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Title: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 13:20:33
My memory is failing - can someone do me a favour, and post up a pic of the TrafficMaster switch fitted, showing preceisely where it goes.

TIA
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: Welung666 on 01 January 2011, 13:22:50
(http://images.erithcarsales.co.uk/vehicles/vauxhall-omega-saloon-2-0i-16v-cd-4dr-lt-1528112466-640x480.jpg)

Not the best pic granted, but hopefully a help :y
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 13:24:19
Good enough, cheers Welung666 :y
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 13:31:09
*sigh*, bloody drill is flat...
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: Andy B on 01 January 2011, 13:42:08
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*sigh*, bloody drill is flat...


At least your dash survives intact another few hours  ;)  ;) That was one of the first things i did when I got the car ..... got rid of the afterthought TM switch & associated gubbins!  :y
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: jonnycool on 01 January 2011, 13:45:33
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At least your dash survives intact another few hours  ;)  ;) That was one of the first things i did when I got the car ..... got rid of the afterthought TM switch & associated gubbins!  :y
Why bother?
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: tunnie on 01 January 2011, 13:46:46
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*sigh*, bloody drill is flat...


At least your dash survives intact another few hours  ;)  ;) That was one of the first things i did when I got the car ..... got rid of the afterthought TM switch & associated gubbins!  :y

Ahh but TB loves that heap of shite helpful tool for traffic information.
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: Andy B on 01 January 2011, 13:46:50
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At least your dash survives intact another few hours  ;)  ;) That was one of the first things i did when I got the car ..... got rid of the afterthought TM switch & associated gubbins!  :y
Why bother?
cos I knew I'd never want to use TM and as said, the TM switch looks like it was an afterthought ..... because it was.  ;)
And also, which ever dealer fitted it, used a loom that wasn't intended for use with a CCRT700 and so consequently it would NOT latch onto the back of the radio cage which made refitting the radio a PITA. The car's loom fitted properly on the back of the radio & gave a load more room behind it.
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: Brikhead on 01 January 2011, 13:52:58
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*sigh*, bloody drill is flat...

I'm just about to list a few items in the 'for sale' section and I have the plastic trim piece with the hole already in place...
May save modifying the trim you have?
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 13:53:52
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*sigh*, bloody drill is flat...




At least your dash survives intact another few hours  ;)  ;) That was one of the first things i did when I got the car ..... got rid of the afterthought TM switch & associated gubbins!  :y
Why bother?
cos I knew I'd never want to use TM and as said, the TM switch looks like it was an afterthought ..... because it was.  ;)
And also, which ever dealer fitted it, used a loom that wasn't intended for use with a CCRT700 and so consequently it would NOT latch onto the back of the radio cage which made refitting the radio a PITA. The car's loom fitted properly on the back of the radio & gave a load more room behind it.
Yup, the standard ccrt700 tm loom was stupid. Key was to fit radio in cage, they slide the whole lot in as one.

Fortunately, GM came to their senses, and fitted a better loom with latches to later ones (facelifts)
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 14:00:55
Or use an NCDR1x00 cage from an Astra - not a full cage, just big enough to hold radio in place - thats what I use in my MV6
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: TheBoy on 01 January 2011, 15:19:36
Job done, thanks for all your help, esp Welung666 for the pic to aid my senile mind :y
Title: Re: Favour - photo of TM switch
Post by: Welung666 on 01 January 2011, 15:36:09
Not a problem :y