Radio not working

[Alan W]

My radio keeps failing. On start up I get the following message, U disk read failure.

 

[kutts]

Hi. Do you have a usb drive inserted?
If so , try removing it .

 

[Gadget Geek]

There are a few threads about this. Disconnect the 12 volt battery for 10 minutes and that should cure it. It worked for mine last week.

 

[Inexorabilis]

There are a few threads about this. Disconnect the 12 volt battery for 10 minutes and that should cure it. It worked for mine last week.

This is how I fixed my radio and the U Disk Identity failure issue.

Note that you only need to remove the Negative - clamp (mine was coloured blue) on the 12v - you can do that with a small spanner. You dont need to touch the Positive + one.

 

[Bobcat]

This is how I fixed my radio and the U Disk Identity failure issue.

Note that you only need to remove the Negative - clamp (mine was coloured blue) on the 12v - you can do that with a small spanner. You dont need to touch the Positive + one.

I'm having similar problems since I went to Coventry.
Can someone advise where to find the 12v battery?
Also, does the infotainment system require a PIN when it restarts after this process?

 

[hmadsen]

I'm having similar problems since I went to Coventry.
Can someone advise where to find the 12v battery?
Also, does the infotainment system require a PIN when it restarts after this process?

Battery is easy.

Open the bonnet, look in the right side of the engine compartment, can't miss it.

No, the radio needs no code, this is something that was used in "the old days" when radio's were all DIN sized and could easily be stolen.

Nowadays the infotainment computer is fitted under the dash and usually coded into the car, so even if someone stole it, it would not work in another unit.

They claim the reason they "lock" each unit to a specific car is to prevent theft, but in reality they do it to prevent someone with a defective infotainment ECU from going to the scrappers and just getting one from a wrecked car.

This way, your only option is to buy a new one and have it fitted by them...The used units can not be reset, they claim....Of course to prevent thieves from resetting them and selling them on the black market.....But again, obviously because they want to sell a new unit, rather than recode a used one.

 

[Bobcat]

Thanks @hmadsen I will give it a go.
I definitely recall certain olden days when the MG-A and MG-B first roamed the land and computers were too big to go in a car!

 

[fred12345]

I'm having similar problems since I went to Coventry.
Can someone advise where to find the 12v battery?
Also, does the infotainment system require a PIN when it restarts after this process?

First, turn the car on and try holding the home button for 10-15 seconds, that should restrat the screen, see if that makes it work.

 

[Bobcat]

First, turn the car on and try holding the home button for 10-15 seconds, that should restrat the screen, see if that makes it work.

Thanks, I did try that after reading on the forum but no joy.