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Originally Posted by HPsauce
whether it is purely a changeover of the Comms and GND connectors or there is something more subtle in the interaction with the control unit between the different versions. Fingers crossed.
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The latter I suspect, it didn't work. 
I guess that makes sense, if the comms protocols have changed the physical interface has to as well to ensure no-one can mix them up. But as these 3-pin connectors are so common they didn't change the physical shape.
I'll still try again when the "proper" connector arrives just in case it needed some time to fully charge or synchronise or something I've overlooked or connected poorly.
On a positive note when I had the old sounder out I cleaned up all the contacts and made sure they were bent properly to make a good circuit.
And when I took it out of the car today, for the first time ever, it went off as soon as I disconnected it! 
Bloody loud too, so I stuffed it inside some shopping bags in the other cars boot - could still hear it for several minutes. 
Must have charged up properly overnight, and now its back in the car it's really quite "chirpy", unlike the feeble squawk Adrian may (or may not) have heard when we met up the other day. 
Mind you, I've done this several times before. 
Bought a part to replace something not working properly. Swapped it, had a good look at the original and fixed it, put it back working perfectly. Kept the new part as a spare or sold it on.
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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; 22nd March 2015 at 11:03 AM.
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