Applies To Cars Up To Model Year -07

Fig 1: Disconnect Battery Negative Lead

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Turn the ignition switch to position 0.
Remove the ignition key from the ignition switch.

NOTE:

Wait at least five minutes before disassembling the connectors or removing other electrical equipment.

Fig 2: Identifying Center Console Panel

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Detach the panel at the rear edge of the center console:

Use a plastic weatherstrip tool to pry loose the panel. The panel is secured by a catch on each short side.
Move the panel to the side to access the two screws underneath.

Fig 3: Identifying Center Console Screws

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Remove the two screws holding the center console at the rear edge.

Fig 4: Identifying Rear Center Console Panel

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Remove the panel on the rear of the center console:

Open the glovebox.
Use a plastic weatherstrip tool carefully to pry loose the panel. The panel is secured by a catch on each long side.
Pull the panel downwards.

Fig 5: Identifying Display And Media Player Surround

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Remove the surround around the display and media player:

Use a small screwdriver and press in the catches at one of the surround's upper corners. Carefully prize the surround away on one side using a plastic weatherstrip tool.
Repeat the procedure for the other side and then fold the surround backwards into the vehicle. Pull the surround up until it detaches.

HINT: If there is difficulty removing the surround, press the panel back into place on both sides and start the removal procedure again. Start from the opposite side to before.

Fig 6: Identifying Display Module

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Press out the display module from the reverse of the center console. Press straight backwards, using both hands.
Disconnect the two connectors. Put the display to one side.

Fig 7: Identifying Dashboard Center Console Screws

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Remove the two screws holding the center console to the dashboard.
Remove the connector on the reverse of the dashboard environment panel.
Remove the center console from the dashboard and tunnel console.

Fig 8: Identifying Media Player Clips

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Remove the two clips securing the cables to the media player by first pressing them to the sides and then pulling them away downwards.

NOTE:

Be careful with the optic cables so that they are not bent or stretched.

Fig 9: Identifying Media Player Screws

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Remove the two screws in the lower edge of the existing media player. Save the screws, they shall be re-used.
Pull out the media player and detach the connectors on the rear side.

NOTE:

Make a mental note of how the cables are routed on the rear side.

Put the media player to one side. It shall not be re-used.

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Fig 10: Identifying Media Player Lug

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Take the new media player from the kit, and the two existing screws.

NOTE:

Make sure that the fibre optic cable is routed so that it is bent to a radius of no less than 25 mm (1").

Plug in the connectors to the media player.

Position the media player in the dashboard. Guide in the lug (1) at the rear edge of the media player using one hand. The lug must be in the corresponding hole on the reverse of the heater.
Tighten the media player using the two screws.
Reinstall the clips with the cables on the underside of the media player.

Reinstall:

connector for the dashboard environment panel
the center console for the dashboard and tunnel console
the connectors for the display
the display
the surround around the display and media player
the panel on the rear of the center console
the panel at the rear edge of the center console.
Program the software in accordance with the service information in VIDA (Volvo scan tool).