Hello all,
Only just read through the above posts and realised I missed out a small chunk of information regarding Meguir’s Plast-RX for polishing the screen
Below are some very fitting pictures that demonstrate the failed antiglare screen coating which requires a few minutes of work to look it’s best:
The easiest was to get to this stage is to power up the head unit in the vehicle and then disconnect the Quadlock connector before the screen automatically closes. Then move to you cleanly prepared working area. For me it’s the kitchen island as this process isn’t messy at all.
Next up is to remove the screen surround, to do this then the head unit over so you can see the underside of the screen, just like below:
You’ll see the bottom left and right corners of the screens underside and a PH0 screw, in the red circles. These must be carefully removed to assist in screen surround removal.
Once removed (again red circles) the screen surround easily will pop off from the top of the surround. If it’s not coming off easily then is could have some cleaning product residue which has hardened and seemingly glueing the surround on. If this has happened it’ll be along the bottom and the best way to overcome this is to release the clips along the 5 notches shown in the yellow rectangle:
Once the screen surround has been popped off, turn the head unit back over and you should be looking at the screen without the surround, like this:
As a reminder, here is the product of choice again:
As I said earlier, toothpaste can be used as an economical substitute. To remove the antiglare coating just apply a small blob of the chosen product (half a pea sized amount) onto a microfibre cloth and rub it into the screen. The Meguir’s product along with toothpaste is a gently abrasive which will quite quickly remove the coating. Remember to not push too hard on the screen as it’s fragile, be very careful. After some 5 mi utes of working the product into the screen the coating should be removed. Clean the screen with a fresh microfibre cloth and a windows cleaner, if there is any coating remaining then repeat the earlier procedure followed by cleaning to confirm no coating remains. Eventually it’ll be spotless like this:
Pop the screen surround back, flip the head unit over and refit the PH0 screws to each lower corner. It should look like this:
If you’re happy with yourself and the result achieved then reinstall in into the vehicle. Don’t be tempted to push the screen in. Let the internal electrics do that for you so nothing is forced or damaged; note I actually pushed the screen back in before reinstalling into the vehicle as I’m quite content that nothing will be damaged, plus it’s my own head unit. If I was to do this for someone then I’d wait for the vehicles power to close the screen up for me:
That should you everyone reading this now able to reshape the RNS-E for perfect fitting the into A2s double DIN dashboard. Those of you who are t as brave are more than welcome to drop in or send it to me to conduct the necessary adjustments for you.
Kind regards,
Tom