How to remove the new smart stereo in order to fit an aftermarket stereo or to fit an MP3 lead to the existing stereo.
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451 Underseat Bass Unit
This is the 451 underseat bass box, it is available from smart (part A4518200302 for RHD) for a price of £125 at the time of writing, although smart part prices change almost daily.A better idea is to buy one second hand from someone who is upgrading. Remember to get...
453 Android Stereo
Whenever anyone on the forums asks about a new stereo on the 453, people will always recommend the nameless Chinese made 9 inch Android stereo that's available all over AliExpress and similar China based e-commerce sites. They all look the same so I suspect they are...
453 Bosch Stereo Pin Out
Bosch "Smart Media-System Connect" Connector A Pin Number Wire Colour Function 1 2 Grey/White CAN Bus High 3 Brown/White CAN Bus Low 4 Pink On/Off Signal Audio Gateway Controller Pin 11 (Amplifier pin 11, if present) 5 6 7 Red/Brown Fuse 26 8 Black/Brown Ground/Earth...
453 Bosch Stereo Retrofit
Bosch Touch Screen Stereo So, you want the facelifted touch screen stereo in your 453? Personally I don't recommend it because, for the money, it's not that good. It's made by Bosch which will be a red flag for anyone familiar with the Bosch Highline stereo fitted to...
453 Forfour Speaker Change
This page covers the removal and replacement of better speakers in both the front and rear doors of the 453 Forfour. Forfour Speaker Change - Front Doors The old speakers are cheap and not very good. Remove the internal door card. Click here. The speaker is held in...
453 Fortwo Door Speaker Change
Fitting Better Door Speakers The standard 453 door speakers are quite low quality. Not shit but not good. How about fitting high quality speakers in place instead. The main issue is what the standard speaker looks like. It has 3 fixing points and an unusual offset. If...
453 Fortwo Roof Aerial
A common complaint on the 453 fortwo is that the radio reception is shit. However, it's ok on the 453 forfour. Why the difference? Well, it's not something that fortwo owners really notice until you point it out. Tell them to point at their aerial. They'll turn around...
453 GPS Important Update
453 Smart GPS Week Rollover Bug PSA: Media-System in smart 453 is affected by the GPS Week Number Rollover bug. You MUST have updated before April 6th, 2019 in order to keep the time working correctly. Hey folks! On April 6th, 2019, GPS will experience a Week Number...
453 JBL Boot Sub Woofer
Removable JBL Sub Woofer Information This is the sub that can be bought from smart (part numbers coming later with the other parts required). It's a fairly compact bass box that can be fitted and removed from the left hand side of the boot. The speaker is 165mm in...
453 JBL Tweeters
Important People, will you please stop getting ripped off! I have lost count how many times I have heard someone say: "smart/Mercedes will be expensive for parts so I bought parts from somewhere else" Where do you think these 3rd party companies buy these specialist...
453 Phone Holders
OEM Phone Holder This is the standard phone holder available from smart and Renault (for the Twingo). It's massively over-priced and even 2nd hand, they sell for too much. The other problem is that they are rare 2nd hand and they won't hold every phone due to the...
453 R-Link Radio Issues
The Smart media system (Renault R-Link, TomTom) isn't the most reliable stereo. It looks to be powered by Android so it's no wonder it crashes and freezes up every so often. Apps crash and freeze, the touch screen stops working, music won't play, blanks screen, no...
453 R-Link Radio Pin Out
This is the rear of the radio unit that connects to the touch screen multimedia unit. It is the most basic version of the radio unit. It is hidden behind the dash. The 3 main connectors are: BB - Speaker outputs, power input and earth. BC - Touchscreen Connection. BD...
453 Radio Locked
Radio Locked Please Contact Dealer First things first, don't contact your dealer because they won't/can't help. All they will do is sell you a new replacement stereo. 2nd Hand Radio The majority of the basic 453 radios have antitheft activated. They are also coded to...
453 Rear Speaker Fitting
Before your starting this mod you need to know 3 things. It's not the full system, is just some hack. The original system has a JBL amplifier under the seat, the subwoofer in the boot and all the cables available. I have just installed the rear speakers. The purple...
453 Retrofitting TomTom R-Link Stereo
OK, so you have the bog standard "smart sound" radio unit... ...but you want the "smart media" unit? This is going to be a quick page. Well, it would be if I didn't pad it out with nonsense. Is It Easy To Retrofit? Nope. None of the connections are there and they are...
453 Single DIN Stereo Adapter
The problem with the 453 is the design of the standard stereos. They are a single DIN body with a double DIN face. That's an incredibly rare layout which seriously limits the aftermarket stereos you can fit. Currently you are limited to 3 original fitment aftermarket...
453 Speedo Shows -:– For Time
Speedo And Stereo Not Showing The Time? If your speedo is showing -:-- instead of the time, you might also notice that you have the R-Link touchscreen stereo and that is also showing --:-- instead of the time. In which case, you should follow this link to the fix. I...
453 Stereo – Pioneer EVO6XDAB
Pioneer have now released 2 stereos that will fit using these instructions. SPH-EVO62DAB and SPH-EVO64DAB. The EVO64DAB is the replacement update unit to the previous model. It's very similar but the EVO64DAB has wireless Apple CarPlay and non physical buttons....