M21ENO wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 5:08 pm
Thx RSPN.
I dug out the invoice. £370 in Oct 2019 for a strip down, diagnosis of motor not working and replaced with new vent assembly (dated Sept 2019). Fixed by a non-Jaguar place local to the Infinti dealer in Preston I bought it from. So I decided it would be a good Sunday afternoon time-filler to take it apart. I justified it to myself as maybe I would stop this motor burning out with a liberal dose of silicone spray on whatever was sticky. (Wow, it's truly plastic-fantastic in there. More plastic fiddly easy to lose bits than an Airfix kit.) It sounded and felt incredibly stiff. Sadly silicone spray didn't seem to achieve much. So stripped out the spindle and gave it a little sand. Probably needs more. Seemed to hold together - and move marginally better - if I left the end caps off the spindle. Doesn't seem like it would work loose. We'll see. Just glad to get it all back together and working.
I see the wiring is there for the central dash located speaker - even though my 2013 car has the most basic stereo without even a left / right balance. Seems like it needs a 10cm diameter and 4cm deep speaker. Has anyone discovered whether you can just get a suitably sized speaker and plug it in to "improve the sound system"? You can but hope!! I guess I could stick a multi-meter in the cable plug and see if the reading changes with the stereo on and off. Anyone been down that route before?
Considering the centre vent assembly on your car was replaced with a new one in Sept/Oct 2019 it shouldn’t have recently failed, irrespective of whether or not it was fitted by a main dealer. Could be worth taking that up with the Jaguar Customer Experience Centre
https://www.jaguar.co.uk/contact-us/index.html
As well as you sanding the centre vent mechanism shaft/spindle pivoting points, did you lubricate them? (I used silicone grease for this). Also, did you remove the hinge pins (see pic) and do the same? When sanding the pins you have to be careful not to sand the arrow shaped ends as they stop the pins from working loose.
On reassembly, the 4 locks on the shaft/spindle (2 at each end - inner and outer) should be carefully refitted into the locked position (see pic) as they keep the shaft/spindle in place (ensuring correct alignment with the motor) and prevent excess movement.
With regards to the surround sound speaker, my Jaguar sound system also doesn’t have this (although the fitment is there for it). Cars which have the Surround Sound System (Meridian High Premium) include the speaker. The thought about fitting one did go through my mind but I haven’t done this and don’t think I’ll bother after seeing the previous comment....
Jaguandy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:53 pm
I have my doubts if you will get any sound out of it just by plugging one in with your basic system. Also be warned, it sounds bright and coloured and I don't use mine, I prefer the stereo setting rather than surround which brings in that speaker. I'd forget it if I were you.
Also, reading through some info on the Jaguar XF forums on upgrading the audio system, it looks like as well as fitting the surround sound speaker, an additional amp is required and some software changes are needed to activate the surround sound functions. Changes to the CCF (car configuration file) are needed.
For reference, the Jaguar F-Type part number for the surround sound speaker (located underneath the centre vent speaker cover) is C2Z22817 and it’s priced at £67.03 inc VAT. This is the link for it - see item number 12. The additional amplifier is shown as item number 8.....
https://parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.co ... nd/jaguar/
These are the links from the Jaguar XF forums which include:
"It can be done, has been done a number of times now. However it's not just a case of adding the speakers and the amp, some software changes are needed to activate the surround sound functions. Changes to the CCF (car configuration file) are needed."
2012 XF S Audio upgrade??
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xf-x ... de-181627/
and.....
"The XF base audio cars are actually pre-wired for the Surround system, except for the center dash speaker......."
2011MY XF - 2008-2011 B&W Surround Retrofit from Base audio
https://www.jaginfo.org/threads/2008-20 ... dio.76761/