The GROM iPod adapter is designed to provide endless hours of listening pleasure through most vehicles factory radios. You will be able to control iPod with the car stereo buttons or steering wheel controls, and iPod will stay charged when connected to the car stereo. To insure that your iPod performs correctly in your car or truck, we recommend that you read this entire manual before attempting install the GROM interface.
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Installation:
If the vehicle has a VES (Video Entertainment System), it must be disconnected! This interface is not compatible with REF model radios. They do not have a VES input available.
1. Remove factory radio. Remove factory female 10 pin Satellite cable, if available. Plug the CHYP’s 10 pin SAT plug into the radio. Plug the factory Satel- lite cable that was just removed into the CHYP’s 10 pin connector.
2. Insert the CHYP’s 22 pin main power Plug (T-Harness) in between the factory radio and factory harness.
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How-To Guide on replacing your spark plugs and spark plug wires on Mazda RX-8 vehicles. RX-8. While changing spark plugs on most vehicles is an easy task for some, there are some vehicles that are just a little different and make you go: umm…. Well, the RX-8 is definitely one of those vehicles! The RX-8 is an amazing car; it has stellar handling, a lightweight chassis, good looks, four doors, and last but not least a Mazda exclusive rotary engine. While there are a few different vehicle layouts, such as: Front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, all wheel drive, front engine, mid engine, rear engine, they all typically utilize a piston driven internal combustion engine. That is where the RX-8 differs. Like its RX-7 predecessors, the Mazda RX-8 employs a unique style of engine called a Rotary, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel in the Read the rest of this entry »

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3.0 GM Class 2 Radio, XM Mode
The BAND button will select/deselect the iWire interface. If both a Terk XM Direct tuner and iPod are attached, the devices will be selected alternately. A typical sequence with both attached will be FM1-FM2-AM-iPod-iPod-FM1-FM2-AM-XM1-XM2 etc. When playing an iPod, SEEK UP and SEEK DOWN will track up or track down within a playlist. At the end of the playlist, the track will wrap around to the beginning. When playing XM, the next channel (up or down) will be selected.
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The GROM iPod adapter is designed to provide endless hours of listening pleasure through most vehicles factory radio. To insure that your iPod performs correctly in your car or truck, we recommend that you read this entire manual before attempting install the GROM interface.

Proper mounting location
Securely install the interface in a location free from; heat, humidity, moving parts or direct sunlight. Beware of hot-air flow from your vehicle’s climate control system. We recommend securing the interface to a suitable location, free of sharp metal edges, using double sided tape, Velcro or wire ties.
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Kit Contents: 1. DICE Module 2. Audi radio interface cable (vehicle specific cable) 3. Docking Cable
Installation Steps for this kit
1. Pull vehicle into service bay and access trunk area.
2. Disconnect both battery terminals. These cables must be disconnected during installation to insure proper initialization of the DICE module when the DICE when it is connected.
3. Remove radio by inserting the (4) factory keys (not included) into the slots on each corner of the radio.
4. CD changer interface will be on left hand side of radio, it is the smaller left-hand connector on the bottom of the harnesses. Remove all wiring from the radio unit and remove from vehicle.
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This set of two tools allows swift removal of the lock plug from many newer Ford and GM glove compartments. The FPR-2 spreads the plastic retaining arms with minimal risk of breakage, pushing out the plug safely. This operation is necessary when obtaining correct code information. Ford, GM, and many European models including Audi, Saab, and VW utilize this mounting method.
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Valve Body Inspection
1. If a line-to-lube hole has been drilled in the PR valve circuit, it should be plugged to reduce converter drainback.
2. Inspect the TV checkball separator plate seat. Leakage here may produce stacked shifts and/or no kickdown.

Disassembly Instructions
1. Remove the detent assembly & spring retainer bracket, see Figure 1.
2. Remove the original pressure regulator spring and valve.
3. Remove the end plate on the opposite side of the bore and remove the line/TVpressure plug and sleeve assembly and the spring.
4. Keep the OEM line/TV pressure plug spring and the end plate. Discard all other OEM components.
5. Clean the bore thoroughly in a solvent tank.
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The VX software platform boasts an impressive list of features giving a new level of user adjustment. This flexibility allows the tuner to have complete control over the engine management system. VX software employs high resolution fuel and ignition tables with configurable load and RPM centres. When coupled with up to six dimensional fuel and ignition mapping, barometric pressure compensation and intake air temperature correction this gives an unprecedented level of tuning accuracy. All Vi-PEC VX ECUs are in field upgradeable, there is no need to return the unit for software updates.
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Vi-PEC VX ECUs are an advanced, fully programmable microprocessor controlled Engine Management System. The VX software platform boasts an impressive list of features giving a new level of user adjustment. This flexibility allows the tuner to have complete control over the engine management system. VX software employs high resolution fuel and ignition tables with configurable load and RPM centres. When coupled with up to six dimensional fuel and ignition mapping, barometric pressure compensation and intake air temperature correction this gives an unprecedented level of tuning accuracy. All Vi-PEC VX ECUs are in field upgradeable, there is no need to return the unit for software updates.
All Vi-PEC VX Plug-In Engine Management Systems are designed with flexibility and ease of installation in mind. Vi-PEC Plug-In systems are deigned to replace the circuit board inside the factory ECU enclosure. This provides an invisible install that requires minimal modification to vehicle wiring and ECU mounting.
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