I've finally taken delivery of my Fiesta TDCI, and have been happily pootling around in it for almost 3 weeks now. I foolishly assumed that the Ghia model would have the usual bits such as a little gauge telling you how many miles 'till you run the tank dry, and little trip counters like the Focus Ghia it replaced. It doesn't. So, I need to do some hacking for that functionality.
I've stumbled across OBD-II, which is a feature of the Fiesta (and every other new car on the market). It provides an interface to the car's own network. Standardising is great! Sadly, they didn't standardise the interface, and I'm not sure which one I have. I've emailed Ford, but don't hold out much hope. Pins in use on the connector are:
4: Chassis Ground 5: Signal Ground 6: CAN bus? 7: K line 9: ? 14: CAN bus? 16: +12vI hope this is the ISO standard, but I'm not sure. Anyone know for sure, or can point me in the right direction?
Second thing about the car is the sat nav. It requires a CD to be inserted all the time, and there was no option of a CD changer from the dealer. Having read the manual, it'll support a CD changer. I'd rather have an MP3 player though, so it looks like I'll have to reverse-engineer the protocol (there is some info on the 'net). Any ideas where I can get a cheap Blaupunkt Travelpilot -compatible CD changer for testing?
Cheers, Andy (slow diesel Fiesta owner and only doing 47mpg - disappointed)