Clarky130
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You're very welcome Andy - it was a pleasure working on your beautiful motor! Such a shame somebody seems to have gone to such lengths to butcher it!!
Harmon / Kardon head unit replacement - definitive 'how-to' and adaptor harnesses
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You're very welcome Andy - it was a pleasure working on your beautiful motor! Such a shame somebody seems to have gone to such lengths to butcher it!!
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Hi Clarky
Hopefully managed to PM you..........
Still working out how to use this place!
Hopefully managed to PM you..........
Still working out how to use this place!
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Hi! Clarky....I got a clarion tape-deck radio (only BBC2) and a 6xcd multichanger in the boot (which dont work somehow) in my 1998 P38. I'd love to change the clarion head for a Kenwood unit with ipod dock that I have, but the local garage reckons that I cant change the head unit due to the car having two amps??? I know nothing about the electrickery side of things to argue!!....are they right?
I read your post with interest....will your adaptor allow me to use the Kenwood head unit?
If so how can I buy one?....answers on a postcard please!
Cheers
D.R
I read your post with interest....will your adaptor allow me to use the Kenwood head unit?
If so how can I buy one?....answers on a postcard please!
Cheers
D.R
Clarky130
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Your local garage are incorrect. You car in fact has 4 amps, one in each door, and a fifth built into the subwoofer (if your system is the Harman / Kardon one, that is!).
My lead allows you to fit any head unit of your choosing. I will PM you a link to my guide - let me know if you want to DIY or have me make you one up!
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Clarky130
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That loom definitely appears to have been buggered around with, as none of the wiring colours are standard! I suspect it has been butchered in the past and someone has rebuilt it with new plugs and wires - which is no bad thing... As long as they have got it right!!!
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Cheers - I was just going to ask - WTF, over???
You can remove it all, leaving just the original yellowish 8-pin plug behind - assuming you don't need a 'parrot' device plugged up to your HU?
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Doh!
Yes. There is a Parrot hands free kit installed.
Sorry Clarky; should have read this first..............
Yes. There is a Parrot hands free kit installed.
Sorry Clarky; should have read this first..............
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Thanks Jamiehol
You have saved some thinking time..........
You have saved some thinking time..........
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I've just wired in the PAC SWI-JACK version to control my JVC head unit (with SAT nav, blue-tooth handsfree etc) and it works perfectly. Programming was easy and the steering wheel controls now work a charm. I only needed the one unit, there weren't additional bits required, although I can't find a UK supplier for these, so I imported from the USA, got stung for the VAT duty and handling charge though, but well worth the money.
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PAC even have a specific instruction sheet for this product for the Range Rover P38: http://www.pac-audio.com/SWI/SWIApp...Product=SWI-JACK&swiRadioManu=JVC&swiOptions=
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I've just wired in the PAC SWI-JACK version to control my JVC head unit (with SAT nav, blue-tooth handsfree etc) and it works perfectly. Programming was easy and the steering wheel controls now work a charm. I only needed the one unit, there weren't additional bits required, although I can't find a UK supplier for these, so I imported from the USA, got stung for the VAT duty and handling charge though, but well worth the money.
I've just ordered one. Quite cheap on ebay. Fingers crossed on the duty etc...
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I got a lead from Mr.C. It is now connecting a Blaupunkt Woodstock head unit, with bluetooth and the sub connected and it sounds amazing, my 13 year old asked me to turn it down ! now theres a first. The speaker system is superb with little or no distortion even when the head unit is maxed out to Pearl Jam. Result.
Hi can you please send me the information on the radio fitting.My unit has the pink 10 pin and grey 8pin plugs my e mail is [email protected] thankyou cheers Pete
Greetings from NZ everyone
newbie here.
Hi Clarky, sorry to drag up an older topic... but I have just joined the fellowship.
Although not new to the heady world of LR ownership I have recently become intimately acquainted with a certain little minx called P38.
HU replacement is on the to do list as with so many other owners But yes, I too am plagued by the phantom buzzing afflicting so many others and reading the comments and threads on the subject obviously lead me to believe you are the veritable Happy Potter of solutions.
Already have the most commercially available leads from Dear ol' Blighty (as there is bugger all down this neck of the woods!!), but still it persists.
Would you mind forwarding the info please? [email protected] would probably be the best way for now.
Thanks v much everyone
Hi Clarky, sorry to drag up an older topic... but I have just joined the fellowship.
Although not new to the heady world of LR ownership I have recently become intimately acquainted with a certain little minx called P38.
HU replacement is on the to do list as with so many other owners But yes, I too am plagued by the phantom buzzing afflicting so many others and reading the comments and threads on the subject obviously lead me to believe you are the veritable Happy Potter of solutions.
Already have the most commercially available leads from Dear ol' Blighty (as there is bugger all down this neck of the woods!!), but still it persists.
Would you mind forwarding the info please? [email protected] would probably be the best way for now.
Thanks v much everyone
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Dude...best take your email addy out of a public forum....alsorts of internet nasties could happen to your mailbox....ask Clarky to PM you instead
:welcome2:btw.....
:welcome2:btw.....
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Clarky130
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None of the commercially available leads are suitable for the job, as they don't attenuate or impedance-match the new HU to the amps. PM me if you want a copy of my guide, I'll send you a link.
