How To Install An Aftermarket Radio On Any Mercedes SL R230 | Seicane With D2B Fiber Optics
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- In this video I will show you a step by step tutorial on how I installed a Seicane aftermarket Apple CarPlay head unit/radio on my 2003 Mercedes SL500 using a D2B fiber Optics Decoder and the stock Bose amplifier. This makes for the easiest DIY installation and allows you to keep the factory amplifier! This radio can be installed on ANY Mercedes SL R230 Models such as the Mercedes SL R230 SL350 SL500 SL55 AMG SL600 SL65 AMG
THIS RADIO ONLY WORKS WITH 2001 TO 2004 R230 MODELS. COMPARE YOUR FACTORY STEREO TO THE SEICANE LINK AS ANYTHING ABOVE A 2005 REQUIRES A DIFFERENT SEICANE RADIO THAT THEY SELL!
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2001-2004 SEICANE RADIO: bit.ly/4afTrk6
FIBER OPTIC BYPASS: bit.ly/3wzZHoQ (PART #: 0005453384)
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This is a link to a forum and video that explains the installation process. It was a great source and helped me with clarifying some of the installation process Forum: bit.ly/4bsnZQz Video: • D2B Fiber Optics 2004 ...
If you have questions feel free to leave them in the comments and I'll answer them the best that I can.
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@HaydenSchreier Thank you for sharing this video. Better yet, thanks for combing through all the forums, doing the troubleshooting and then breaking it down. I appreciate it and I'm going to do the same for my 2003 SL500.
Glad it helps!
Great video. I was going to do it to my car based on Amir's video that you linked. Your video is even more detailed, particularly around the D2B wake up wire. Very helpful. Than you.
yes! that was a part i struggled with, so i figured i would make a video as clear as possible to help others!
Going to order this and try it next weekend. Thanks!
let me know how it goes!
How did it go
Great tutorial. I may try it.
You should!
Thanks!
Thank you! You’re welcome!
hallo, can you tell me if the original Bose subwoofer works with this unit... Thank...good video
Yes it does, you will need to purchase the blue fiber optic decoder box like i showed in the video
Great video
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
Very well explained video @HaydenSchreier. I will watch it again to truly familiarize myself with the steps to decide whether I try it or not on my 2011 SL550. What would you say is the difference in installing the Seicane With D2B Fiber Optics or a double-din unit? I'm inclined to think that it'd be simpler with a regular double-din, but I don't know if that would sacrifice some functions or not. Thanks for your advice
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.
Is the sound quality as good as it was before , my dad got his upgraded and the sound quality was poor compared to before with fibre optics
yes the sound is very good because it is playing out of the factory Bose sound system while still using the factory fiber optics!
Bonjour et merci pour cette video, j'ais reussi a brancher mon auto radio et tout fonctionne parfaitement mais je n'ais pas le son. faut il se connecter sur l'ampli d'origine? MERCI
if you want sound it has to be connected to the amp....
Sorry I'm here again. Is it possible connect the red cable of the optical fiber amplifer to the yellow cable and not to the cigarette lighter ?
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
Awesome video!! How good is the screen brightness??? I drive with the top down most of the time and I can barely see my screen. (I have the oem looking Seicane 6" model.)
it gets real sunny in florida. on those days with the top down it can be very difficult to see like any other
Amazing video brother. If we wanted to do the backup camera do you know where the backup light wire could connect to?
You would connect to the tail light wire. Agent gotten around to installing it to know exactly which one
Nice car
Thank you!
Is yhere a way to keep the command unit functions via an app or other means?
Like for the clock? What other functions
hi i like the video very good and all the steps very detailed, i have a 2005 sl500 do you know if is the same procedure ?
should be pretty similar!
Hello I have a s430 2001 model I went and ordered from Seicane web site but their tech support is very bad
I follow ur instructions to wired D2B audio adapter and connected per the instructions but unit didn’t power on at all my question is the connector u modified where you connected d2b wake-up wire connection will same for the s430 2001 model.
Also if wire wrong will the unit not power on
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
Hi, great video which is really helpful. I fitted the same unit in my SL55 and had the same issues with Seicane support eventually resulting in my returning the unit for a refund. Thinking about trying one again but a couple of questions? I believe the dash clock cannot be adjusted after installation is this right? Also is the option to pay for the upgraded rom and ram advisable to take. Thanks
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?
Hello - great video - thank you for sharing a wealth of knowledge you didn't have to
This video was made two months ago, wondering how things are going with the radio - any issue up to this point ?
Finally, if I'm correct - you mentioned the sound is the same - this is the one thing I'm most worried about - the sound coming from the factory radio is, by far, the best sound system of any car i have owed, it is incredible, especially at highway speeds with the top down - just to clarify, there is no difference in the sound quality when switching out the head units ?
There is 0 difference in sound quality even after these past months because I am using the stock amplifier. It sounds great and I highly recommend the upgrade!
Was very interested in this radio for my SL as it looks fresh and.fits perfect. Whats it like to use ? Smooth or any major glitches ? Great video.
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.
Bonlour et merci pour la reponse mais ou puis je trouver les connecteurs pour la fibre.
It’s all in the video or the description
You have the personality to produce excellent content, I enjoyed your car rebuild series but you need to buy another project car and I think you will continue to grow your channel vs very specific video’s on a older
Model Mercedes . Surely 23rd garage can hook you up with something
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
@HaydenSchreier my steering wheel has no controls, so do I still need Canbus? If so why?
my steering wheel has volume buttons and you need the canbus as it will detect when car is in reverse if you install a reverse camera
@@HaydenSchreier I won't have a reverse cam etc. I only want to install an aftermarket radio. So I don't need a Canbus, right?
@@iyilm4z528 im pretty sure it comes with canbus. just get it
Ciaooo....the radio is arrived but is different .on back side the is an optical out.
I have a problem. I followed your istruction. I can hear the sound only for some seconds, after nothing and after return again......can you help me
Thank
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
can you still adjust the clock on the dash?
I haven’t figured out a way yet for daylight savings. I set mine before I installed it
Well done! Have you tested the other steering buttons as well; phone answer/hang up, track/station skip etc? This is very new as I have not seen any others install on 2001-3 SL R230 with BOSE. Thanks for sharing.
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
nice work! I noticed you didn’t mention steering wheel controls. did you get that working too?
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
Will this be the same process on different brand stereos?
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+
this was an awesome video..i wish you lived in vegas Id pay you to install mine. I couldnt get my seicane unit to power up so being frustrated I reinstalled my stock unit and now I cant get sound from any of my speakers even though the command unit works. My aftermarket unit is either defective or I am not getting the power it needs. My whole weekend was ruined..I have a 2004 SL600 with the EXACT wires but seicane DID send me the correct adapter for the d2p wake up connection. I did everything right but no power on the new unit :( and now no sound from the old unit...
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.
Thank you, I now know not to buy😮 a seicane product. Never buy from a company that does not support its customers
They barely speak of word of English. So throw that into the mix. I’m sure they like to help but because of the sound barrier it’s bad.
you talk tooooo muuuucccchhhh!
So mute the video!!!!!!!!!