Installing Parrot Mki9100 Bluetooth Car Kit (in Vauxhall Zafira B) Pt4 - Installing the Kit

After all of the panels have been removed we now have a nice clear part of the car to work with....
These following steps can be tackled in any order if you want (but thinking back I think the easiest way is...)

Installing the microphone

1) Lift off the fabric at the top of the car (in the following photo, this is the beige material next to the window.)  This is simply stuck down with adhesive (hence no tools needed.)
2) Thread the cabling through here till you get to the end corner.
3) Push the fabric back so that it sticks to the roof, hiding the cables.

4) Using the double-sided sticky pad on the microphone holder, stick it above the rear-view mirror.
    Ensure wherever you put it, it doesn't affect your eye sight nor be in a position it could be knocked over when adjusting the mirror.

 (Do this without the mic attached, you can click it into place after.)

5) Thread the cabling down the side pillar

6) And drop it down the gap in the corner (this goes directly to the leg space where the glove box was.)

7) The side pillow column plastic can now be retrieved and put back into place...

Getting the rest of the cables in place

Here comes the messy part, getting the cables into place leaving enough room for the stereo to go back....

1) Attach the SOT cable to the parrot kit and thread these into the space behind where the Stereo lives.
    Follow the supplied manual to ensure you haven't put the wrong ISO connector in the wrong place.
    Personal hint - I found it easier to put 1/2 behind where the MFD display goes, and the rest to the left (see photo)
2) The connecting cables to the Parrot blue control box can be pulled/pushed through a small gap on the left right down to the leg space for now (below the glove box.)
3) Do the same for Parrot screen cable (I had this come out of the top section (where the MFD screen cable is > big grey cable.) But I forgot to take a photo of this

4) The red 12v Ignition cable should be thread through the bottom of the gearbox, ash-tray and ending up next to the base of the cigarette lighter socket.

5) If you haven't put a crimp connection on this, then do so and connect to the spare black connector underneath the cigarette lighter.

6) Personal hint - cable tie the cable - otherwise it might get stuck in the mechanism of the gearbox!  Left side doesn't appear to have any moving parts!

Re-posted photo to clarify where to connect the 12v Ignition cable

7) Once the above has been done you can cover up/put back (with screws):
* Ash Tray
* Gearbox
* Diagnostic Socket Cover

Re-installing the MDF Display and Front Fascia

The front fascia should now be re-installed in the opposite way it was taken out:
1) Re-connect the power cable for the MDF Display and put back into place
2) Re-connect the power cable for the Hazard Light and put the fascia back.
    Don't forget to put the screws back into place!
3) The Parrot Display screen can now be stuck onto the front of the fascia next to the Hazard Light Switch
(Again do this without the screen attached, double sided tape/pad again.)

4) Slide the screen into place (only 1 way to fit.)

Although it is a great place to put it, ensure you leave enough space to control that heater control! (and see your 'doors locked' indicator light on the central locking button!)

Re-installing the top air vents and plastic surrounds.

1) Self explanatory, put the air vents back and push down!

Re-installing the Heating Controls

1) Re-attach the 2 power/signal cables
2) Push the controls back into place, ensuring it clicks and locks into place.

Amending the SOT Cable Connectors

A few little bits to do before the stereo can be re-installed...
1) Connect the Yellow 'Mute In 2' Cable to the yellow cable (crimp connectors should already be there.)
2) Put the loose 'pink' MUTE cable from the SOT122 wiring into the ISO block where the yellow cable terminates.  Otherwise the car won't mute the stereo when a call is taking place on the Bluetooth kit!

3) Switch the '12V Battery' and '12V Ignition' wiring.  Done by simply swapping the fuse holders over...
    Otherwise it will not say the 'Goodbye' prompt and instead will drain the car battery!

Installing the car stereo

The last hard part is re-installing the stereo.
1) Simply attach the new 'large' ISO block to the back of the stereo.
2) Attach the aerial cable
3) Put the stereo back into place.
    You might want to pull the cable out of the left using the gap by the glove box to pull any extra cable out of the way!

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I decided to have my external audio connector in the pouch in the left legspace instead of the glove box or center console as:
* It is hidden away
* But not so, that it becomes hard changing the media....

To do this I simply pulled up part of the plastic covering the side of the centre console (which pulls up from the curtain - not stuck down!) and just threaded the cable through...

This means I can either pop in the MP3 player, phone, iPod, USB stick:
* In the basket holder thing on the side
* On my 'old phone holder' next to the hazard light
* In the centre console where the cigarette socket/drink holder is

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Now that the front of the car has been dealt with, you can start connecting the blue Parrot control box.

1) All of the necessary cables should be dangling down the left side of the car now (with possibly 1 or more ISO connectors hanging down too)  Simply connect these to the relevant socket on the control box.

2) Re-install the glove box, remembering to re-connect the power cable and the 4 screws removed.
3) Re-install the base covering plate of the glove box, this becomes the shelf for the parrot control box
The following photo shows what I mean (without the glove box installed) [If only I had an X-RAY camera]

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Final Touches

Installing the Remote Control

I decided the best place was gonna be on the right next to my headlight switches due to myself being right-handed.  Simply use the double-sided tape to secure this down!
Again do this in 2 steps:
1) Remove the remote and stick down the pad.
2) Slide the remote into place...

JOB's Done - now take a deep breath and turn your engine on to ensure it does in fact work!