CD Radio Diagnostics

[AWD Chaser]

I see in the technical resource section that the AU CD tuners have some features which interest me, and I want to know how to access them.

1. Clock on/off
2. Diagnostics.

If someone could shed some light on this, that would be great.

[XR6-VCT-2000]

To access the diagnostics mode with the Ford indash 6cd stacker/radio do the following:

1/Insert key in ignition and turn to accessories position.
2/Stick you finger up your nose and press the mode button on the radio at the same time .

lol. na sorry i wouldn;t have a clue !

I have tried pressing just about every combination of buttons under the sun , with the headunit on , and while turning the headunit on ( pressing all sorts of combinations and entering codes ).

Im thinking maybe its a certian 4 digit # code you enter instead of entering your factory code to restart the radio after the battery has been disconected .

.... or maybe ..

I noticed when i had the radio out the other day (indash 6cd/radio) , i pulled it apart to have a look at changing the colour of the lighting in it , anyway ... when you remove the front face panel of the headunit there is 2 white connections at the bottom on the inner side , at the top of the face on the back on the pcb is like a small flat metal tab that shorts across to the pcb when the face is clipped back on.
Looking at this tab its either / a device which just tells the radio its clipped back together propperlly and ready to go /or/ just an + or earth that is completed in the circuit when the front is clipped back on /or/ it maybe something to do with a security/diagnostics feature ? . I was almost going to try fire it up the other day withou the tab in there just to see when happens ( it might usually work as a lock to stop access to diagnostics mode ! ? ). Just made me curious as the 2 white connections at the bottom on the back of the face seems to have heaps of conntacts in each plug , and looking close seemed to be powering everything on the face of the radio , and the tab was right at the top of the board by itself , and is removable ( only 1 screw holding it on ) . I might pull it out again on the weekend and have a fiddle .

[AWD Chaser]

One other thing...

At the back of the CD Tuner there are three female plugs.

1 for the antenna
1 for the main plug (power, steering wheel controls, speakers)
But there is another place for a plug with about 6 pins in it? What is this for? Does it have something to do with the mobile phone kit?

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Im pretty sure that other female plug hole in the back of the unit is for the Ford Accessories 'Amp' you can get / mounts in the boot / i came across that somewhere else the other day ( was an order from factory extra / making it the supreme audio pack or something like that .. some of the high series car might of got it stock ? )

[quest]

Show me a picture of the unit
If its the same unit we have here its for the DVD player that is an option on a lot of models now
Inserting a DVD movie into the player forces the radio to "slave" as the sound system

[peterban]

The GPS plugs into it for the voice prompts etc.

[AWD Chaser]

If thats the case then, could you not use this for a line in for say an iPod?

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Jaycar sell a newish device ( are-revised version ), it's the device you can plug into your ipod/walkman etc then tune it in on the radio , then newer version is tunable into ANY frequency/station on the fm radio range, the sound quality is a big improvement over the old original model too , it actually sounds pretty good ! .

[AWD Chaser]

Yeah, I've heard of FM transmitters, but for $70, I would rather just wire up a few plugs.... less then $10, then I can hook up my 40Gb HDD MP3 player, or the laptop for movies...., etc, etc....


Anyone know about the clock on/off stuff?