TheUKCrazyhorse

I insured mine a month ago through Admiral and it came in at about £22 a month for myself and the missus (3.0L V6 2004 Alphard). I do have 14 year no claims though, so that probably helped - and I have another vehicle insured through Admiral (a 2016 Ford Ranger 2.2 XLT). I think I was an extra 80p a month to protect my no claims too!

Thanks for the response. Just tried that - I can only push it in, which switches between mileage and trip counters - doesn't let me twist it. Cheers

Hi there - does anyone know how to change the brightness of the dashboard on a 2004 Alphard? I checked the manual and I must have the dash listed as 'Analogue' which only seems to have the button to change the trip counter, etc, as it doesn't turn to change the brightness. Is there another way to do this? I was driving at night earlier in the week and even with the headlights on, I had no backlight so it was difficult to make out my speedo, etc. Thanks

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.

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.

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?

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!