Polaris Mazda BT50 RW-50/15, Mazda BT-50 RW50, Mazda BT-50 RW15, RW-50/15 Installation Instructions Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Polaris Mazda BT50 RW-50/15 in-dash unit.

Before removal and installation, be sure to thoroughly read these instructions.

Keep these instructions with your vehicle records for future reference.

Mazda BT-50 RW-50/15

installation instructions

This installation guide is for reference only. Polaris takes no responsibility for any damage caused to
any vehicle through incorrect installation, unsafe practices or poor workmanship.

Warranty for this product is 3 years from date of purchase, however warranty will be void if :

• The unit is tampered with, damaged or modified in anyway.

• Reverse camera cable is cut or modified in any way

• Reverse camera is subjected to over voltage

• The Navigation SD card is damaged or tampered with in any way (this includes installing foreign
mapping or software onto the SD card)

Warranty Terms

The Mazda BT50 RW-50/15 is covered for 3 years and includes:

• Defective Equipment

• Defective Cables

Not Covered under warranty:

• Abuse

• Improper installation

• Alteration to cables (this includes cutting of any cables)

• Accidents

This Polaris BT50 RW-50/15 utilises the OEM CD player, AM/FM Radio and USB input.
If you have any specification or troubleshooting enquiries in regards to these functions please refer to
your owner’s manual.

If you have any questions concerning the installation, warranty or the operation of the unit,
please contact

Polaris

on

1300 555 514.

We hope that you enjoy the Polaris BT50 RW-50/15 in dash unit.

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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

When the manual refers to ‘TOP SECTION’ this is the area located where the OEM 3.5” screen was origi­nally mounted

When the manual refers to ‘CD HOUSING AREA’ this is the area located where the OEM CD housing was
originally mounted

When the manual refers to ‘OEM’, this means original equipment manufacturer.

HARNESS 1 refers to the main patch loom as per the diagram below

HARNESS 2 refers to the secondary patch loom as per the diagram below

PLUG A refers to the plug located on HARNESS 1 > this plug connects to the Mazda BT-50 OEM plug

located in the ‘TOP SECTION’

PLUG B refers to the plug located on HARNESS 1 > this plug connects into the back of RW-50/15

interface screen

PLUG C refers to the plug located on HARNESS 1 > this plug connects to the Mazda BT-50 OEM plug

located in the ‘CD HOUSING AREA’

PLUG D refers to the plug located on HARNESS 1 > this plug connects into the back of the Mazda BT

-50

OEM CD housing

PLUG E refers to the plug located on HARNESS 2 > this plug connects into the back of the

RW-50/15 interface screen

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Media USB

Video out 1
Video out 2

DVR video input

AUX-IN video input
Reverse camera

Microphone

Reverse camera trigger

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ACC

GND

IR

Connect to car

original jack

Rear camera 2

Front video input

Reverse camera trigger

Power amplifier box

Connect to RW-50 interface

Connect to the

of car original head unit

power harness

Connect to car original head unit

Connect to OEM CD Housing

Connect to RW-50 interface

Connect to OEM screen plug

Connect to RW-50 Interface

F. Wiring Diagram

Harness 2

Harness 1

Plug A

Plug B

Plug C

Plug D

Plug E

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Prior to installing the unit, please make sure that you have all
the parts from the box and the necessary tools to complete the
installation.

1. RW-50/15 Fascia

2. RW-50/15 8” Interface
Screen

3. Harness 1 & Harness 2

4. Bluetooth External
Microphone

5. GPS External Antenna +
Bracket & Screws

6. Power Amplifier Box

7. Instruction Manual

8. Trim Tool

9. Rear Vision Camera

1. Trim tools

2. Cable tie

3. Soldering Iron & Solder

4. Electrical Tape

5. Heat shrink

6. Burner for Heat shrink

7. Small Terminal driver

8. Short Phillips head screwdriver

9. Multi tip set

10. Side cutters

11. Drill

12. Split conduit

13. Yellow Tongue (long strike, approx. 3-4 metres)

14. Short strike (approx. 1 metre)

1. RW-50/15 Fascia

4. Bluetooth External Microphone

5. GPS External Antenna +
Bracket & Screws

6. Power Amplifier Box

7. Instruction Manual

8. Trim Tool

9. Rear Vision Camera

3. Harness 1 & Harness 2

2. RW-50/15 8” Interface Screen

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Parts - Packing List

Tools required

Step 1 - Remove Air conditioning panel

1. Starting from the bottom, use trim tools
to removeair conditioning controls

2. Unplug harness and set

air conditioning controls aside

1. Use trim tools to

remove fascia panel

2. Gently pull fascia panel out

IMPORTANT

Before installing the RW50/15 please delete your original Bluetooth pairing from the OEM screen.

If this is not done - once the RW50/15 unit is installed - your phone will keep trying to pair

with the original Bluetooth.

3. Unplug button panel and set
OEM fascia panel aside

1. Remove 2 screws holding OEM
screen in place

2. Unplug harness and set OEM
screen aside

3. Remove 2 screws holding the
CD housing in place.

Step 2 - Remove Fascia Panel

Step 3 - Remove OEM Screen and CD Housing

4. Unplug harness and set OEM
CD housing aside for now.

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WARNING

When removing the air-conditioning
panel, fascia, OEM screen and CD housing,
do not use excessive force to pull the
panels out as there are harnesses that
need to be unplugged before complete
removal.

1.Remove door rubber and the
driver’s pillar trim

2. Mount microphone in the
top right hand corner of the

windscreen

3. Use lever to drop steering
wheel column down

4. Remove trim around

instrument cluster panel

7. Tape Bluetooth mic cable onto strike and pull through to the
instrument cluster panel area

5. Unplug instrument cluster
panel and remove

6. Feed short strike through A
piller hole and feed into the

instrument cluster panel area

8. You can now remove the tape

and feed the Bluetooth mic cable

into the

TOP SECTION

9. Tidy up cabling running down

the side of the driver’s piller and

reinstall rubber and trim

10. While the instrument cluster panel is re­moved we suggest feeding PLUG A & B lo-

cated on HARNESS 1 FROM the

CD HOUSING AREA up to the

TOP SECTION

(Please refer to page 8 for actual wiring diagram)

11. This will then leave PLUG C & D
from HARNESS 1 hanging in the

CD HOUSING AREA

Step 4 - Prepare all the cabling in preparation for

the head unit to be installed.

A. External Bluetooth Microphone

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B. IPOD & USB Cable

1. Remove glove box - gently push
in sides to release.

1. Attach GPS Antenna Bracket to
the back of RW50/15

Interface Screen

2. Place GPS Antenna on top of the­Bracket

3. Connect Antenna Plug into the
back of the RW50/15

Interface Screen

13. Plug harness back into

instrument cluster panel and

remount.

2. Unclip OEM USB and AUX cable

for now, so that you can remove the

glove box completely.

3. Feed RW50/15 USB cable

from top section down into the

glove box area

C. External Antenna

14. Reinstall trim.
NOTE: please make sure the bottom
section of the trim goes underneath

the two reset dials.

12. Connect PLUG A into OEM

plug located in the TOP SECTION

& Connect PLUG C into OEM plug

located in the

CD HOUSING AREA

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6. Connect camera plug to the extension cable.
Apply heat shrink over connection to avoid the

plug coming loose.

1. Run your long strike through chassis rail from front to rear.

2. Tape camera cable (large 4 pin din) onto strike at the rear of the vehicle.

3. Pull strike through from front of the vehicle - making sure that you leave enough cable at the
rear so that you can plug the camera cable in.

7. Remove kick panel and scuff plate on
passenger front side of vehicle

8. Lift carpet up to find grommet

9. Remove grommet and feed cable through

10. Use cutters to make an incision in

grommet so that you feed cable through it.

Once you have fed the cable through the

grommet restore grommet back into its

original position.

11. Pull excess cable then apply
conduit to all exposed cable.

12. Run reverse camera cable up into glove
box area.

13. Feed camera cable up to
top section

E. Rear Camera

14. Position HARNESS 2 up in the top
section and plug the camera cable
into the reverse camera plug input

15. Connect the reverse camera trigger
plugs from HARNESS 1 and

HARNESS 2 together

Notes:

Once you have repositioned the grommet after
feeding the reverse camera cable through,
we recommend applying silastic around the outside
the cable for waterproofing

Once you have fed the camera cable from the glove
box area up to the TOP SECTION, we recommend
that you cable tie any loose cables.

4. Attach the number plate camera onto
number plate (as shown above)

5. Mount number plate back
onto the vehicle.

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Step 5 - Mount OEM CD Housing

2. Connect PLUG D into the back of
OEM CD housing

3.

Plug the radio antenna into the

back of the OEM CD housing

4. Mount the CD housing back into

position and secure in place with the

original screws.

1. Before re-mounting the OEM CD

Housing we suggest positioning the

power amplifier box just behind it.

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Media USB

Video out 1
Video out 2

DVR video input

AUX-IN video input
Reverse camera

Microphone

Reverse camera trigger

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ACC

GND

IR

Connect to car

original jack

Rear camera 2

Front video input

Reverse camera trigger

Power amplifier box

Connect to RW-50 interface

Connect to the

of car original head unit

power harness

Connect to car original head unit

Connect to OEM CD Housing

Connect to RW-50 interface

Connect to OEM screen plug

Connect to RW-50 Interface

F. Wiring Diagram

Harness 2

Harness 1

Plug A

Plug B

Plug C

Plug D

Plug E

• Plug all applicable cables into HARNESS 1 and HARNESS 2 (e.g. Bluetooth Mic, Media USB cable etc)

PLEASE NOTE:

If your Mazda BT-50 originally had the OEM GPS system installed, you
need to plug in a different radio antenna. Instead of using the radio
antenna that normally plugs into the back of the OEM CD housing
(the connector that you originally unplugged), you must use the radio
antenna that was originally plugged into the the back of the OEM
GPS Screen (it is the black connector).

1. Grab the OEM fascia and
remove all 9 clips and set

aside.

5. Position the
button panel
and air
conditioning
vents onto the
RW-50/15
fascia and
secure in place
with the 10
original screws.

2. Remove the 10 screws holding the button
panel and air conditioning vents in place -

set aside.

4. Clip the 9 clips onto the
RW-50/15 fascia

Step 6 - Prepare the BT50 RW-50/15 fascia

OEM Fascia

3. Use the 4 screws supplied to mount
the interface screen onto the
RW-15/50 fascia panel.

RW50/15 Fascia

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Step 7 - Fascia installation

2. Plug the OEM button panel
harness into the back of the

OEM button panel

1. Connect PLUG B & E into the
back of the RW50/15

interface screen

3. Make sure all the cables are

tucked away neatly before securing

into place.

4. Rest the unit in place, test all

features first and then gently push

fascia panel back into position

5. Plug the OEM Air conditioning

control harnesses into the back of

the air conditioning control panel

6. Gently push air conditioning
controls back in.

7. Reposition Glove Box

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Steering Wheel Controls

Follow these steps to program in your steering wheel controls

• Go to main menu

• Touch setup

• Once in the settings menu, touch setup again

• Scroll down until you see SWC setup

• Simply filter through the different steering wheel controls
on the screen and follow the prompts.

Example:

Press the (volume down) icon on the screen and then press your (volume down)
button on your steering wheel to activate.

Continue this process until you have activated all of the steering wheel controls.

Please note: The voice recognition steering wheel control will now bring up the

Bluetooth feature.

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