Dicky Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Decided to install my Tom Tom Go 530 into the front cubby the other day and to carry out the Bose Phono/iPod hack Posted by Husky a while ago (see Guides).....Apologies for the poor picture Removed the Tom Tom to computer docking station USB, removed the power supply cable mini USB and connected the two cables together to get power to the Tom Tom from the passenger side 12v power socket. Because the Tom Tom on/ off switch is mounted on the top I had to open it up, drill a small hole in the back and connect a wire in parallel with the on/off switch and route it to the small red switch you can see in the picture to allow you to turn it on and off. The Tom Tom, when sitting on the docking station, fits perfectly and snug into the cubby so no need to secure it. I then carried out Husky's Bose mod and terminated the wire in a 3.5mm jack socket seen in silver on the left of picture. Mounting the jack socket was a bit of a struggle as the plastic is thicker than the thread length on the socket (had to counter bore it) and cutting a hole in the cubby rubber base to line up with the socket mounted in the plastic was a bit of a fiddely mission also. Anyway the end result is tickety boo and my daughter can now find her way around the country and play her iPone music at the same time. SATISFACTION Edited November 28, 2015 by Dicky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy.farrow7 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Good effort mate, i was going to do it with my Garmin XL but its too big for the cubby, back to the drawing board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Just a bit of luck really. When I first tried it in the cubby and it fit so snugley it inspired me. Edited November 29, 2015 by Dicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy.farrow7 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Trial and error for me i reckon, im going to try make something when the weather gets better next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Don't blame you Jimmy, it's to cold just now, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeezeebaba Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I did exactly the same mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 I did exactly the same mod I probably got the idea from you then because I remember seeing that someone on the forum had done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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