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I would expect a tech savvy person such as yourself to be familiar with eBay.
Come on Phil, you're so much better at searching than the rest of us. I see rusted out ones/for parts only for sub 100$.
As far as the fan direction goes - it doesn't necessarily mean that it's a design issue. The cooling could be designed to blow air in. The fact that it doesn't have a filter though is definitely an issue. Next time I have the trunk apart I will drill out the hole and install a larger fan with a dust filter. We should do some temp tests with air blowing in and out, to know for sure.
Temperature wise - some components run hot without issues. Without checking the datasheet for the specific components it's hard to say if it's out of spec or not.
I would expect its more about chips getting too hot unsoldering themselves from the circuit board
its a HP laptop speciality - no BS if your laptop cuts out take the back off and "reflow" the chip solder with a blow torch to melt it back on - it works I've done it - its great as then can claim you abused it not they designed it with this feature
until someone attempts to flash the genesis amp with Merc software we'll never know
the fact something happens and you get noise suggest its mostly compatible -
does the radio work correctly ?
I like to understand why anyone thinks the genesis amp would be any more reliable ?
It’s not more reliable but it’s cheaper and when the components are the same why not give it a try?
i can’t flash software, but I would try it. 100usd is not that much for a try
but a recent post describes some odd interaction where it some movement of vol is possible in certain conditions - not when driving
from MKnightMD Here is what I have noticed. I can increase the volume by turning it up, turning off the audio, and restarting it. That is the way I have done it. Haven't really noted any issues with Nav and such, so you are correct in that there is some adjustability. There is just no on-demand real time volume control with the OEM knob as we are accustomed to with the OEM amp.
Just spent $1600 on a new amp from MB. And it wasn't even new, as only "reman" amps are available now, with the -80 at the end of the part number. What happens when MB stops supplying reman units? I'd buy another as a shelf spare, but at 1600 bucks no thank you.
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Any MOST setup can go down if ANY device on the network gives up
So if you have Sat Radio, DAB or TV you can loop them out and see where u r
The Amps die, its a fact but its not the only bug
The harddrive in the Comand dies, especially on the later NTG3.5 setup (that's std failure mode)
A replacement or repaired amp could be made dead, sold second-hand dead (highly likely as they all die) or fail on first start up
A dead amp in its designed in normal failure mode, allows the MOST to function and the Comand unit to toggle all features and all modules - but on LM, MW, or FM the radio station numbers / text is missing (but all other background display is normal) and there is ZERO sound anywhere from any module or feature (but it can fail on / off for 6 months before stopping permanently)
Any MOST setup can go down if ANY device on the network gives up
So if you have Sat Radio, DAB or TV you can loop them out and see where u r
The Amps die, its a fact but its not the only bug
The harddrive in the Comand dies, especially on the later NTG3.5 setup (that's std failure mode)
A replacement or repaired amp could be made dead, sold second-hand dead (highly likely as they all die) or fail on first start up
A dead amp in its designed in normal failure mode, allows the MOST to function and the Comand unit to toggle all features and all modules - but on LM, MW, or FM the radio station numbers / text is missing (but all other background display is normal) and there is ZERO sound anywhere from any module or feature (but it can fail on / off for 6 months before stopping permanently)
No sound error disc, no fm channels.
I even bought a new TV module. Nothing. Kookiemuncher said buy a Hyundai amp. It's plug and play. This is a lie! It won't work!
I just bought the amp from a 2010 Genisis, Confirmed it does play audio on aux however I have noticed I can turn the volume down if I Turn volume down > Press Mute > Unmute = Volume Will turn down.
Same process for volume up… HOWEVER it will not turn up all the way it only turns up to about 70% . When you press mute it will turn up all the way briefly before muting so you can hear the clear difference I will try to post a video for you guys .
I want to figure out this volume control so bad. If possible even just add a volume knob directly to the amp . I’m trying to figure out if volume is controlled by the fiber optic lines or via the pin out on one of the connectors going into the amp. Please don’t let this thread die or what’s so much potential to save all w221 owners money.
Guys I take my words back! HYUNDAI AMP WORKS. Volume issues like everyone mentioned regarding volume control. But hey at least I now know my original amp is bad.
I just bought the amp from a 2010 Genisis, Confirmed it does play audio on aux however I have noticed I can turn the volume down if I Turn volume down > Press Mute > Unmute = Volume Will turn down.
Same process for volume up… HOWEVER it will not turn up all the way it only turns up to about 70% . When you press mute it will turn up all the way briefly before muting so you can hear the clear difference I will try to post a video for you guys .
I want to figure out this volume control so bad. If possible even just add a volume knob directly to the amp . I’m trying to figure out if volume is controlled by the fiber optic lines or via the pin out on one of the connectors going into the amp. Please don’t let this thread die or what’s so much potential to save all w221 owners money.
I'm having the same issues. I did notice my fan on the Hyundai AMP doesn't seem to be turning on. Does yours turn on?
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