The XF screen is plug and play on 2012+ X150. Your signature says your car is 2014 so your original screen or the XF screen should work with Mr12Volt.

 

My Vgate arrived today and connected to Car Scanner straight away 🙌

The other app crashed on startup but looks pretty nifty, so might give it another go (full reinstall)

that’s great info - thanks. Brilliant idea on the alert and handy info on the warning light temp. Rather warm day here today and mine was fluctuating between 90-96c, getting warmest at standstill - which stands to reason. I was thinking that might be quite high, and if the fluctuation was something to keep an eye on, but looks like I have a bit of room to play

Mines at 65k, and don’t think I’ve had a waterpump. Only had her a week, but I think it’s good thinking to plan a coolant overhaul in the near future. Pedestrian sensors next (quelle surprise).

Location: UK
Jaguar XK 5.0 Portfolio 2012

 

In my opinion, get the water pump now…

 

Have installed the unit today. Not that tough if you have any common sense about electronics/have done DIY in the past.

Must say I'm impressed with how smooth the screen is.

Though I think I screwed up one of the ribbons. The colours are off when using car's built in system. Anyone knows which one it could be?

https://i.imgur.com/qx243ga.jpeg

Thanks

 

I had a go at installing the Mr12volt P2000 for my 2013 XKR without any success. Not entirely sure where I'm going wrong as I followed the youtube video as if my life depended on it (thankfully that wasn't the case.......). After install, when I power up, I get the Jaguar logo boot screen, then after 15-20 seconds, the screen goes black. There's power to the P2000 as the red light is on and it starts to get warm.

I've read of people seeing a white screen, or funny colors, but not anyone who just sees....nothing, so I've clearly excelled myself here.

Did anyone encounter this at any point? I've gone back and re-done the whole thing 3 times and same result. I've set everything back to factory for now (works just fine). I'm intimately familiar by now with how the ribbon fasteners work and where all the connectors go, I took photos and labelled all the connectors when I started so I'm confident I have the optical cables going in the right places (although I have tried swapping them about just for the hell of it, but same result.) There isn't really any scope for experimentation with the other connectors as they just go...the only place they can go.
There are differences between what I see in my car and the car in the youtube guide, I assume the car in the tutorial is an older model? but all the cables that need to be connected to the P2000 are all present and correct and I am assuming that if my car doesn't have that beige plastic connector in the first place, then I don't need it for this to work. Also the blue plastic connector in my head unit goes directly into the blue socket and not into a black cable. I also don't have the loose black rectangular thingy that the car in the video has plugged into a white socket.

Anyway, I'm stumped and I have reached out to Mr12volt support, I'll see what they say.
Just wanted to check in to see if anyone else had the black screen at any point and what the remedy was.

If I ever get it working, it'll no doubt be down to a stupid oversight on my behalf.

 

@rowlands I think there's some room for error when hooking up the central unit and P2000 to the center console, this was the hardest part of the install for me.

Can't remember exactly after 10 months now but a couple of those connectors can indeed be hooked up to other sockets than intended. First time around I also forgot to plug in the front (the physical buttons) connector so there's that to watch for.

 

I don't know if a 2011 XKR has the same wiring set up as a 2013 XKR but I can't see why they would be different? I think if you are missing connectors or thinking that they don't need to be used then that is most likely the issue.
Hopefully Mr12Volt can be some help, the only part I found a little confusing was the bypass connection in the rear of the car as in the video it was a bit quick but after stopping and starting the video it became clearer.

 

@SpursMadDave , @Brachacz

Thanks for the comments, I'll no doubt give it another go when I get some time and digested anything mr12volt support can offer.

Here are 2 stills from the mr12volt video that shows parts that do not appear to be present in my car. They certainly weren't plugged in to the head unit when I pulled it out. Maybe they're buried somewhere behind the dash for a rainy day, but as neither of these plug into any mr12volt cables, or are needed for the unit to work with native functionality, I can't see their absence being a problem, but I could be wrong of course.

Don't have this beige plug



Don't have this black rectangle box thing, nor is the socket/cable it plugs into wired in my head unit. Also the blue connector you can see here is plugged directly into the blue socket on my head unit, not into a black cable as in this photo.



Another screengrab below. Neither of the cables you can see here are wired on my car. I have the optical socket coming out of the motherboard of course, but neither of those cables are present.




Maybe a previous owner had some adventures in head unit cabling that I'm not aware of and has left my system functional but unable to be upgraded in this way, but as I say the unit works fine with the jag features, including USB, 'ipod' (using Invery) and Bluetooth.

 

I can't really help as it is a fairly long time since I did mine, but I found Mr 12v excellent with help and advice. Hope you get it sorted out

 

I have a spare original display screen (that works) and the working Mr 12 Volt upgraded display in my car. Having a second screen can help for testing by checking if the symptom is connected to the screen or to the Mr 12 Volt upgrade board. PM me if I can help you.

 

@rowlands
I have been in similar situations and often the solution is the obvious than the complex.
Are you watching the right video? The only cable out should be the one installed with mr12v. The other one on that pic with the white plug and blk/red wires seems power to something non oem
That beige plug goes to the bottom (right) unit of the stack. It should be there, I think it connects the ac controls to the screen.
Have you bypassed the usb module in the trunk? Fit wasn’t the easiest but you said you still have sound from the Ivery, meaning usb is still in the loop.
Do you have sound from the fm radio, even on black screen? You can use the steering wheel controls and the dash screen for selecting. If you do, then it’s the front ribbon (I also did it 3 times and it was the ribbon). If not check the optical orange loop plugs again. Easy to mismatch.
Good Luck and let us know…

 

I broke one of the tabs on the ribbon cable connector for the screen, so now I’m deciding whether to throw good money after bad on a replacement screen or just settle for the Tesla-style solution. Looks like prices have gone up on screens, unless they can be found someplace other than EBay.

 

Phew, I found a screen from an ‘09 XF for $100 and sure enough, it works! I just re-installed Mr12Volt and it was smooth sailing!!! The new screen doesn’t seem quite as bright, even with the brightness all the way up.

So now I’m debating if I want to open everything up again and just swap the motherboards to resolve the broken connector. My only pause is it appears the splash screen on the “09 screen is different than my original screen. I don’t want to have to flash anything.

 

Congrats. And Interesting. Keep us posted!

 

Did you get this sorted?

 

Yeah, sorry for not closing the loop mate. Yes, reinstalled everything and am quite pleased with the result. I actually think it’s cool to have CarPlay on such a small screen.

 

Hi all a couple of queries re Mr12volt:

I find I cant get out of the settings menu back to the main Android Auto screen. There is a back button but that area of the screen is unresponsive. So I have to leave the system to power down, and then it reverts back to the AA home screen and works as normal. Anyone else experienced this?

Secondly I can find the connection via Bluetooth into Android Auto sometimes refuses to connect and other times it's fine first time.

At the moment my head unit is out because the screen has failed. I initially thought water or fluid damage due to a blue coating over some components on the Jaguar motherboards, but it seems to be factory done. So I've bought an XF unit dated within 9 months of mine and hope to have Mr12volt transplanted. Thanks all for the helpful advice in this thread.

 

XF screens are virtually identical and can be sourced on Ebay for around £20/$30. Why XK/R screens cost 20x more I don't know? I just swapped my failed XKR April 2010 screen for a July 09 XF screen unit and the internal boards are the same. I recognise software may differ, but advice I read was to source a unit dated as close to your original unit as possible. It was literally 45 minutes to transplant Mr12Volt and everything worked as soon as plugged in.

So far Mr12Volt has worked well and retains the factory look.

 

5.0 onward XK touchscreens interchange with 5.0 XF touchscreens. that's not the case with 4.2 liter. They are not interchangeable with 5.0 liter screens.

 

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