Any ideas on how to get the Radio going?

listerdiesel said:

Mine is an Alpine head with the double-Din panel. That one has definitely never needed the code, I don't have it anyway.

As far as I know, the rest of the range are the same, but you'd need to read the ICE Handbook that comes with the car, if you haven't got that, check online having first identified which head unit you have.

Peter

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I have this unit my disco (not sure about the jack plug though). The battery was disconnected and it is now asking for the code which I don't have. I read somewhere that the code is the last 4 digits of some sort of serial number within the car. Can anyone confirm this? If not who do I need to get in contact with to get the code? Cheers, Danny.

danam1 said:

I have this unit my disco (not sure about the jack plug though). The battery was disconnected and it is now asking for the code which I don't have. I read somewhere that the code is the last 4 digits of some sort of serial number within the car. Can anyone confirm this? If not who do I need to get in contact with to get the code? Cheers, Danny.

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Some careful previous owners might have written the radio code in the owner's handbook.
There again, many don't.
If the radio is the original unit then I believe that the radio code is one of those details which your local LR dealer might be able to provide from their database.
You will need to provide proof of ownership.
　

Danny,

Give your local LR dealer a call with your vehicle registration and they can tell you the code it had when it left the factory.

The code on mine had been changed (or it had a replacement radio fitted) so the code from the dealer didn't work. I sent the radio to a company that re-programmed it (cost about £30 IIRC). When I re-fitted it I turned off the code request so it doesn't ask for one anymore.

Thanks guys. I'm still waiting for user manuals and V5 to turn up. It's doing my head in not being able to listen to the Archers!

Just for info, I got a code for my radio from MGROVERCODES.COM. Give them reg and vin and providing its an original head unit they will email code. They also supply EKA codes and key codes.

Paradisco said:

Just for info, I got a code for my radio from MGROVERCODES.COM. Give them reg and vin and providing its an original head unit they will email code. They also supply EKA codes and key codes.

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Thanks for that. They want £20, so I think I will see what my local LR dealer will charge first. I will just have to put up with my singing for the time being!

It should be a free service from the stealer.

These Radios seem to all look identical but have been manufactured by various different company's like HK, Becker, Alpine, etc but is there any difference in quality of sound, i know the premium one is supposed to be the HK but to be honest i've yet to hear a really good standard equipment unit in a D2? Cheers

td5essex said:

These Radios seem to all look identical but have been manufactured by various different company's like HK, Becker, Alpine, etc but is there any difference in quality of sound, i know the premium one is supposed to be the HK but to be honest i've yet to hear a really good standard equipment unit in a D2? Cheers

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Now this is one thing I've yet to understand fully.
When I'm driving, I like a bit of music to keep me company, but at all times I'm concentrating on the road and driving it, not worrying myself into a ditch over whether my in-car-entertainment audio system is 2 dB down at 200 Hz.
If I want to listen to what we older listeners used to call "full frequency stereophonic sound" I'll do it at home where I don't have to worry about staying alive (unless it's a Bee Gees disco track).
In short, as long as I can hear what's on the radio, who cares? And anyway, as one gets older the top end response of your ears tends to drop off significantly.
　

All done, rang lookers of Colchester. Would of taken 10 seconds if their line wasn't so bad, had to ring them 3 times!

brian47 said:

Now this is one thing I've yet to understand fully.
When I'm driving, I like a bit of music to keep me company, but at all times I'm concentrating on the road and driving it, not worrying myself into a ditch over whether my in-car-entertainment audio system is 2 dB down at 200 Hz.
If I want to listen to what we older listeners used to call "full frequency stereophonic sound" I'll do it at home where I don't have to worry about staying alive (unless it's a Bee Gees disco track).
In short, as long as I can hear what's on the radio, who cares? And anyway, as one gets older the top end response of your ears tends to drop off significantly.
　

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Yes well we're not all 85 years old and deaf yet!