Hello there,
I recently got myself the current (2003) Punto 1.3 JTD Active, which is quite fun
As the car was sold with the radio-installation only (6 speakers plus cabling), I actually wanted to use one of the original radios manufactured by Blaupunkt for Fiat.
Therefore I acquired the cd/mp3 player by Blaupunkt on eBay for a good price.
When I went to the Fiat dealer in order to fetch my car, they asked me if I had any radio to be installed, which is why I gave them the radio I bought on eBay.
The sales agent said "Oh, It's the cd/mp3 version; I figure this might not work," yet she went to the tech-guys who tried to install it anyway.
After a few minutes she came back, telling me it did fit in yet it didn't work and a LED near the odometer had lit upon the installation of the radio.
According to the technicians this was due to some incompatibility between the radio and the electronic equipment of the Punto.
I was also told that each Blaupunkt/Fiat radio was coded so as to work in the exact car it was initially installed in only. The eBay seller I got the radio from told me he got the radio from a Punto Sound.
The only option I have would be to use the cassette-only radio by Blaupunkt or any other cd/mp3 player.
Meanwhile I installed another radio (Grundig) which does not look quite as nice as the original cd/mp3 player would.
My questions thus are:
Is it true that I cannot use the Blaupunkt cd/mp3 player in a Punto Active under any circumstances?
If not, how can I circumvent the problem that appeared at the dealer's?
(Should it be of any help, the car was bought and is running in Germany; dunno if Fiat produces somewhat different cars here.)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Christian
I recently got myself the current (2003) Punto 1.3 JTD Active, which is quite fun
As the car was sold with the radio-installation only (6 speakers plus cabling), I actually wanted to use one of the original radios manufactured by Blaupunkt for Fiat.
Therefore I acquired the cd/mp3 player by Blaupunkt on eBay for a good price.
When I went to the Fiat dealer in order to fetch my car, they asked me if I had any radio to be installed, which is why I gave them the radio I bought on eBay.
The sales agent said "Oh, It's the cd/mp3 version; I figure this might not work," yet she went to the tech-guys who tried to install it anyway.
After a few minutes she came back, telling me it did fit in yet it didn't work and a LED near the odometer had lit upon the installation of the radio.
According to the technicians this was due to some incompatibility between the radio and the electronic equipment of the Punto.
I was also told that each Blaupunkt/Fiat radio was coded so as to work in the exact car it was initially installed in only. The eBay seller I got the radio from told me he got the radio from a Punto Sound.
The only option I have would be to use the cassette-only radio by Blaupunkt or any other cd/mp3 player.
Meanwhile I installed another radio (Grundig) which does not look quite as nice as the original cd/mp3 player would.
My questions thus are:
Is it true that I cannot use the Blaupunkt cd/mp3 player in a Punto Active under any circumstances?
If not, how can I circumvent the problem that appeared at the dealer's?
(Should it be of any help, the car was bought and is running in Germany; dunno if Fiat produces somewhat different cars here.)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Christian