CANBUS 1/2 - Full - etc...Newbie, go easy

[dynomatt]

See...I could live with that using the Ebay example because all the info is displayed there...the alternative of nothing working (nor of being able to get it to work) is much more disconcerting. Does CANBUS mean that there's conventional wiring in the car? I've heard of CANBUS allowing single wire wiring looms...one wire to everywhere.

[gmonkey]

It's pretty well all conventional wiring it's just canbus is a controller/ecu function that administers all/most electronics are working correctly..

I've got full canbus in my astra and have put in an aftermarket headunit and a canbus adapter so steering controls still function (the display shows nothing related to headunit anymore but) and I do get an error when I plug the car upto the computer just telling me it couldn't locate the "front entertainment unit" or whatever Opel called it.. It's had no effect on electronics in the car but at all and works fine.

[Nurb608]

I'm not sure if the 1/2 canbus and full canbus plugs are the same so you would need to check that first. If all else fails there should be something on vectra-c.com

[dynomatt]

And am I right, that the VXMMI won't work in the 1/2 canbus? Reading the TT site it says post 2005.

[gmonkey]

Think ur adapter/harness will be different.. U can probs make it work but it won't be plug and play

[Nurb608]

Think ur adapter/harness will be different.. U can probs make it work but it won't be plug and play

Yep, just did an image search and they are different, 3rd and forth ones on the page http://www.twenga.co.uk/dir-Supplies...Adapters-15709