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Contacted the trader and he said I need to check the warranty. Warranty covers up to £500 of stereo repairs, which we know isn't going to cover the cost of replacing it for another ml unit. When I mentioned that I would take it out and try and repair it, he said he knows someone that repairs them and will contact them Monday morning (assume he means auto electrician). I don't mind loosing nav functionality if I replace the head unit as I tend to use my phone anyway as the maps are way more up to date. How integrated is the head unit to the rest of the display? What functionality would I lose? I've seen head units on sale on eBay but most seem to be from left hand drive cars in the US or Latvia. Costs are between £200 and £400.

I did buy it from a trader so I'll get on touch with them about it. Doubt it will be covered by any warranty I have left though.

Great. Well before I cut my losses and buy a new head unit, guess I'll have to rip it out and test everything I can before throwing it in the bin. Good job I have a week off work soon to spend time on it. Can you recommend a decent double din head unit to replace the one in the car? I'm assuming that the amp will work with other head units? Will I need a cable adapter though for steering wheel controls. Will the rear screen still work with other head units too? Be a shame to lose that as the kids love it on long journeys.

I've recently bought a fully loaded 57 plate LS 460 LWB with 79k miles on the clock and i love it but it's got an annoying habit with the stereo. Sometimes the stereo will turn itself off or on and auto eject a DVD if you go over a bump in the road. Doesn't have to be a big bump but it's happening a few times a day now. I've done some searches on youtube but couldn't see anything come back from the search. The nav screen stays on but the stereo just turns off (if it's currently on) or turns on (if it's currently off). The power / volume button also stops working for about 20 - 30 seconds and then everything goes back to normal. Is this a known issue? It's a Mark Levison equipped car, if that helps. Thanks in advance