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Got a SmartTOP from my wife. Any tips to installing on a Targa? I just tried to get the back panel behind the seat off and cannot seem to budge it. Looking for any helpful tips for the install.
One suggestion before you start:
— connect the SmartTop module to your home computer to make sure it has the most current (and probably final) firmware.
— my module had the most current firmware (v1.06, last updated in 2023), so I did not have to update it
Last edited by MartinHines; Dec 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM.
Disconnecting the Wiring Plug (the part the SmartTop harness connects to):
— the hardest part is seeing/accessing the small red “locking tab” that holds the plug in place
— the red tab is underneath (on the bottom of the plug), so I could only see it with a small mirror and a flashlight
— to disconnect the harness, the red tab has to be pulled out (only 1/4 of an inch)
— I created a tool out of a bent paper clip to pull out the red tab
— after you pull out the red tab a tiny bit, you then press on the black part (see photo) to release the plug
Last edited by MartinHines; Dec 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM.
One final note: some people keep a USB cable permanently connected to the SmartTop module for future updates.
I did not connect a cable:
— I doubt any more updates will be made
— the module is easily accessed by pulling off the back panel
Last edited by MartinHines; Dec 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM.
One suggestion before you start:
connect the SmartTop module to your home computer to make sure it has the most current (and probably final) firmware.
my module had the most current firmware (v1.06, last updated in 2023), so I did not have to update it
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