Alphard Stock Head Unit Issue

[TheUKCrazyhorse]

Hopefully posting this in the right place, apologies if I've not.

 

Bought a 2004/54-plate 3.0 V6 Alphard a fortnight ago and been tinkering with it over the last week. It did have an aftermarket head unit connected up, which I (think I) managed to break while trying to reconnect the ceiling DVD player.

 

I managed to pick up an original head unit from eBay for £21, which the seller assured was working when they removed it from their car, but I'm struggling to get it working in my Alphard. I plug it in, making sure all the available connections are attached, but I get no display (ignition on and off). Weirdly though, if I press the Open button, the front opens up and I have access to the CD and minidisc drives. I tried holding in the Power button for a few seconds, but no joy.

 

I checked all the fuses and they seem fine. I found the 12V pin on the connector and put a multimeter on it and got a good signal (over 12V). There also seems to be a good ground connection. 

 

Not sure what else I can check, or if there are known issues transferring a head unit from one Alphard to another? (Security locked or something?)

 

Any help would be appreciated here, as its driving me bonkers. Cheers!

[Rojie]

Which head unit do you have ?

There are several, depending on the model and year.

 

There is an English language manual produced by JPNZ Manuals.

 

I bought mine off ebay (or maybe Amazon).

 

£25 ish and worth it.

 

It has many head units but NOT the HDD unit (which I have).

 

There is an article out there by eightseaters.com (I think, certainly similar) that covers the HDD unit.

 

Good luck.

Edited August 20, 2021 by Rojie
Correction of spelling

[TheUKCrazyhorse]

9 hours ago, Rojie said:

Which head unit do you have ?

There are several, depending on the model and year.

 

There is an English language manual produced by JPNZ Manuals.

 

I bought mine off ebay (or maybe Amazon).

 

£25 ish and worth it.

 

It has many head units but NOT the HDD unit (which I have).

 

There is an article out there by eightseaters.com (I think, certainly similar) that covers the HDD unit.

 

Good luck.

Thanks for the response. Sorry, I didn't realise that there was more than one stock head unit - I've attached a photo of the one I bought to this reply. The only thing I can see that looks like a model number on it, is 16036 printed on the front. Not sure if this helps?

[Rojie]

So, is this the unit you bought from ebay ?

 

Which car did it come from ?

 

This unit is not in the handbook I have; but then nor are any other navigation units !

The handbook contains several radio cd units with radio and MD; but none with DVD !

 

This is not the HDD navigation system found in many of the Alphards. As such, I don't recognise it.

 

My guess is, the unit you bought did not come from an Alphard.

Sorry I can't help you more.

[Rojie]

I don't have a drop down roof mounted system (yet).

 

Seems you are a potential customer for an Xtrons unit.

[Rojie]

What model number is your unit?

ANH10W ? Or something similar ?

[Rojie]

I found one of these on the internet, from a 2003 ANH15W model.

Part number 86120 58031, if that is any help.

[Rojie]

Have you got a box of electronics under the front passenger seat?

 

Is yours an AX or AS model ?

 

Try checking Toyota Alphard epc.com for drawings and part numbers

[TheUKCrazyhorse]

23 minutes ago, Rojie said:

I found one of these on the internet, from a 2003 ANH15W model.

Part number 86120 58031, if that is any help.

Sorry, was in the car checking - you were almost right, the part number on the top of the unit is 86120-58030.

 

I don't have any electronics under the passenger seat, but I think there may have been something there at some point, as there is a bunch of loose cables still there that go under the floor.

[TheUKCrazyhorse]

So it may have been my own stupidity here that was the issue. I was sure I'd checked all of the relevant fuses - two under the bonnet and one under the glove box - but I must've checked the wrong one inside the car. After I changed the 10A fuse (number 25 I think) in the glove box, everything started working.

 

Apologies for wasting everyone's time here and thanks for the help/advice given.

[Catweazle]

Thanks for posting the result!

[Granville]

On 8/21/2021 at 10:20 AM, Rojie said:

So, is this the unit you bought from ebay ?

 

Which car did it come from ?

 

This unit is not in the handbook I have; but then nor are any other navigation units !

The handbook contains several radio cd units with radio and MD; but none with DVD !

 

This is not the HDD navigation system found in many of the Alphards. As such, I don't recognise it.

 

My guess is, the unit you bought did not come from an Alphard.

Sorry I can't help you more.

I have atoyota alphard 2004 v6 and its the same radio as mine .if that helps

 

[Granville]

I know very little on this subject but I'm having my radio changed by jap autos in southampton. But from what I can gather the wire looms for the japanese radios are different from the UK radios. Give jap autos a call..