KUFATEC BMW X5 E70 Active Sound incl. Sound Booster Instruction Manual
- October 27, 2023
- KUFATEC
Table of Contents
- KUFATEC BMW X5 E70 Active Sound incl. Sound Booster
- Liability Exclusion
- General Notes
- Safety instructions
- Requirements for the determinable operation
- Assembly instruction
- Connection cable assembly
- Cable routing to the car boot
- Installation sound generator
- Installation pushbutton
- Important Information Sound Booster
- References
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)
KUFATEC BMW X5 E70 Active Sound incl. Sound Booster
Liability Exclusion
Dear Customer
Our cable sets are developed according to the connection- and circuit diagrams
of the corresponding car manufacturer. Before the original production the
cable sets will be tested on an original car. Therefore, the integration into
the car electronics will be executed according to the instructions of the
manufacturer. Regarding the necessary pre-understanding and the accuracy of
the presentation of texts and pictures our mounting guidelines correspond to
the usual ones in car technology and car electronics. Practically, they have
been proved one’s worth a hundred times.
However, should there be any difficulties during the installation of our
products we will be at your disposal any time for support by phone or by mail.
Moreover, we offer you to execute the installation at our works in Bad
Segeberg Costs which may arise because a third person will execute the
installation of our products will not be supported by us in any case. Only if
there is a mistake caused by our product we will pay the proved costs of the
installation as well as the costs of the removal of the defective product. The
refund of expenses will be limited to gross EUR 110,- ; we reserve the right
to check the described mistake in our works in Bad Segeberg. In case of a
proved reclamation the costs for dispatch for the check in our factory will be
transferred to you.
According to our experience each specific factory which has the necessary
diagnostic device, diagnostic software and the circuit diagrams of the
manufacturer can find possible mistakes at our products within a short time.
So the installation and removal including diagnostic inspection can be
realised in at most 60 minutes.
We also made the experience that many specific factories cannot work with the
circuit diagrams of the manufacturer, and that they cannot read usual wiring
diagrams. Therefore, very easy installation works will take many hours. You
will understand that we neither take the risk to find a reliable specific
factory nor the financing of the training of the staff of your favoured
factory. Costs which will arise because you buy missing parts or spare parts
at other suppliers will be refunded by us up to the amount of the costs which
had been arisen by additional supply (saved expenses). In this case, there
would be no right for refund according to the legal guarantee right as long as
we have no deadline for supplementary performance or a deadline for
supplementary performance has not expired.
So if you have any problems with the installation or operation of one of our
products please call us, send us an email, send us the product or take your
car to our factory in Bad Segeberg. We are sure to find an appropriate
solution for each concern. With best regards
Your Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG Team
Copy Right
Our installation- and removal instructions, installation plans, software
and other documentation with texts or pictures are protected by copy right.
A publication or distribution of these documents is only permitted with a
written approval of Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG.
General Notes
Regarding the development there has especially been paid attention to your
personal safety together with the most possible operating comfort, modern
design and actual product technologies.
Despite most possible accuracy in case of incorrect installation or use or in
case of incorrect operating, it is possible that injuries or damages of
property may arise.
Therefore, please read the operating instructions you have received carefully
and completely, and keep it with you.
All articles of our production will be checked at 100% — for your safety.
We reserve the right to make technical changes which serve the progress at any
time. Before the installation or startup it may be necessary, depending on the
article and purpose of use, to check the legal instructions of each country.
In case of warranty claim the device has to be sent to the seller originally
packed together with the sales receipt and a detailed description of the
mistake. Please consider the manufacturer’s instructions for return (RMA). The
legal warranty instructions are valid.
The warranty claim and also the permission for startup will expire in case of:
- unauthorised changes on the device or the accessories which have not been executed or approved by the manufacturer or its partners
- opening of the box
- repair of the device on your own
- incorrect use / no normal use / startup
- influence of force on the device (falling down, wilful damage, accident, etc.)
- During the installation please consider all safety and legal instructions. The device may only be installed by trained qualified personnel or persons who are similar qualified.
- In case of installation- or function problems please reduce the search of the mistake to approx. 0,5 hours for mechanical works or 1,0 hours for electronic works.
- To avoid unnecessary additional work and expenses, please send immediately an inquiry to our technical support with the Kufatec contact form (http://www.kufatec.de/shop/de/infocenter/)
Please absolutely mention the following:
- car chassis number
- part number of the add-on kit
- exact description of the problem
- work steps already made
Safety instructions
The installation may only be executed by trained qualified personnel. Please execute the installations only in a condition of dead voltage. Here please separate for example the battery from the main power supply and consider the instructions of the car manufacturer.
- In order to not endanger your own driving safety please never use security relevant screws, bolts or other fixation pieces at steering, brake system or other components.
- Connect the device only at 12V wiring system voltage with ground connection to the autobody. This assembly is not allowed for the use in trucks or other cars with 24V wiring system voltage.
- Please avoid the installation of the device at positions where the driving safety or the functional efficiency of other subassembly integrated in the car are restricted.
- This module may only be used together with the following mentioned car types and models; the installation may be executed exclusively by use of the circuit points mentioned in the assembly instructions.
- Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG does not assume liability for damages which are caused by incorrect installation, the use of inapplicable circuit points or the installation into car types and -modules which are not foreseen.
- We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the module processes the data of the MOSTprotocol of the car mentioned below. Therefore, during the installation of the module it will be used a model-specific complete system which we as the manufacturer of the mentioned construction line only know partly.
- Especially in case of changes within the same model line and the same year we therefore cannot guarantee the applicability of our construction line in each case. Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG does not assume liability for the applicability of our construction line with changes made by the manufacturer.
- Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG does not assume liability that the installation of the here described component has been permitted according to the guarantee instructions of particular car manufacturers. Therefore, please consider the guidelines for installation and guarantee conditions of your car manufacturer before installation.
- The manufacturer reserves the right to change components without giving reasons.
- Subject to errors and changes
Requirements for the determinable operation
Please use the device only in its the corresponding area. In case of unprofessional and untypical use, installation or modification the permission for operation and the warranty claim will expire.
Note
Make sure that there’s enough space at the described position. If there is no
space please cancel the installation and contact our technical support.
The use of a sound booster is not permitted without registration in the
vehicle papers, in the area of the german StVZO. The noise emission of the
vehicle is increased by this retrofit. The regulations of the StVZO must be
observed. It is therefore recommended to ask for a specific registration
option at the responsible TUV/DEKRA ¨ office before retrofitting. Outside
Germany, please observe the laws on vehicle licensing applicable in your
country
How to connect a cable to another
Table 1: How to connect a cable to another
No. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Take the cable of the vehicle, to which you want to connect, (green marked |
here) and
strip the insulation at one point with a suitable tool (cable stripper/cutter knife).
|
2| Now take the cable of the cable set, which you want to connect, (yellow
marked
here) and strip the insulation at the end.
|
3| Twirl the wires of the stripped cable together.|
4| Place the end of the cable you want to connect under the stripped point of
the cable
of the vehicle…
|
5| … and wrap the cable you want to connect around the cable of the vehicle.|
6| Lastly, stick insulating tape around the connection point.|
Note Cable Inscription/Color
If our cable set consists exclusively of grey wires, connect the wires according to the cable inscription.
Assembly instruction
The following illustration shows the cable routing as well as the position of the individual components.
- 1 External sound generator incl. bracket
- 2 Control unit for engine and sound generation
- 3 Sound Booster Pro (module)
- 4 Pushbutton
Removing trim panel co-driver’s side front
Table 2: Instructions for removing trim panel co-driver’s side front
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please loose the marked screws from the trim panel of the dashboard and |
pull the
trim panel off carefully.
| 3x cross
2| Take off the plug from the lightning of the legroom and remove the trim
panel
completely.
|
3| Loosen the marked screw from the trim panel of the central console.| 1xT25
4| Loosen and take off the trim panel of the central console by using a trim
tool.|
5| Finally loosen and remove the lateral trim panel of the dashboard.|
Table 3: Instructions removing drivers’s side front
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please loosen the front running board by using a trim tool. | |
2 | Loosen and remove the lower trim panel of the A-pillar by using a trim | |
tool. |
Connection cable assembly
Table 4: Instructions for connection cable assembly
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please pull the carpet from below the glove box forward in direction to the |
central
console carefully..
|
2| Behind the carpet resides a main cable harness, in which both cables,
coloured
blue/red and red twisted, are located. Please connect CAN high and low as follows:
|
| CAN high (black/white) to blue/red.|
| CAN low (black/yellow) to red.|
3| Please connect the ground cable (brown) at the marked ground spot.| 1x8er
socket
4| Guide the cable with ignition lead (red/white) along the marking to the marked
position.
|
5| Afterwards please guide the cable along the marking to the plug of the
cigarette
lighter.
|
Table 5: Instructions for connection cable assembly
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please connect the cable ignition lead with the cable coloured green/red |
(PIN 2) of
the cigarette lighter.
|
2| Afterwards please connect our module as well as the control unit with the
cable
assembly and put this at a suitable place behind the carpet.
|
Removing trim panel co-driver’s side back
Table 6: Instructions for removing trim panel co-driver’s side back
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please pull the backseat at the marked position up out of the locking und |
pull it a
bit forward.
|
2| Pull the side bolster at the marked position out of the locking and pull it
up after-
wards.
|
3| Loosen the running board by using a trim tool.|
Removing trim panel of the car boot
Table 7: Instructions for removing trim panel of the car boot
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please raise the car boot. | |
2 | Remove all marked plastic clips around the covering and take the covering |
out of
the car boot.
|
3| Afterwards remove the lateral covering by pulling it out.|
Cable routing to the car boot
Table 8: Instructions for cable routing to the car boot
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Place the cable along the running board forward to the B-pillar. | |
2 | Please pull the cable from the back of the B-pillar und place the cable |
along the
back running board up to the back of the side bolster.
|
3| Transfer the cable up to the marked position und guide this into the car
boot.|
4| Please pull the cable forth under the lateral trim panel.|
5| Place the cable along the marking to the driver’s side.|
6| Afterwards guide the cable into the oddments tray at driver’s side.|
Installation sound generator
Table 9: Instructions sound generator
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Please loosen both marked screws of the heat protection plate und bend this |
aside
carefully. In some cars a holder is located behind the heat protection plate, which has to be bent too.
| 2x8er
socket
2| Insert the sound generator into the oddments tray, so that there is enough air be-
tween car body and sound generator to all sides. Afterwards you mark with an appropriate marker the position on the bottom plate. Then please drill a correspon- dent opening.
| 60mm
3| Please put the opposite side of the flange up on the opening und mark the
holes for
the screws. Then drill appropriate holes for the screws.
|
Table 10: Instructions sound generator
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Insert the sound generator into the hole and fix it at the marked position |
with an
appropriate screw (not included in shipment).
|
2| Connect the placed cable with the sound generator.|
3| Please fix the sound generator from the bottom with the flange and the
marked
screws. Afterwards please seal the duct waterproof.
| 3x10er
socket
Installation pushbutton
Table 11: Instructions installation pushbutton
Nr. | Work step | Note |
---|---|---|
1 | Remove the marked screws of the lower dashboard trim panel at driver’s side |
and
pull this down carefully.
|
2| Guide the cable of the push button by using a pull-through-aid behind the
central
console along to driver’s side.
|
3| Afterwards pull the cable out of the back from the central console und
install the
pushbutton at the marked position. Therefor please drill prior to this an appropriate hole for the pushbutton.
| 7mm
Important Information Sound Booster
Please use for the fixation of the Sound Booster suitable high tensile screws. In order to avoid losening of the screws by vibration please make the screws safe with appropriate factory material e.g Threadlock. Please additionally check the stability of the Sound Booster regularly and if necessary retighten the screws. In case of no consideration we do not assume liability for possible damages. After successful installation we recommend to cover the sound generator with a zinc spray. Make sure that you cover the opening of the sound generator so that no zinc spray can’t get inside the sound generator.
As additional safety the delivered steel cable and the retaining clips have to be tightened on the Sound Booster as well as at a suitable position in the car. This safety cable is an additional security should the tightening screws should be released by vibration.
Kufatec GmbH & Co. KG – Dahlienstr. 15 – 23795 Bad Segeberg
e-mail: info@kufatec.de
References
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