VW T5 Transporter - How To Fit An OEM USB Module - Van Mod
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- VW T5 Transporter - How To Fit An OEM USB Module - Van Mod
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In my latest van modification video, I demonstrate how I installed a dual USB port phone charger into the dash of my 2007 campervan.
This is the USB module I used : amzn.to/3lQT3Ba
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Great stuff, proper down to earth "how to do" video, with simple explanations. Love the bit about waiting for the beep, its just what would happen to me. Many thanks, I'll be watching you again :)
Take the radio out and there's a nice earthing point, also makes it easier to route the wires
And that’s why I love the CZcams community. Great feedback, much appreciated 👍
Excellent video just installed one in my 04 transporter spot on👍😊
It’s been on my to do list for a while, I like the fact it’s a plug and play so will definitely be purchasing one. Will need to find a different cable route though because of air bag!
That dashboard is crying out for a cb radio I reckon. Get a double din conversion kit, pop an old skool head unit in the top, CB radio in the bottom 👌 sweet. I've subscribed and rung the bell too.
Thanks for the tutorial, very good. Fitted mine today. Bit of a ball ache drilling the hole without an angle head drill, but managed in the end. I took the glove box out and found an earth. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks David for your feedback, really appreciate it 👍
Excellent Howto, thanks! Couple of additional hints for anyone doing the same: 1. As pointed out, there is a nice chunky bolt for the earth connector, but you will need a socket set with suitable extender and a ratchet. 2. If you have a passenger air bag in the way (or even if you don't), the glove box can be popped out easily (5 screws in mine) for access.
Thank you for your comment Neil and the great feedback, much appreciated…
Good instructor! Thank you :D
Just wanna say thanks this is a great video and I fitted mine successfully today:) cheers pal
Thanks Jack, really appreciate your feedback 👍
Really really helpful, was so easy following your video to do my own, thanks ever so much
Bloody brilliant!! Nice bit of kit, just ordered one thank you for the link and great video keep it up thanks again
Thanks Dave for your feedback, glad it helped 👍
@@caspervanlife8466 it’s arrived today!! Nice little job for the weekend. Thanks to you I’ve now got this mod I never knew existed and I was after some USB ports.
Top man very helpful video
Very useful Mick, Mine is 5.1 2012. and my no19 fuse already has a piggy back, I fitted a dashcam mirror with a rear view camera. It is always useful to see what others are doing and how they do it. Cheers, keep 'em coming
Thank you for your comment and kind words, much appreciated 👍
Which other fuse can you use if 19 is already used
What is fuse 19 original function on your T5?
Surely fuse 19 is for cigarette lighter? If is get rid and feed cam n ysb socket
Excellent and very helpful video. Thanks for posting it.
More than welcome… thank you for your feedback 👍
@@caspervanlife8466 I've ordered the USB ports already!
on my to do list nice one !
Spot on dude! Many thanks😊
You’re welcome John, thank you for your comment…
Great helpful vid mate thanks
Very welcome, glad it was of use…👍
Good vid thanks
Lol me again ,,had piggyback connector in 18 only noticed buy watching ya video ,champion now 🤣
Phew… that’s a relief. Thanks for the comment 👍
Very helpful 👍😊
Thanks Simon 👍
Just found this video, it looks like really good advice. The 12v socket has just stopped working. I have cheched the main fuse box, and all fuses are intact, and I have checked under the passenger seat for the 'hidden' fuse, and there isn't one there. My van had a swivel seat fitted before I bought it, so perhaps the elusive fuse has been hidden somewhere.
Plan B is to fit a dash mounted 12v socket, but I am struggling to find one that will fit, so I have decided to turn to the hive mind. Can you offer advice / links to what I'm looking for?
Great video I can take a boiler apart and put it back together but can’t find the link on here. Do you have it please.🤙🤙🤙
I did end up making my own for the T5 that I have due to to it having different blanks. I put one on each side of the air-conditioning controls. I've put mine into dash bit not connected power yet as I couldn't get the wire through to the fusebox after routing it. I need to relocate it. What does fuse 19 service on your T5? It seems to vary.
I have just did similar job but for T5.1 - the problem is it is almost impossible to buy such version, so I took one for T5 (exactly like in video), removed the casing, pulled the blank from dashboard, drilled/cut proper holes, then put the charger in it and voile'a I got T5.1 version. the rest is the same as in the video :)
Brilliant feedback Bartholomew, thank you…
Great video @caspervanlife8466 much appreciated.
@bartolomeonew do you have any more info or pictures, I'm looking to do the same on my 5.1
Thanks for that, just bought a module..all I need to do is reverse everything as I am in the south of France & LHD...
Hope everything goes well and thank you for your comment…
All perfect thanks, I have also installed DRL/fog & indicator lights, awesome, would like to send a photo.
You can buy a slot in usb for your cigarette lighter which sits flush so very simple mod
My van is 2013 - is it still fuse 19 please?
Surely fuse 19 is for cigarette lighter? If is get rid and feed a dash cam (or whatever) and usb socket
Alot easier to use earth point on the dash support bar
Does anyone have a Number to order this? I am from Germany and haven’t found it here🙈 thanks!
Hi Mick been looking for 1 of these but mines a 14 plate & all seem to be for up to 2010
on ebay but only seem to be singles , just bought one £16
Hi great video, I have just installed mine on me T5 (2007) however after inserting my memory stick with over a hundred albums on it will only find and play the first 6, just wondering if you have any ideas why?
Regards
I’ll be honest, I’m not sure, mine is just for charging my phone…
I've just fitted one mint but my light stop on all the time is this OK I know my cigarette port is always on ???
Did you connect to the cigarette lighter? There's a 12v to 5v dc to dc converter in those USB phone charging ports. If you connect that to a source that always has power, it will eventually drain your battery. With the cigarette lighter it doesn't matter because it's only drawing power while it's heating up.
Hi great video. I’m going to install a USB port in my T5 van soon and will certainly use your video as a guide. Just wondering if the fuse you removed had a purpose and may have been there to power something else, will it cause problems if I removed it?
Great to hear, thank you. I’d assume it is and just leave it in…or leave it out and see what doesn’t work 😆 but I’m not advising it 🥴
I used your video to fit a USB port in my T5 today. Great tutorial video! Well explained. I removed the glove box and earthed the black wire to a bolt attached to the frame of the dash. 👍
The fuse he removed has just been relocating to the piggy back connector. Now 2 fuses in the one slot.
Is earthing really necessary?
12v 5Amps not going to shock much.
Excellent video btw. Very helpful.
Cheers mate, I just followed the instructions that came with the kit…👍
Earthing is necessary in a vehicle as it's basically the electrical return to the battery and completes the circuit. No earth = no circuit = no go!
Good video - thanks. I didn't know that USB part existed but, as you say, much more accessible than using an adapter in the cigarette lighter socket.
Not an earth in the normal sense. It's the negative connection to the battery.
Do you (or anyone) happen to know if there's a way of doing this so that the USB is connected into the head unit, so you can play music stored on your iPhone through the speakers? I've just picked up a 2015 T5 and the Bluetooth only works if I've got "mobile phone provision" - which I don't think I have so I'm looking for a wired solution instead.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that done, but I’m not the person to answer really. Hopefully somebody here will have a better idea 👍
I've seen some USB extension sockets for plugging into head units. Just make sure you get the ones that fit your dash. The 2015 models have different sized switches from the earlier ones. You could also just get a regular USB extension cable and cut a hole in the blank.
@@leglessinoz since then I've simply bought a bluetooth device that connects to the iphone and uses the a radio to play music through. Sorted thanks :)
@Stereofidelic 67 my stereo has a few USB inputs on it and I brought one of them to a socket on the dash. It let's the stereo read media but I noticed that it will also charge a phone. Of course that was after I added two dedicated USB charging sockets.
What bolt etc did you use for the earth?? What did you do, please? : )
Just used whatever bolt I could find that fit the hole I was using…👍
Hi there what fuse do I connect to, as fuse 19 has already got a piggyback fuse in it many thanks Paul
It would have to go onto another switched live fuse…I’ll be honest I’m not sure which that would be, as mine was already free. Hopefully someone will know the answer and comment. Otherwise, it might be a question for a forum or Facebook group, like the Dubbed Out Community…
Hi cheers mate, would be nice if someone could comment and let me know cheers Great channel love the videos , keep up the good work m8 👍
@@paulsummers9930 cheers Paul, really appreciate that 👍
Can you send the web address for the wiring please. I got a kit but no diagram to advise so your video is superb.
Not sure exactly what’s you mean, but it’s black to ground (where I bolted to metal chassis) and red to the same piggy back fuse I used in the video…
@@caspervanlife8466 Hi, it was the wiring instructions that you mentioned on the web and paper copy I would like to get my hands on thanks.
Great video thanks
I have a T5 from 2014 do you think this also fits in my T5 ?
You’re very welcome, thank you for your feedback 👍
@@caspervanlife8466 thanks
but do you think it will fit the T5 of 2014?
@@georgevincentie2591 if it’s the same blanking plate I would think so, but double check before purchasing obviously 👍
How you get this?
Different sized dash cutouts. The later ones are smaller.
Does the colour match the dash well?
Yes it’s bob on 👍
@@caspervanlife8466 great ordering one tonight then lol
how to connect aux??
Does your stereo have an AUX input? If not it'll be difficult. You could probably add one via Bluetooth if it has that.
Weres link to buy
It’s in the description below 👍
It's a pity these USB adapters are made for the older dash. Trying to find nice ones for the later dash with the smaller switch cutouts is really hard. I'm going to have to make some.
you need the usb poort for the top off the dash t5.1 not in the buttons thats why you cant find it
Link?
Should be in the description I think…