Hi All,

 

Wondered if anyone can help me with this query please? When I purchased my car a couple of months ago I had the Kenwood DAB stereo installed (by the main dealer). When I increase / decrease the temperature controls it shows exactly the same reading for both passenger side and driver's side, even when clearly there is a difference in temperature. I know that the climate control in the car itself is working because if I set the driver's side to 24C and the passenger side to 16C they are both working correctly. However, the Kenwood display only shows the driver's side temperature of 24C for both sides, which is not correct as it should show 16C for the left side.

 

Does anyone know if this is a design fault on the Kenwood unit or is it a wiring issue when installed? Or is it likely to be a faulty unit?

 

Thanks.

Hi Lombardy

I've just had one fitted to my Yeti and after reading your comment I checked it out last night. Same thing - the temperature displayed is the same for both sides and in fact mine won't respond to the dial being turned on the passenger side - ie on the Kenwood display but the heating system itself works and I could never see the point of dual zone heating anyway so I'm not too fussed.

It is probably one of the few functions you loose in exchange for the many benefits but let's see if anyone else can help.

Enjoy your superb Kenwood

Frogman

There is a recent discussion about this in the Octavia II forum. It's a known issue but can be resolved by Kenwood, who can supply an updated 'black box' of some sort, that sits behind the dash already but the updated version makes the dual-zone climate control display properly...

 

...although in my case it hasn't worked, so Kenwood are sending a brand new headunit, in case that's the problem.

 

It has worked first time for others though, so the solution does seem to exist.