| Adding Linguatronic to a RHD CLK |
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lot of labour here, consider fitting Phone and TV at same time |
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DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - I ADVISE YOU USE YOUR MB DEALER TO DO THIS |
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document assumes phone already fitted. |
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| MB doesn’t
sell Linguatronic for RHD CLKs - the wiring harness is only available for LHD
vehicles |
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| This note
describes how to modify the LHD harness and to install Linguatronic on the
RHD CLK |
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| This was
done on a RHD CLK55 MY2000 |
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| I refer to
Linguatronic as VCS in this document |
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loom has various cables :- |
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2 microphone cables - the loom is
"inserted" into the microphone circuit |
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Red/Blue power cable - connects
indirectly to fuse 10 |
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Pink/Green power cable - goes to
fuse 3 |
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Blue/Black - D2B wakeup cable |
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15 way D-TYPE connector (at other
end) which plugs into VCS module in the boot |
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| NB, On LHD
car wiring loom wont need modifiying, and microphone cable wont need
re-routing |
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| NB, On USA
car wiring looms are pre-installed, so don’t buy the wiring loom - probably
need the D2B fibres |
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Also, wont need the new cruise
switch or the steering cowl - in fact MB dealers have a kit of parts to do
this |
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Part Name |
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| 220 820 77 26 |
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VCS control module |
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In theory MY2000 cars
need 220 820 61 26 but |
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** This is for UK English ** |
MY 2001 part gives more
functionality and works |
| N 000000 000453 |
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Mounting screws |
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For fixing VCS to plate |
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| 000 540 38 08 0690 |
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D2B fibre from VCS to PSE |
(0690 is length of this fibre) |
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| 036 545 08 28 |
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D2B connector part 1 |
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| 036 545 09 28 |
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D2B connector part 2 |
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| 208 540 00 07 |
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Linguatronic harness |
LHD harness, needs mods for RHD cars |
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| 210 545 01 24 |
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Cruise control + VCS switch |
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| 210 545 00 44 |
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Voice control lever for above |
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| 208 462 04 23 |
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Steering cowl |
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| 203 827 15 59 |
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User instructions on CD |
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User instruction manual |
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Various |
You should replace all clips that hold
interior panels or they will rattle |
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| Installation Tasks |
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| Disconnect Battery |
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| Remove |
Steering Wheel |
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All steering column switches |
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Steering wheel cowl |
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| Install |
New cowl |
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New cruise control lever with VCS
switch |
Note the linguatronic switch cable
connects to the instrument cluster |
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VCS lever on cruise control switch |
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| Re-install |
Other parts removed |
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| Remove |
Driver side under-dash panel |
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Driver side footwell kick panel |
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Driver side door sill |
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Driver side floor mat |
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Lift driver carpet [at seat end] |
No need to remove carpet, you now
have access to driver-side wiring ducts |
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Passsenger side under-dash panel |
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Passenger side footwell kick panel |
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Passenger side door sill |
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Passenger side floor mat |
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Passenger side front carpet |
You now have access to passenger
side front wiring ducts |
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| Loosen front of head lining |
Involves unclipping lots of bits |
You now have access to the roof
microphone wiring |
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| Remove LHS boot lining |
Involves taking lots of the boot
apart |
The Linguatronic module is fixed in
the boot with the phone electronics |
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behind the BOSE AMP |
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| Remove rear seat bench |
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| Remove LHS rear side panel |
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You now have access to all of the
passenger side wiring ducts from |
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front to back of car |
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| Unplug
wiring harness and D2B fibre from Phone Electronics (PSE) in boot |
BE CAREFUL of FIBRE OPTIC LOOM !!!! |
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| Remove
mounting plate with Phone Electronics (PSE) (3 * 10mm nuts) |
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| Attach VCS
control module to plate |
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| Re-install
mounting plate with PSE and VCS attached |
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| Carefully
take apart D2B connector for phone electronics |
BE CAREFUL with FIBRE OPTIC CABLES
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| Split the 2
cables [remembering which has the red lens] |
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short fibre optic cable and second D2B connector so there are now 2 D2B
connectors in series |
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| Plug D2B
harness back into Phone Electronics and Voice control Module. The original
fibre with red lens plugs into phone electronics |
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| Plug in
Phone electronics wiring harness |
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| Plug in 15
way connector on Linguatronic harness |
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Linguatronic harness through car to the duct in front of the drivers seat |
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| Indentify
the phone loom in the duct in front of the passenger seat, it has: - |
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thin microphone coax cable |
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think black multi-core cable |
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blue/black 0.75mm (D2B wakeup cable) |
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red/yellow 0.75mm power cable |
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pink/blue or pink/green 0.75mm power
cable |
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| Identify
the aerial loom in the duct in front of the passenger seat, it has: - |
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thin coax cable [gps aerial] |
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thick coax cable [radio aerial] |
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red/blue 0.75mm permanent power
cable |
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blue/white 0.75mm switched power
cable |
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| Unplug
microphone at seperation point in wiring duct on drivers side (2 way
connector with black and white cables) |
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| Re-route
microphone cable down passenger side of windscreen instead of drivers side |
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| Follow the
remaining microphone cable on the drivers side back from the seperation point
toward the centre console, and |
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cut it, so the connector still has at-least 3 feet of cable attached to it. |
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| Find
microphone cable on passenger side, cut that and attach the cable you cut
off. |
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| Be careful
not to cut the GPS aerial cable, ie find the phone loom and NOT The aerial
loom |
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| Remember
this is coax, and as little cable as possible should be exposed, if possible
keep screen covering conductor if possible |
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| Plug the
cable from the microphone into the VCS harness |
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| Plug the
other microphone connector [from PSE] into the other microphone connector on
the VCS harness |
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| Cut and
attach the blue/black 0.75m cable on the VCS loom (using soldered connection)
to the blue/black cable in the phone harness |
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| Remove Fuse
10 if you didn’t disconnect battery completely |
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| Cut and
attach the red/blue 0.75mm cable on the VCS loom (using soldered connection)
to the Red/Blue cable in the aerial loom |
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| Re-insert Fuse 10 |
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Cars [with the Nokia 3110 phone] |
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Fuse 3 is probably not installed and
is used for VCS |
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| On MY2001
cars [with the Nokia 6110 phone] |
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Fuse 3 is used for COMAND and VCS (5
amp) |
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Pink/Green cable has to route to the fusebox - but the fusebox is on other
side of car to LHD so: - |
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| Extend and
connect the Pink/Green cable to fuse 3 |
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Cut the Pink/Green cable in the loom
at the point you cut the red/blue cable (obvious when you look at loom) |
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Cut off any spare Red/Blue cable
that was attached to the Pink/Green cable |
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Disconnect Battery |
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Open up fusebox completely |
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Install the fusebox end of that
cable in the fusebox to fuse nr 3 |
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Extend that cable back to where you
cut it and solder together. In theory this should route thru the ducts across
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centre console, but this is rather
difficult - there are easier places to route the cable |
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Insert 5A fuse in position 3 |
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Close fusebox |
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Reconnect Battery |
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| NOTE - the
cables are large enough to carry the current needed by the VCS system |
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| Configure |
Instrument cluster for VCS switch |
[Is this necessary ?] |
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COMAND/AUDIO-30 for the VCS on the
D2B bus |
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| Test |
Operation of VCS, Phone. Radio |
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| Re-install |
All parts removed |
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[Loads of stuff] |
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