blue plug display into a grey plug vehicle

**vxpenfold** · 2nd January 2011, 21:40

i might be able to get a display cheap (not exactly sure which type yet as the guy just said it was a mid but he is sending me a pic of the back) the only problem is from what he said it has a blue socket but my car has a grey plug, is there any way of adapting between the 2 or is it just a straightforward compatibility no no. and i assume its for a full canbus vehicle as it is coming with a cd30 although the cd30 is programmed to a tid that comes with it aswell

it doesnt matter if its a bid or a gid tbh cos im only really interested in the fuel economy side atm aslong as i can be fitted

edit: here is a pic of the bits

**vxpenfold** · 2nd January 2011, 21:59

lol yet more questions, sorry guys lol

how hard is it to fit a cd70 if you get the screen aerial,base and all the wiring with it?

**BigWilko** · 2nd January 2011, 22:04

The plugs are quite hard to come by. I got a guy off ebay to chuck one in for me. FOC! There's also a useful thread on here about which screens HU's and cables are compatible. If i remember rightly it's something to do with a prefix. 2 characters after the serial number e.g. XR.

The pics look like a TID and a GID. Make sure they're married/ divorced if they're going in a full canbus car.

**TopRod** · 2nd January 2011, 22:23

When I installed my CD70 I noticed that it had a grey plug on the loom in my car and the socket on the back of the screen was blue they fitted fine and worked perfectly.

I wasn't quite sure if they would work but they did. Hope this helps.

**vxpenfold** · 2nd January 2011, 23:09

ok thanks very much atm im just trying to decide if to buy the screen and be done with it or borrow some money and get all the sat nav kit, i now which one i want but i gotta decide if its worth it

the ident on the back of the display is xr and i think the part number is 13 164 972 or similar, its hard to telll as the pic is a bit dodgy, and the guy says its divorced and wants £30 for the display on its own, hmm, decisions decisions lol

according to the info in this thread http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showth...ighlight=ident it seems ident xr is for half canbus cars whereas mine is full canbus so i might avoid that one unless anyone knows otherwise