alpine stereo in 2000 P38 Vogue

Hi , i've just bought a 2000 P38 Vogue with the Alpine Head unit and HK speaker set-up.

The only thing i didnt check at time of purchase was the stereo! and sure enough when i finally switch it on half way up the M6 - one side of the car is significantly loder than the other (drivers side louder)

When i got home , i adjusted balance , fader and DSP settings - on the spatial setting there is signal getting to passenger side front and back doors , but nowhere near as loud as drivers side. With DSP off, the passenger side set-up is barely audible no matter what the balance and fader settings are.

Today i removed the head unit to see if it was a bad connection at the back of the unit - but couldnt really find anything - however when i reconnected everything i've now only got the drivers door working with every other door making a crackling sound - so i'm thinking i've got a problem with the head unit.

I'm in Durham in the UK - can anyone give some advice as to where to go next - or where i can send the head unit to get it checked over ?

Many thanks for your help

check the wiring at the back of the stereo, probably bad connections!

could be a fried speaker i had it in mine it knocked the whole one side of speakers out

i live in shildon down the road from you mate,and i believe i have the same clarion that you have as mine a 2000 vogue but i removed it after my dsp amp went so your welcome to come and try it to see if it cures it

hi andy - is there a separate dsp unit that the stereo plugs in to? how do i go about checking that out? i think mine is an alpine unit - it is the same as the alpine head unit on the roverville website? thanks for you help

the dsp amp is bolted into the body behind the soundproofing,behind the subwoofer in the rear of the car,basicly all the speaker wires go to the amp apart from the front tweeters,which go direct to the stereo as for checking it out i took it to the dealer as i had no sound coming from it,even swapping stereos didn,t work,they did a test and then give me the good news of £300 + just for the amp,thats why ive stripped it all out
and put aftermarket equipment in

Thanks for the feedback andy.

I spoke to Tom at Roverville UK via email. (very helpful guy - thanks tom ) He told me that they can no longer obtain parts to repair the alpine head unit - so if the head unit is kaputt....then i need an aftermarket unit. my concern is - how am i going to work out whether the DSP unit is at fault or the head unit - or the door amps etc etc?

haha! i guess this is headache no. 1 of potential many in range rovewr ownership

your welcome to come and try the one i have,as aftermarket ones don,t work on the dsp setup because of the speakers,ie your music will sound crap,becuase it is a specific made all in one system,if you go aftermarket you need to replace the speakers aswell,like i had to

Thanks Andy - i've sent you a PM

got it mate left you a voicmail

Has anyone managed to successfully integrate an aftermarket stereo head unit with the HK speaker, amp , and dsp set-up , along with steering wheel control - if so - what interface cabling did you use and where did youe get it from?

cheers