Ianharbron wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:02 pm
Hi all,
I've been following this thread with interest but have noticed some omissions in recent discussions.
I understand to do this work/fit the newer head unit you needs:-
A headunit to match the country required - i.e right hand drive for UK
A headunit to match the car specifiction - i.e a 'parking button' is assisted parking is on your car spec.
A set of adapter cables/wiring harness to change the existing connections to the newer headunit connections.
A friendly Nissan dealer with knowledge to reprogram the cars 'keys'
What seems to have been lost is the microphone?
At some point there was discussion on a newer microphone required for the telephone system, is this still required or can the adapter cables sort this out.
I know I'm going over old ground but this is the best option I can find to upgrade my headunit on my 67 Qashqai and keep the stock look and functions.
I did read other forums, in Australia and US on the same issue but they have 'disappeared'. All along the same way with some talk of the adapter harness being for sale/manufactured.
A headunit to match the country required - i.e right hand drive for UK
--> Yes this is true if you've got the 360 (AVM) cameras, as the screen split will be incorrect.
A headunit to match the car specifiction - i.e a 'parking button' is assisted parking is on your car spec.
--> This is also correct, although the units can be reprogrammed using Consult 3+, no Nissan dealer will carry this out, so you would need to find a specialist which has Nissan Consult 3+ to reprogramme the head unit... therefore its best to try and find one which is from a matching spec car to save the additional hassle.
A set of adapter cables/wiring harness to change the existing connections to the newer headunit connections.
--> it's fairly easy and straightforward to make the wiring harness, which allows installation without damaging the existing wiring, thus making it easily reversible. It's best to get a depinning set from Amazon, this allows for you to remove the pins from the wiring plugs from Aliexpress and then remake them following the wiring diagrams.
A friendly Nissan dealer with knowledge to reprogram the cars 'keys'
--> this is a straightforward process and easily done by any Nissan dealer, standard charge is £60 for 30 minutes labour, they will need both keys and don't need to know about the stereo at the time of reprogramming.
With regards to the microphone, you don't lose this and it still works fine for Google assistant to request a destination etc... the only issue is if you make a call the recipient will hear themselves back as an echo, so if you make a lot of calls from the car then you will need to purchase the newer map reading light unit which includes the new microphone which has dual microphones for noise cancellation, this then needs an additional wire adding down to the head unit plug.
Other things to consider is that car settings which are changed through the head unit will be lost, the only things I've noticed is the auto door lock when setting off and the dash sign recongnition only works when it sees a physical sign, it no longer shows the road speed from the sat nav. Neither of these are major issues as the added benefit of Andriod Auto/CarPlay and Google Maps/Waze outweigh these.
The cost for doing this upgrade is approximately £400 (£300 for head unit, £40 for tools/materials & £60 for key reprogramming)