WANTED: D9 Stereo stuff

[mjb]

I'm after the following for a D9 if anyone's going for a play in a breakers yard in the future:

All wiring connectors from the back of the stereo, A few inches of wire would help massively (6-12" so all the numbers are visible)
The same for the Clarion CD changer
Early D9 display (2 lines of text)
Wiring connector (and a few inches of wire)

I'm going to be starting a project to interface with and reverse engineer the VAN bus protocol. Got a stereo and changer to play with but no way to connect them up. Remember my fancy trip computer project idea I had a couple of years ago? Reckon I can craft my own missing piece of the puzzle for it now if I can get a small VAN network segment up and running out of the car

[Doggy]

Wish you luck with that one Matt!
Won't you need the wherewithall to reprogramme the BSI to do this?
Do you have a cunning plan?
Please keep us posted.....

alladdin might have most of what you're after if you're quick.....

[mjb]

Won't you need the wherewithall to reprogramme the BSI to do this?

What BSI?

AFAICT the D9 stereo just beeps repeatedly when put into the wrong car, which I can put up with when it's sitting on the desk in the spare bedroom... Once I get a microcontroller to listen/speak to the VAN bus I should be able to simulate the required BSI-stereo interaction, which I suspect will simply involve the BSI (or ECU) broadcasting the cars VIN number on a regular basis. Since the stereo's from my car, I know the VIN Once I'm at that stage I should be able to plug my stuff into the car and sniff out all the data I need

[Doggy]

I hope you can sort it out - I'm interested in anything that increases our knowledge of the whole BSI / VAN bus system, partly from a desire to be able to 'uninstall' bits of it, but mostly in the hope of knowing the answers to some of the more potentially expensive problems before they happen.