65 50 631 Replacing Control Unit For Rear Compartment Monitor

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove rear compartment fresh air grill. See 64 22 190 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR COMPARTMENT FRESH AIR GRILL (AUTOMATIC A/C BASIC) and 64 22 191 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR COMPARTMENT FRESH-AIR GRILLE (AUTOMATIC A/C HIGH)
Remove side panels on center console. . See 51 16 185 REMOVING AND INSTALLING / REPLACING DECORATIVE TRIMS ON CENTRE CONSOLE .

CAUTION:

The fully installed rear compartment monitor can only be swiveled up and down with the ignition turned on. Then turn off ignition again immediately.

Swiveling rear compartment monitor up/down without ignition voltage, refer to removing rear compartment monitor. See 65 50 120 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR COMPARTMENT MONITOR .

NOTE: Follow instructions for handling optical fibers . See 61 00 ... NOTES ON HANDLING OPTICAL FIBERS

Fold up rear compartment monitor (1).

Release screws (2) and remove trim in center console at rear (3) in direction of arrow.

Fig 1: Removing Trim In Center Console At Rear & Screws

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Release screws (1).

Installation:

Do not mix up plug connections (3) and (4).

Unlock plug connections (2), (3) and (4) and disconnect.

Feed out control unit for rear compartment monitor (5) in direction of arrow and set down.

Fig 2: Removing Control Unit For Rear Compartment Monitor

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Unlock plug connection (1) and disconnect.

Remove control unit for rear compartment monitor (2).

Fig 3: Identifying Plug Connection & Rear Compartment Monitor

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Replacement:

Carry out coding/programming.

Observe following IDC specifications:

Programming
Coding
Car & Key Memory
CD "CIP"

Fig 4: Identifying DIS
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