I'd be grateful for any members advice.
I recently purchased a used Kia Rio (2009). The garage informed me that the original Kia stereo was faulty and unrepairable. They undertook to install a replacement with the equivalent spec.
The replacement turned out to be a used, JVC unit (KD G202 if relevant).
Two issues are apparent:
1. It does not appear to support MP3 players. Nothing mentioned about MP3 in the manual, so not surprisingly no output from the remote sockets in the car.
2. Probably a more tricky issue is the fact that the unit does not hold it's settings when turned off.
Radio presets are lost.
Needless to say, I will taking it back to the garage. But I could do with some advice regarding point 2. Is losing the settings likely to be a wiring fault (or incompatability). Or could it be a fault with the unit?
Generally, are there compatability issues when replacing an original Kia unit with a another make?
Thanks for any advice.
I recently purchased a used Kia Rio (2009). The garage informed me that the original Kia stereo was faulty and unrepairable. They undertook to install a replacement with the equivalent spec.
The replacement turned out to be a used, JVC unit (KD G202 if relevant).
Two issues are apparent:
1. It does not appear to support MP3 players. Nothing mentioned about MP3 in the manual, so not surprisingly no output from the remote sockets in the car.
2. Probably a more tricky issue is the fact that the unit does not hold it's settings when turned off.
Radio presets are lost.
Needless to say, I will taking it back to the garage. But I could do with some advice regarding point 2. Is losing the settings likely to be a wiring fault (or incompatability). Or could it be a fault with the unit?
Generally, are there compatability issues when replacing an original Kia unit with a another make?
Thanks for any advice.