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.

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.

So I have to cut open my beautiful MLDock? Not sure what/where the 'extra wires' of which you speak

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(?).

Pin-outs (from the Empeg FAQ):

https://riocar.org/Developer_Info/14.html#41
https://riocar.org/upload/faqpics/sledwiring.gif
https://riocar.org/upload/faqpics/sledwiringdiagram2.jpg

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.

Here is a picture. It's yet another wiring diagram. 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.

Here is a link to the (signal) contacts for the docking connector, five of which are required to add the tuner connector:
https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/hirose-electric-co-ltd/QR-P1-PC2A-111-12/465897 (order five, plus some spares).

There are also some larger (power) versions of those, for the Power/GND connections of the empeg, but those are already installed and you don't need those: https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/hirose-electric-co-ltd/QR-P1-PC1A-111-12/465895

If you want to leave the existing connector alone and instead wire up a new one from scratch, then order sufficient quantity of both kinds of pins, along with one or more of the actual docking connector shell: https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/hirose-electric-co-ltd/QR-P6-24P-C-01/465919[u][/u]

You should have a bag with a short cable & Molex connectors at both ends used for connecting the tuner. It just plugs in.

It only "just plugs in" if there's a mating connector for it on the Home Dock. Which there is NOT by default.

Cheers