Stock Blaupunkt Head Unit

[SV6_stormrider]

Hi All

Just wondering how many people are having/have had issues with the stock Blaupunkt head unit in the VZ.

The first one refused to play CD's so was replaced after about a year. Worked fine for a while but now the replacement drops power, loses time (all usually late afternoon/night), then magiaclly powers up again. Sometimes can be out for up to 5 hours. As is usually the case with these things, the dealer can never re-create the problem so It's going in for it's second visit in a week tomorrow.

Cheers

SV6_Stormrider

[EvoVIIIJDM]

mine use to loose power all the time, skip cds, error reading non stop, not to mention the wafer thin, ****house korean speakers that come with. The best thing you can do for yourself is rip it out and put something decent in if you enjoy quality music.

[twb1979]

Mine came up with 'CHECK DISC' this morning for the first time.

Has been skipping when playing tracks of recent.

It's going into Holden on Friday for a replacement accelerator unit.

Should I insist that they replace the unit??

[dagar187]

oh my god.i thought i was the only one! u turn the vol up 3 quartrs then full and it just stays the same.wat makes these decks lose the power? is it just bodgy or not hooked up properly?

[dagar187]

oh and does this fall under warranty? can i get it fixd or replaced?

[EvoVIIIJDM]

it will fall under warranty, and they will prolly attempt to fix it, they did on mine thefirst time (front and rear speakers and headunit) then replaced front speakers and head unit second time.

[Willz]

oh my god.i thought i was the only one! u turn the vol up 3 quartrs then full and it just stays the same.wat makes these decks lose the power? is it just bodgy or not hooked up properly?

It will have the distortion limiter thingy ma bob enabled

you know the options you get when you start the car....

you can enable a setting that will only allow the head unit to turn up to a give level before it wont allow you to turn it up further

ps:cant think of the 'technicle' names my brain is fried

[vy_storm]

That would be speed dependent volume.....

[Aaronjme]

no vy-storm, the speed dependent volume is one setting theres also the distortion limiter setting.

[vy_storm]

Oops, forgot about that one. Haven't had the stock HU in for over a year, that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it

[Phreddy]

Hey Guys.

That will be the "Dynamic Distortion Limiting" cutting in. As mentioned in previous posts, it allows the volume to increase to the point where clipping is about to begin, then won't increase the gain further regardless of how far you turn the knob. It can be turned off in the trip computer functions. (can't remember the exact procedure there, but it's the "DDL" option - just turn it off)

Cheerz!

[Astranomical]

Are people having probs with the Single disc unit, or the 6 stacker? Our Acclaim has the single disc unit and it works perfectly.

[dagar187]

sweet! il have ago in the morn when i start er up for work.i swear u guyz are a wealth of knowledge,so glad i found this forum! can i push the envalope and ask what this spd limtr is? like is it u drive a certain high spd and it wont go louder anymore? cheers anyway.

[Aggro_VE]

The idea behind the speed dependent volume control is that it increase's with your speed to counteract the road/wind noise etc.

[SV6_stormrider]

Are people having probs with the Single disc unit, or the 6 stacker? Our Acclaim has the single disc unit and it works perfectly.

Mine's the single disc unit.

The dealer finally saw the problem yesterday (dropped power), so now they're ordering another one.

This will be the 3rd head unit in a car that's just on 2 years old...Wonder how long the next one will last.

[HUMBLZ]

how can u connect RCA to the standard VZ blaupunkt single disc stero?some sort of adaptor? thank's

[DAZ88P]

Similar problem as LS1 Chubby. I have the 6 stacker in my berlina and it just skips on all CD's when they get into the later tracks. not sure what the problem is.

my steering wheel controls have bitten the dust anyway(everytime i turn volume up it mutes) so going with an aftermarket one now.