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#374695 - 31/07/2025 19:48 Dock/Tuner
Ladmo
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Registered: 04/09/2004
Posts: 546
Loc: Oklahoma
Just wondering if there is a way to use a tuner with a ML Dock? I don't think there is, but figured I would ask. I did not see anything in the FAQ that addressed it.
Thanks.
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#374696 - 31/07/2025 21:08 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: Ladmo]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14529
Loc: Canada
Just wire up the tuner connector (needs additional pins for the docking connector) and stick it out the back or mount it in the back panel. That's how I do it.


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#374697 - Yesterday at 02:22 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: mlord]
Ladmo
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Registered: 04/09/2004
Posts: 546
Loc: Oklahoma
So I have to cut open my beautiful MLDock? Not sure what/where the 'extra wires' of which you speak
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#374698 - Yesterday at 12:16 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: Ladmo]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14529
Loc: Canada
No need to cut anything open. There are four screws on the underside of the dock for opening things up. The tuner module uses extra contacts on the docking connector for its wiring -- those contacts are not populated, so you would have to order a few (DigiKey), and crimp the tuner connector wires to those, and insert them into the correct slots of the docking connector (from the rear).

Just dangle the connector assembly out through one of the cooling holes on the rear of the dock.

I think the FAQ must have info on the docking connector pin-out somewhere. The instructions for the tuner may also have that info(?).

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#374699 - Yesterday at 12:18 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: Ladmo]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
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#374700 - Today at 03:43 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: Ladmo]
Ladmo
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Registered: 04/09/2004
Posts: 546
Loc: Oklahoma
Thanks Mark. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I need pictures. What plug to where, and what contacts do I need to order? I could not figure out the contacts...Sorry.
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#374702 - Today at 07:01 Re: Dock/Tuner [Re: Ladmo]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31634
Loc: Seattle, WA
Here is a picture. It's yet another wiring diagram. smile I don't know if it will help any better, or if it just makes things worse for you?

https://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/370309/Rio_Car_and_empeg_Car_mk2_Sled

If you look at that diagram, the part in the upper right corner labeled "Tuner" is the bit that's missing from the Mlord dock, and you have to make it yourself and wire it yourself. There are no metal pins in the Mlord dock's docking connector for those wires, so you'll need to order the correct parts from digikey and slot them in.
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