i haven't seen my car in 2 months and when i get it back from storage i wanted to remove the screen and relocate it. when relocating, is it a ribbon that holds the screen to the control panel or is it a series of wires? i would need to extend it about three to four feet is this possible? i plan on mounting the screen above the steering column and the control pad where the ash tray used to be. any advice or pictures would be great help. i performed a search and could not find the pictures or threads that were in the power fc section (what happened to them?).


luigi

 

Carson did. (spyfish007)

 

Hmm seems as though some one could make some good money if they made a DIN display for the pfc.
Looks nice.

 

My pics got gaffled from that old post cause my ISP went kaput. Here they are again:

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Read my old post for some tips.

 

thats exactly what i was looking for. how is it wired up behind? is it something to do with ribbons, cables, wires? thanx for the help fellas.

luigi

 

In its stock state the two circuit boards are soldered directly to each other with little pins between the holes. De-soldering them was very tedious. I used 4 feet of 20-conductor ribbon cable from www.radioshack.com to connect the two boards. Solder the wires to the back of the display board, the holes are at the bottom. This will be clearer once you take the commander apart.

 

thanx for the reply and directions all.

luigi

 

Wow, that's incredibly professional looking, skotx!!! I'm very impressed and inspired to attempt the same...

 

this was easy! thanx again.

luigi

 

Got pics of what you ended up doing? Easy?!

 

taking it apart was easy, i'm going to relocate the screen on the upper stering column (still in progress) and run the control where the ashtray is (was). on friday i hope to be done.

luigi