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All fixed!! I didn't need to apply the SW, just having it boot from the CD once allowed the existing SW to kick in and work. I'll keep hold of the disc in case it needs another kick up the behind. Thanks again for the advice and the image, that's saved me a couple of hundred on a new head unit.

Ah brilliant, thanks for the link. Yes the top of the head unit mentions HW H27 and SW 6276.

A quick extra note, after doing some searches on here I found the '3 finger salute', this does work to bring up the 'The system is not able to start up' and 'please insert swl-cd'. Does that mean I'm potentially looking at just doing a firmware reload as a fix? If so, is there a reliable source for an appropriate CD/DVD?

@Rustynuts I've been doing a forum search and your name pops up, would you be able to offer any suggestions? Are you still in the Columbus fixing market?

My car head unit has stopped responding, when I turn the power on the buttons light up and I hear what sounds like a CD mechanism 'whirr' (like it's checking if there is a CD loaded), then the screen stays black and it keeps repeating. Every so often I see a line flash on the head unit but that's all. Just on the off chance it could be battery related I gave the battery an overnight charge and tried again, no luck. I have seen some Android devices that look decent, and they talk about keeping integration with steering controls, parking sensors etc. But then I also see that the L&K got a little bit more in terms of audio, an external amp maybe? Would I still be able to use an Android unit with an L&K? Alternatively I wouldn't mind the original getting fixed. The part number is 3T0 035 686 N, is there anywhere I can send it for a fix? I'm in the Midlands if that makes any difference?

A week to download two recalls? I used to have internet like that... last century!! I don't know about the NSW inspection, but there was meant to be something in the UK where a car would fail it's inspection (MOT) if there were any outstanding recalls. I'm not sure if they implemented it though. (A quick Google suggests it is in place). I'm struggling with various warranties at the moment, how do they work with the whole lockdown thing. For example, we have a warranty for our front room couch, but I have a feeling it could actually lapse before we're able to claim on it. Are they extending warranties for the lockdown period, are we going to get a small time to claim, or is it just going to go straight out the window because companies can't afford to pay out on warranty claims?

I have one of the cheap Aldi intelligent chargers, same size as CTEK but probably about the only thing that it has in common. However it's been fine with my AGM battery, and it's marked as such in the manual too. But as said, it does take a lot longer to charge the battery. It took 24-36 hours to register as full. My wife's car (albeit much smaller and standard battery) takes only a few hours.

I can tell you that on mine it ends up with the ball being exactly mid-shin height... guess how I know. Joking aside, the absolute lowest point on the neck is 180mm off the floor, with the wheel centre to top arch being 380. That's on an L&K diesel estate.

Yeah, the seat embossing and wing emblems are a big clue, and they're usually missing from the 'Elegance + L&K pack' cars. Here's an example just to demonstrate what I've been seeing; https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202005089227389 Whereas this one is what I would call a straight L&K; https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002127244618 But they're both called Elegance + L&K...

Ah ok, now I follow. That means the Elegance + L&K packs that I've been seeing for sale are definitely wrongly labelled. Many thanks for sticking with this one, I genuinely couldn't see the wood for the trees.

Yep, did that one too, and the search engine! It's pretty much the same as what I was seeing on Auto Trader, Ebay, Gumtree etc. Lots of references to L&K, but no real confirmation whether an Elegance + L&K is a real thing, and if it does what it includes. The threads do cover one theory that Elegance + luxury pack = L&K (from Skoda Ireland), but that doesn't tie in with the cars that are advertised as Elegance + L&K, and show no sign of actual L&K kit.

Not really, that's where I started. It doesn't say what is in the 'pack', it just talks about Elegance and L&K.

When I was shopping for my Superb, I was particularly interested in an estate L&K. Thankfully I found one, so this post already starts with a happy ending! But while I was shopping, I found dozens of cars that were described as Elegance with L&K luxury pack. And I could never find what it meant by luxury pack. The closest I got (on here) is that L&K cars start out as Elegance, then get the luxury pack added. Which is fair enough, from a manufacturing point of view that makes sense. The cars I was seeing though, had no sign of any L&K 'pack'. For my car, I have signatures on the wings, inlays in the seats, plates on the doors, even the sills refer to L&K. None of this appear in the 'Elegance L&K pack' cars that I was seeing. Was there a car that was listed as an Elegance + L&K pack, but doesn't have the expected livery? If so, what was the contents of the L&K pack if you don't get the seats, dash, steering wheel, etc. I've put this in the mark 2 section because I was primarily looking at mark 2 cars. Maybe this 'pack' thing applied to the mark 1?

I can't find anything in the service history report I got from the seller, so I guess it's yet another thing I need to get from the dealer. I've got an outstanding recall that looks like it's an indicator fix, once the world stops turning to p00p I'll get it booked in and get a full history.

Thanks for the link, I've just checked my car and it looks like it's been done. It doesn't seem to have issues, is there anything I should look out for? I won't notice a drop in power as I wouldn't know what it would have been like before.