Ok spoke to Connects2. They say they have nothing that will work

Guess I need to see what I can cobble together myself.

My first thoughts are to strip down the HU like you have all done leaving just the main board. Then I'll try and relocate that plus the fascia behind the heater controls so that it can now stay powered on and I can use the aux in to stream the music etc from the Tablet.

Controls would still be through the tablet, and I'd use my AudioControl Overdrive Plus line driver to control the volume with the provided dial installed in the dash by the tablet.

And obviously the top screen would still function for as long as I want to keep it there....

Right off to strip down a RRS HU

Cheers

Guy 2006 RRS S/C CONSTANTLY under modification...
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Guyzer my unit is the 6 disc player and it strips down just like the single,



my picture of the rear of the plug is from a telephone kit that I have canabalized so that I don't have to solder to the pins on the back of the head unit, so wire colours are all over the place. As far as your amp goes I would look on eBay for a full workshop manual on disc, as this will give you a full wiring layout for your amp.
Just a thought my new alpine units inbuilt amp is excellent and easily runs the speakers, do you need to keep the old amp? Diesel sport BAS remapped by Bodsy
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Cheers for the help guys

Played around for a couple of hours whilst wife and daughter were out for a walk and came up with this:

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Finished at last more to follow later Diesel sport BAS remapped by Bodsy
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Ok so I finally finished sorting out my new stereo while retaining the top display,



It looks so much better with both screens, anyway I basically followed the instructions from the other guys who did this, the only change was that I ordered 2 connectors for the fibre optics instead of just the one, so keeping the in out of the original (as per olly ibiza's post)



To fit these you need to disconnect the original plug, you do this by pushing out the blue pin in the middle of the plug and gently lifting the tangs either side of it, this releases the cables.


When you have done that you can then put the stripped done original stereo

In the space behind the heater controls, I loosely wrapped mine in cloth to stop any rattling


And reassemble .
Done at last


Just thought, I connected 1 more wire than Royrw as this was on my plug

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I have now decided to fit a better reversing camera (alpine) in the spoiler as the wireless one i fitted where the number plate light is, is frankly total c**p.
I'll need to find out how to run the cable from back to front, should be fun  Diesel sport BAS remapped by Bodsy
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Hi did you manage to keep the oem amplifier still working and running the sub? If so how did you do it as Im currently doing my rrs 2006 I've got how to keep the top screen nav on after installing after market radio I've got all the speakers working but I can't hear the subs as they was any suggestions ? I know this Iran old thread

They don't run through the amp, just wire the sub speaker connections to the rear speaker connections. Use a HF filter to keep the bass low.  Bodsys Brake Bible
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Sorry to be a pain but which ones are the subwoofer wires ? At the minute I have a speaker lead that runs from the speakers which plug into the back of my amp running to the speaker plug which comes out the back of my head unit. And does anyone know which wires go where on a gvif unit as the instructions that came with it are absolutely useless ?

Could any of th guys that have done the istallation can post a step by step installation
Many thanks

I just bought an old unit from ebay and at the moment my rrs has a pioneer sp120 installed but the satnav screnn is dead so i would like the same job that you have done in yours guy , i found all the information scater all around the forum with not a clear step by step instruction, could some of you make it please please

It's pretty straight forward

I did mine myself

I did mine myself

very nice , so jelous, anyway uou have the step by step instructions
Many thanks