Rover 75 RADIO: DIED for 1 yr, CAME BACK, DIED AGAIN (Highline SatNav-Radio-Tape

lida · 14th April 2020, 13:27

The SatNav got wet about 4 years ago, became a parasitic drain and was removed. Was using just the radio for 3 yrs, until a year ago when radio died. Electricals man said fuses OK but no power reaching unit. Then radio recently sprung back into life, was perfectly fine for 2 weeks but then the screen changed to the German language and radio is completely dead now.
Rover 75, V6, 2004, automatic.
Any ideas?

suzublu · 14th April 2020, 14:34

Try a battery off reset. Also I believe language choice is in the settings menu.

lida · 15th April 2020, 11:09

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Originally Posted by suzublu

Try a battery off reset. Also I believe language choice is in the settings menu.

Thanks, Suzublu, but it doesn't make sense. I did not have a flat batt, and I now realise that just before the radio dies the screen changes to German; that's what happened 3 yrs ago and yesterday.

suzublu · 15th April 2020, 11:29

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Originally Posted by lida

Thanks, Suzublu, but it doesn't make sense. I did not have a flat batt, and I now realise that just before the radio dies the screen changes to German; that's what happened 3 yrs ago and yesterday.

No, disconnect the battery for 10 mins and see what happens

lida · 21st April 2020, 19:47

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Originally Posted by suzublu

No, disconnect the battery for 10 mins and see what happens

Thanks. Before I did that, radio came back on. However, a few days later battery dead - even the alarm light was not on. New batt from RAC this morning, checked for parasitic drain (apparently none), radio came back on but in German language. I changed that, it reverted to German several times. Just now, in the evening, radio is completely dead again!

Anyone out there heard of this fault?

Do you know, it had the original Unipart battery must be from 2004 or at least 2007 when I bought her. Lasted 16 years, can you believe it!

trikey · 21st April 2020, 20:12

Water in the spare wheel well.

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lida Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer 2.5 V6 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: West Middlesex Posts: 63 Thanks: 48 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Rover 75 RADIO: DIED for 1 yr, CAME BACK, DIED AGAIN (Highline SatNav-Radio-Tape The SatNav got wet about 4 years ago, became a parasitic drain and was removed. Was using just the radio for 3 yrs, until a year ago when radio died. Electricals man said fuses OK but no power reaching unit. Then radio recently sprung back into life, was perfectly fine for 2 weeks but then the screen changed to the German language and radio is completely dead now. Rover 75, V6, 2004, automatic. Any ideas? Last edited by lida; 14th April 2020 at 13:30.. Reason: typo

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suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,921 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	Try a battery off reset. Also I believe language choice is in the settings menu.