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Originally Posted by strummagnet
The USB has six folders to mimic the 6 disc CD locations and you can have up to 999 songs in each folder, though with no way to scroll through apart from pressing 'next' on the head unit - can get tedious  - So it is a 'virtual' CD player and works with all the buttons on the head unit.  |
That's pretty much the same as XCarLink (though maybe only 99 tracks per virtual CD) and they're both limited by the way the RNS works.
As noted earlier, I "may" reinstate the XCarlink depending how Bluetooth via TV-in goes.
One advantage it does have is that you can use the "real" CD changer as well as the virtual one.
The rest of the functions of your unit I don't really need so initially at least I'll stick with audio streaming via Bluetooth on the TV audio input.
I'm just waiting for a mini-jack cable I've ordered to arrive so I can splice it in to the TV input loom. I have everything else I need.
I'm pretty good with maps and planning routes so the RNS-D navigation is more than adequate despite its age.
I don't get real-time traffic information of course but I do actually get RDS-TMC on the RNS (Thanks to Adrian_E for the appropriate map CD).
As for TV I've just been testing the poorly-behaving tuner that I took out of my S8. It's definitely faulty so has been scrapped.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 5th July 2022 at 03:46 PM.
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