found out to be a VXMMI4 on fleabay, that'll keep me busy this weekend :-)

Thanks for the help domtorredo and Pecky, its really appreciated.

[domtorredo]

navi tab missing because its not set in screen config
mid can bus and variant config

[Zaffy]

Ahhhh. That's a problem. Apparently OPCOM cannot program my GID (0x0409 I think it is), therefore I am stuck with the missing tab until the next service, which is only March so it's not a problem as such.
Thanks for the info....once again

[Zaffy]

UPDATE:
Gave up!
VX were unable to do anything with the CD70. I expect the service dept are just trained on what is fitted as standard. They could not, or possibly would not even consider correcting my problems. They couldn't even change the speech language.
The VXMMI is back in place and the CD70 sold off. It's such a pity, I much prefer OEM stuff but this time it was not to be.

I do appreciate everyone's help though. I'm sure I could have sorted it I knew someone who was properly trained on Tech 2 :-(

[pecky]

Definitely could have been sorted, It's such a shame at times that VX can't even use their own tools to do anything out of the ordinary.