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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769   
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Maybe check the wiring plugs Incase the permenant live is arcing on the switched live for some reason. Ray
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10th Oct 2016 10:05pm |
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| Jonnie421 Member Since: 12 May 2015 Location: Wales Posts: 116  
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I had exactly the same problem on mine last year . Luckily I'd only had it 6months so my local LRO dealer put in a new one under warranty .
I've since changed that to a Kenwood with Bluetooth and DAB , problem solved .  Defender 90 Tonga green . My 2007 County .2.4Tdci puma .
Too many other Discos to mention, including a V8 petrol Disco3 and diesel Disco 3 !! ( All gone) |
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11th Oct 2016 8:13am |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363 
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Mine is doing this right now. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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8th Nov 2016 6:19pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20318 
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And mine is acting bizarre too.
 ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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8th Nov 2016 6:25pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I did check mine and could not find out why, the wiring is fine no shorts, I now suspect that it is the internals that may be at fault. I will look towards buying a new radio. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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9th Nov 2016 3:03pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20318
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I'd guarantee that the Defender vibration does them in, not much you can do about that either really. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️
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9th Nov 2016 3:34pm |
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| Outlaw1 Member Since: 11 Aug 2016 Location: east sussex Posts: 268 
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I had the same problem , Under warranty so stealer replaced it after the second time of complaining
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9th Nov 2016 5:41pm |
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| Chopperone Member Since: 13 Nov 2016 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 396
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Mine fired up 4 or 5 times yesterday but then I have only owned the vehicle for 2 days & the radio is definitely going in the bin as soon as I get round to that part of my upgrade work.
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14th Nov 2016 9:57pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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I think I have sorted the problem. The connectors on the back of the radio have a latching peg which do not automatically latch to keep, the plugs in place. Three months ago I pulled the radio out totally fed up with it to find that the plugs were loose pushing them back in made no difference they could be pulled out that's when I noticed that the pins were not latching and they needed to be physically moved into the latched position. Three months later and I have not had any problem with the radio switching its self on or cutting out. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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8th Mar 2017 12:04pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5035 
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My factory Alpine had an interesting issue going over a cattle grid yesterday - turns out they havent refitted it properly and its frame must be loose
 why does it go in for 1 job and come out with loads of others Mike |
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8th Mar 2017 12:59pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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Well having thought that I may have sorted the problem with the radio having a mind of its own it has started playing up again.
Last week while working in the garage I could hear a radio playing, went out to find that it was the one in the Land rover, no keys in ignition and doors locked I assumed that S.H.M.B.O. had taken keys out ignition then tried to switch the radio off so thought no more about it. My next door neighbour works shifts so I don't always see him, yesterday he informed me that when he went out to work at 5.00 am on Monday and Tuesday my car radio was playing, so it wasn't S.H.M.B.O. to blame. 2.15 am today I was woken by a car radio playing, got up to investigate who the thoughtless person was , I couldn't see any occupied vehicle parked up then it hit me "oh no its mine" . dressed, house alarm off and out in the dark , yes it was the Land rover alright. It looks as though the radio is switching it self on for some reason. I know it has the facility to switch off the ignition and still play if you turn it on by the on/off button, Is there a way of disabling this facility.? I am in hiding as this morning some of the neighbours have been complaining about the noisy so and so with the car radio during the night. I have checked for Harry the Land rover spider just in case he needed to music to keep him company but he seems to have got fed up and moved out . It looks like I am spending all day reading the definitive ICE thread for a suitable radio. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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6th Apr 2017 8:37am |
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