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Old 05-29-2014, 06:42 AM   #267
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Mine does not do this, ever. Wonder why....
Mine does not do this either. Maybe they got a 2014 MyLink box.
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Old 05-29-2014, 06:46 AM   #268
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Is this something that all MyLink owners are experiencing? I'm also having other HUD display issues, post-MyLink install. Like not showing anything other than the general car stuff. Still working on what I can do to remedy the issue. Pretty frustrating though.
It seems that since the install the BCM is having issues. When opening the doors with the remote I have the lights programmed to come on. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. It worked before.
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Old 05-29-2014, 07:19 AM   #269
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I'm having a hard time having the wires click. Is there a secret?
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They go in pretty far. Further than you'd guess.
A few tricks I found.

1. You have to push the wire in as straight as possible. The click was easier to achieve when I paid extra attention to pushing the wire very straight in.

2. I sprayed a little WD-40 on the wire's insulation to make it slide in a little easier.

3. There was one wire that was still particularly difficult to get in on the radio harness. For that one, I ended up using some medium sand paper and took just a little thickness off of the wire's insulation right where it goes into the connector.

Dealing with these two connectors is really the only challenging part of the entire installation. And for me, unlocking the OnStar connector was a real pain. I felt like I was prying with the tiny screw driver until that connector was going to break. In fact, I even broke the first jewelers screw driver I used. But back and forth between those two pry areas, it finally opened up.
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:01 AM   #270
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I used a really small screwdriver as a pick and pushed it in til it clicked. Made it pretty easy
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:26 AM   #271
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Mine does not do this either. Maybe they got a 2014 MyLink box.
I have the only 2014 box to my knowledge on this forum for the purpose of the retrofit. By that I mean I haven't read anyone else who stated so. I do not get this display either.

I do get text messages though.
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:37 AM   #272
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My MyLink is quite flaky.

1) Almost every time I start the car it doesn't see the ipod. The ipod screen shows it's connected but no luck on the MyLink. If I unplug and plug back in it works fine.

2) Shuffle just seems to turn off whenever it feels like it. I turn it back on and it works for awhile then "poof" off again.

3) Fan speed is stuck on a random # on the display and won't change (even though the fan does change speeds when the dial is turned).

4) (less frequently) no music info being displayed in the HUD (yes I'm in the right HUD mode)

5) (so far only once) the forward button wouldn't advance to the next song.

#s 1 and 2 are really annoying.

The interesting thing is that this behavior does not happen in the MyLink in my 2013 Volt. Could these issues be side effects of the modification of the system?
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:38 AM   #273
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I have the only 2014 box to my knowledge on this forum for the purpose of the retrofit. By that I mean I haven't read anyone else who stated so. I do not get this display either.

I do get text messages though.
I saw that, but mine does not show that option. Maybe it is a function of the phone as in you can text on your phone.
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Old 05-29-2014, 11:39 AM   #274
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I'm having a hard time with the X2 connection. Does anyone have a better picture of how to unlock it
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Old 05-29-2014, 12:22 PM   #275
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I'm having a hard time with the X2 connection. Does anyone have a better picture of how to unlock it

The "release" is on the larger side and it looks like a rectangle piece of plastic. There are 2 tiny slots that you pry up on. It doesn't come out very far.
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Old 05-29-2014, 02:09 PM   #276
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I saw that, but mine does not show that option. Maybe it is a function of the phone as in you can text on your phone.
For iPhone 4s to enable text messages on Mylink (2014) you have to enable notifications. To my knowledge the 2013 hardware is not capable.

I do not get fan speed indicator on screen.

I get nav on my DIC which I thought was neat.
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Old 05-29-2014, 04:14 PM   #277
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I'm still not getting anything in my HUD! I've tried everything except removing the negative battery terminal (to reset everything). Bummer!
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The x2 was possibly the hardest part. Just pop the piece on the side out and they should go right in

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Old 05-29-2014, 05:27 PM   #279
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When inserting the pins in to the connector. I had issues too. Look close. They only go in one way. My pins were 4 sided and I got it wrong 3 of the 4 tries till I figured how they fitted . Also I had two pins with to much solder on them. I had to pinch the end with the wire with pliers to make it not as wide and to remove the hanging solder and make it fit in the hole. Don't give up. It's well worth the time you put in to it.
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Old 05-29-2014, 07:57 PM   #280
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Those with 2012+ are going to see the HVAC speeds on the display, as that seems to be part of the BCM, not the function of the radio/controls. 2012+ also had this display on the stock radio.

as for the wires, yes they only fit in one way. I had to use a needle nose pliers on most all of my wires at the terminal, as the crimp wasn't as clean as it needed to be to be as small of a diameter as required. I also had to straighten some of the terminals a bit that had been bent during the crimp process.
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