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I have this problem, lost the spare key to gen 1 alphard can find the key no probs on e.bay, but nobody wants to cut it, i have a working key

By RCD do you Mean RCA, my Alphard has the theatre system with the 7 speakers and rear roof screen, on the back of the centre console bettween the front seats their are 3 RCA sockets, yellow for video, and red and white for audio, if you get a lead with 2 RCA plugs on one end and a 3.5mm jack plug on the other, plug the RCAs into red and white on back of cosole, and 3.5 mm into a music player, or headphone socket of a phone with one and music on it on sd card or internet radio/Spotify etc, then press the TV button on the head unit, whatever is playing on the music player/phone will now play on head unit, was that what you were asking Chris

Quick update, the dealer has now fitted this box, it is just a generic Android/Apple Car Play box, it expands the radio, but still has the japanese Frequency range 76-90 so you have no idea what actual frequency you have, its a guess to what programme you have, it's also impossible to navigate, it works through the TV button, so i have lost my Aux input, all in all a disaster

Any ideas how to turn off the ladys voice in stereo menus, it's the more irritating of the 2 issues

One other niggle is the fairly constant chatter from a female Japanese voice, and the constant beeping, can either of these be turned off or disconnected

Thanks Roger, it has factory wheels, i have the GPS speedometer now, and it pretty much agrees with the speedo on the Alphard, so i think the GPS speed readout i was using which is part of MY Digtal OS mapping ( Memory Map )to check the Alphard, is actually not to accurate. fortunately the GPS speedo i bought has other functions, ie clock, compass overspeed warning, trip mileage and prob others i haven't found yet

Hi Roger, found the brightness sliders today, both set in the middle, as you said, it is better but not greatest in bright sunlight as today Edit, have ordered an english language owners manual/handbook from Amazon, and a GPS speedometer, importer has converte KMH to mph, but it is reading well above actual speed

Ok copied and pasted that into search, and that found it, had to do a lot of searching, but eventually found, the part that shows how to set up all the functions, on the headunit, thanks for that, just a thought does anybody make a set of transfers/decals for the hard buttons in english, thought it might be something a lot of people would buy

Ok can't get into the eightseater blog, even signed up and got an account, but can't look at the blog

Hi Roger tried Eightseater.blog.com got 500 internal server error message, do you have a link. Cheers Chris

Hi Roger, here is a pic of the whatever with disc slot inside the centre console, played with all the buttons today and rolled the screen out, inside their seems to be 2 slots cd and poss mini disc, and their is touchscreen option for MD, found the setting for the hard drive, it has one, and their is music on it, is their any way of brightening the screen up, camera screens are very dim, re radio the dealer as part of the package, fits a box which is £350 which does all sorts of things usb input bluetooth hands free uk sat nav etc , but was out of stock be here this weekend let you know exactly what is when its in. Cheers Chris

Thats what i thought, mini disc player, try and get a pic of it tommorrow with a camera, phone wasn't to good in there. Cheers Chris

Hi everybody, attached is a pic of the headunit, i just happened to have a 3.5mm to 2 rca plugs lead in my leads drawer lol, plugged the DAP into the sockets on the back of the centre console, pressed TV on the head unit, and hey presto music, we only have radio 2 at the mo, but the importer has a box coming that will attach to the head unit, and give us all sorts of things, its £350, also a stalk to fit cruise control. thanks for all the advice, think i am going to like it here. As an aside inside the center console, their is a small black box, with what looks like a mini cd slot in it, looks aftermarket any thoughts, can't follow the leads that were allready plugged into the rear of centre console, but they may go to this box, although the plugs on the back look grey. Cheers Chris

Thanks Roger, the vehicle isn't coming till tommorow now, will take a pic then. Cheers Chris

Thanks Pete, do you know how to check if you have one fitted

Another thought, the guy that sold it to me said something about a built in hard drive ?

Hi Roger, the line out on the A&K is analogue via 3.5 mm socket, bypassing the dac, so no problem, think i need to investigate, where the 3 leads are going that are allready plugged in their, this Alphard has a roof mounted tv screen, do they go there, would have thought their would be cables in the vehicle loom to that screen though, will look at it all, when the vehicle is here later today. Cheers Chris

Thanks for that, i am wondering whats plugged into it currently !!!, with a video lead as well as the 2 audio, will give it a go tommorow, i have an Astell and Kern A70 mk 2 digital audio player, whch sounds great via the Aux input on my Hyundai Santa Fe, which has line fit infinity speakers in it. my phone is a challenge, being an i phone with no headphone socket. Cheers Chris

Hi everybody, brand new here, just bought a late 2006 Aphard G 2.4, low miles circa 60k, in white, wanted one for a long time, had to get one now, as can't drive for at least 3 months, due to injury, and in a moon boot, the Alphard is so easy to get in and out of the centre row in current circumstances, will be upset i can;t see what it drives like though. Cheers Chris

Their are 3 rca sockets there, 1 red and 1 white audio, and a yellow video one, they already have something plugged in though, are you saying that if i get a 3.5 mm plug to 2x rca plugs lead, and plug it into the sockets on the back of centre console, that would work, how would you select it on the head unit, their is no aux button on the head unit, like on some other Alphards, i have seen head unit pictures of. Cheers Chris

Hi everybody, brand new here, have bought a 2006 Alphard, with the upgraded stereo, roof speakers, dash speaker etc, being delivered tommorrow, it doesen't appear, to have an Aux input, their is no button on headunit, as i have seen on pics in other vehicles, and i couldn't find a 3.5 mm input socket anywhere, have i missed something, if not, is their anyway to add one. Cheers Chris

Hi everybody, just bought a 2006 (56) Alphard 2.4, being delivered on Sunday, it seems to not have an AUX input, their is no button, as in the headunit, shown by op, and can't see a 3.5mm jack socket anywhere, is their any easy way to add one. Cheers Chris