djburns wrote:

Hello, Been trying to fit this unit having seen the video. PA70DLRL. I have a Freelander 2 S with just the cubby hole. All connections seem to go together everything seemed to slot back in nicely but press on button on original radio-nothing. So back through to check connections etc, seems ok still nothing. Checked radio fuse (N0 6? under glove box. OK. So disconnected every thing put back to original, turn on radio and nothing! so everything else on central console fine just radio not working Any ideas? other fuses? Specific fault codes to look for? Cheers

Can't help with fried head unit I'm afraid, checking the fuses is about my limit too.

Was going to ask if anyone who has fitted one of the Xtrons units has found any steering wheel control adapters that work with the unit. It's the one missing function which would be amazing and perfect for me.

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Original head unit all fine. Been through all the fuses again and discovered I had put one of the (many) radio fuses back one slot to the left. This is all in the box in the boot. So I might try to reconnect the xtrons with extreme care.....

I have just got the Xtrons PQ70DLRL unit with android 10 and it's meant to have the control box to allow steering wheel control apart from track select. In other words the top and middle buttons on the right side of wheel will work but not the bottom one. Hope that helps, will see if its correct when I get round to fitting it  Discovery 3 tdv6 gone
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I can’t see how the Xtrons unit would in any way affect the operation of Mode, Volume and Track select since these are functions of the LR head unit. Mode and Volume will surely continue to work, but Track select obviously won’t.

It will be interesting to hear how your install goes.

As my last post said the only button on steering wheel that does not work is the track select I can confirm that. the install was fairly straight forward ,but getting it all to work was a bit of a pain in the getting the carplay to work involved scanning the QR code on the box and downloading the app to my phone then emailing myself then connecting my home wifi to the car (this only works if you can get close to the house) otherwise you need a genuine Apple lightning lead which works to load the app onto the xtrons via your "hotspot" on the Iphone and then you can set the carplay up. also added the TPMS from xtrons but this would not link to the unit, had to contact the seller who sent me a link to an older version for TPMS and that worked fine. The DAB+ add on worked striaght out of the box. I did think the Iphone 12 pro was not compatable with the system but turns out the old Apple lead to my car kit had a bad connection plugged in a new lighting lead and all works fine now. The only thing was a lack of install instructions not for the unit thats quite straight forward and you get two harness options in the box depending on your set up in the car (with or without Alpine system) but for the add on's like carplay TPMS OBD2 DAB+ wifi etc etc, but as I said a few emails to the surplier and a few link downloads everything is now working as it should. Overall good upgrade with a lot of good stuff, and took about 3 hours from start to finish to install not including all the faff getting the carplay to work (but that was down to a doggy lead my fault). PS if anyone is going to do this on their car dont bother with the speaker that comes with the unit, use it for an external speaker for a phone kit or CB radio instead. Plus you dont need to plug the unit into the AUX socket in back of the car either as some people on youtube have mentioned on the Andriod 10 unit I have! BIG UPDATE dont forget to order a shunt for the fibre optic cable that is not used from the old info screen you replace with the xtrons unit or it wont work!!! The powerful video shows one in the box but it does not come in the box you have to get your own!!! If you dont have the LR screen you dont need the fibre optic shunt!! Discovery 3 tdv6 gone
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Last edited by Andy.p on 19th Sep 2021 9:03 am. Edited 2 times in total

Thanks for the update, Andy. I assume that if you don’t have an existing LR screen then the MOST shunt isn’t needed?

Hi Simon, I think that would be the case if you dont have the MOST system you wont need the shunt  Discovery 3 tdv6 gone
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Thanks, Andy. I think there is a MOST system as I’m pretty sure that when I replaced the Bluetooth module it had a MOST connection, but with no original screen I wouldn’t expect to need the shunt. I’m still debating whether to splash the three hundred quid

The best thing is you dont need to use LR bluetooth and you get the bonus of using things like Waze or Tom Tom direct from the phone and mirror your downloaded movies to watch (not when driving) on the screen if you get the add on mic too you can go hands free via the Xtrons unit. so if you got a basic FL2 with no infotainment this unit is a massive upgrade. Discovery 3 tdv6 gone
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I quite like the LR Bluetooth phone connection with the steering wheel controls for answer and hang up. I assume that you can continue to use it while still using Car Play for music or navigation? I have the Alpine system which I find very good for what it is, but would like the addition of Car Play.

Sorry about the pics being the wrong way up but you get the idea. Not suire way they came out this way. in Pic 2 thats the GPS in front of the LR one and the wifi antenna on the centre speaker behind the CB radio.

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Many thanks, Andy. That’s the same Alpine unit that I have. It really is a neat piece of kit. Hmmm……

Dam it just noticed the screen has gone back to standard because I disconnected the battery yesterday, I had Waze and instead of siri logo had the Land rover logo on the home screen will have to reset but you get the jist of what to expect. Discovery 3 tdv6 gone
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Thanks again.