G6 Bluestar Installation

CoStar Technologies BlueSTAR installation for 2008 Pontiac G6 The BlueSTAR arrived in a nice little box with something you don’t see too often today – Made in USA. ☺

Box contents includes the Motorola BT adapter, wire, wire-spade, wire-tap, zip-ties, the BlueSTAR board and a protective backing.

The bottom of the BlueSTAR module is set designed to be inserted into the Motorola module.

Just align the pins and press together. It didn’t snap, so don’t press too hard.

Once you have the BlueSTAR board connected to the Motorola module, align the protective backing and use the two zip-ties to make sure that they don’t come apart.

The Motorola module has mounting holes on the bottom that align perfectly with the BlueSTAR board.

After trimming the zip-ties, you can see a nice, neat completed BlueSTAR module.

The G6 OnStar module is located in the passenger compartment, behind the glove box on the right-side.

Just below the glove box on the passenger side is the kick-panel. You will need to gently pry this panel, secured by clips, from the bottom of the glove box assembly to expose the OnStar module.

This is a picture of the OnStar module behind the glove box. It is not necessary to remove the glove-box, but it did help in identifying the location of the OnStar module, and for the purposes of illustration.

For the BlueSTAR you’ll need to permanently remove the two white plugs from the OnStar module. IMPORTANT: for installation, you’ll need to temporarily remove the only black plug from the OnStar module, so we can splice into the GM-LAN wire.

In order to install the GM-LAN wire into the J1 connector, you need to temporarily and partially lift up the wire retaining bar in order to slide in the new pin. Use a small screwdriver. Only lift the retaining bar up enough to put in the new pin, and be careful not to pull out any of the other pins.

Insert the green wire and pin into the #1 position on J1.

The small tabs on the crimped pin should be facing downward, towards the release tab on the J1 connector.

Push the pin all the way in and depress the retaining bar on the J1 connector to re-lock the pins.

Remove the J4 connector from the OnStar module. It’s the only black-colored connector in the module. Slide up the black electrical tape so that it allows you to separate the wires on the J4 connector.

Identify the GMLAN-LS wires in position 1 and 7. They are both colored green.

Use the supplied wire-tap and attach it to either of the green wires, in position 1 or 7. Use a pair of pliers to squeeze the wire tap around the wire. You can also use a multi-meter / continuity tester to make sure that the wire-tap makes a connection with the GMLAN-LS wire. Trim and strip the insulation on the opposite end of the J1 connector that you installed the pin onto. I like to strip off double the length of wire, then loop it back before inserting it into the spade crimp.

Crimp the spade and insert it into the wire-tap.

Plug the black J4 connector back into the G6 OnStar module. It’s necessary to keep the GMLAN connecting working in the car. Plug the J1 and J2 white connectors into the BlueSTAR module. Place the BlueSTAR module below the OnStar module in the kick-panel.

I used a zip-tie to secure the BlueSTAR module to the car to prevent it from moving.

It’s time to pair up your Bluetooth phone with the BlueSTAR. Hold down the blue OnStar button on your mirror for at least 3 seconds to put it into pairing mode. Search for the Motorola HF850 using your mobile phone.

Once the HF850 is found on your phone, use ‘0000’ as the passcode to complete pairing.

Success!!!

BlueSTAR will display a blinking green light on your mirror when searching for your phone, and display a solid green light once it is paired and connected to your phone. Make a test call by dialing from your phone, or if your phone supports voice dialing, press the Phone icon to activate your phone’s voice prompts.

When using the BlueSTAR it will act just like you are using OnStar – for example, it will mute your radio and display “PHONE.”