steverob30
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Ok, so here's the story.
I have had my Freelander 1.8 GS AE52 OLV for 2 years now and have been chuffed to bits (lucky) with the car overall.
Everything works. 73k. last 2 MOTs a breeze. Cam belt done last yr., not dropping H2O, starts every day (unlike me) and drives like a dream!
Winter 2012/13 was amazing. in 3-4 ft. proper welsh snow she did what I needed her to do so I thought that I'd return the favour.
I need a station wagon as mine is a 3 dr. hardtop so thought that I'd spend a bit of cash on her to make her more saleable.
So sourced and purchased an r770 head unit with CD multi changer which cost me all of £30. (I currently have over £200 of Sony head unit in her).
then we come to fit.... I already know that the 'clock' on my Freelander is just that. A clock. so I sourced and bought a proper 8 pin jobbie thinking that I would simply have to run 4 wires (to complement the existing 4) from the new RDS clock to the R770 head unit and away we go.
Sadly not.
I have trawled the net, the fora, and just about any other combination of R770 cd integration. R770 wiring diag. R770 4 pin clock to 8 pin upgrade and variants of, to try and integrate what I believe is a perfectly acceptable system into my 52 plate Freelander and I have found..... NOTHING.
Somebody somewhere must have tried to improve a Series 1 Freelander by installing an R770 with a Phillips RC 026?
The benefits are an authentic radio head unit complemented by a 6 disc multi cd but someone PLEASE tell me how to wire the bugger in!
rEsPeCt Landy!
Steverob30
I have had my Freelander 1.8 GS AE52 OLV for 2 years now and have been chuffed to bits (lucky) with the car overall.
Everything works. 73k. last 2 MOTs a breeze. Cam belt done last yr., not dropping H2O, starts every day (unlike me) and drives like a dream!
Winter 2012/13 was amazing. in 3-4 ft. proper welsh snow she did what I needed her to do so I thought that I'd return the favour.
I need a station wagon as mine is a 3 dr. hardtop so thought that I'd spend a bit of cash on her to make her more saleable.
So sourced and purchased an r770 head unit with CD multi changer which cost me all of £30. (I currently have over £200 of Sony head unit in her).
then we come to fit.... I already know that the 'clock' on my Freelander is just that. A clock. so I sourced and bought a proper 8 pin jobbie thinking that I would simply have to run 4 wires (to complement the existing 4) from the new RDS clock to the R770 head unit and away we go.
Sadly not.
I have trawled the net, the fora, and just about any other combination of R770 cd integration. R770 wiring diag. R770 4 pin clock to 8 pin upgrade and variants of, to try and integrate what I believe is a perfectly acceptable system into my 52 plate Freelander and I have found..... NOTHING.
Somebody somewhere must have tried to improve a Series 1 Freelander by installing an R770 with a Phillips RC 026?
The benefits are an authentic radio head unit complemented by a 6 disc multi cd but someone PLEASE tell me how to wire the bugger in!
rEsPeCt Landy!
Steverob30
