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<blockquote data-quote="lutonlad" data-source="post: 8202490" data-attributes="member: 658954">I&#039;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&#039;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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lutonlad, post: 8202490, member: 658954"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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