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) or 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 ... REMOVING AND INSTALLING SIDE PANELS 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 .

NOTE: Follow instructions for handling optical fibers. See61 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

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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: Identifying Plug Connections And 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

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Replacement:

Carry out coding/programming. See VEHICLE PROGRAMMING AND CODING .

Observe following IDC specifications:

Programming
Coding
Car & Key Memory
CD "CIP"

Fig 4: Identifying DIS
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