timwood2000

Thanks for your help, and sarcasm. Maybe I should spend more time on this forum. Like you.

Have read all of the aux heater threads and mine smokes like a chimney when cold, certainly getting people to stop me and tell me that I'm on fire! Seems from the threads that I need a new glow plug - if so, is this a big job? Anyone know what kind of bill I might be looking at from a Ford dealer? Also, if it's not the glow plug, any other ideas? It's a 1.9tdi 115 2003 with 39k by the way Cheers

They don't look like regular screens and headrests to me - maybe for the new Galaxy just out?

I agree - I saw one at the dealership - those so called fold flat seats are hopeless - firstly, they don't fold flat into the floor, but sit above it, so if you like only two seats in the middle row, there is still the middle seat folded but protruding from the floor. Also, I have the middle row seats anchored in the inner position as opposed to the outer slots next to the door - you can't do this in the new one. All in all, I prefer the hassle of removing them, to this bad attempt at a fold flat system. Otherwise, the overhead storge seems a waste of time. The silver dash look just looks cheap. Not convinced. And, it is now a Ford, not a VW with a Ford badge. I think it is going to be worth waiting to see what the new Sharan looks like.

Could be either (1) you do not have the radio on in the front - seems to be connected to the DVD for power, so make sure it is on (2) use the remote rather than the button on the DVD casing - this usually does it for me and (3) make sure you select DVD at the on screen menu instead of AUX Hope this helps Tim

Are cordless headphones compatible with the factory fit DVD player - if so, is it simply a question of putting the transmitter into the headphone sockets. Presumably, charging the headsets needs to be done indoors. Any ideas how long a charge usually lasts for? And, if the answer is yes, any recommendations for a make of cordless headphones? Cheers

Love the wheels - do they affect the ride quality a lot - I already find my 16" Ghia wheels a bit harsh, will I notice a lot harsher ride with those 18" on? Thanks

Why does the climate control automatically switch off the a/c when the outside temperature drop below 5 degrees? This is just when you need it to stop the windows misting up. I have had loads of cars with climate control that didn't do this.

The shop is Dynamic Sounds, 308 Walworth Road, London SE17 2NA, tel 0207 252 6061. They are about 2 mins south of the Elephant & Castle.

Davetheref: In short, not sure, as the car stereo shop did it all. Originally, I only had the factory fit DVD system. To that I added a regular TV tuner (which includes a FM Modulator sot hat you can hear the sound thru' the car speakers). The aerial is nothing special and is stuck to one of the rear windows. As you will find with any regular TV tuner, reception is pretty poor at the best of times, and non existent on the move. When I upgraded recently, I added a Pioneer DVD head unit with 6.5" screen and at the same time, removed the old TV Tuner and replaced it with the Freeview box, which is a normal Panasonic Freeview box (see Argos) that the stereo shop adapted. The result is far superior, good picture (most of the time) and also at slow speeds in traffic etc. plus of course all the extra channels. So to answer the question, I don't know what is needed to adapt the freeview box for car use, but I do know that it worked out much much cheaper than buying a Freeview car tv tuner which seem to go for

Matt Thanks for your help - in answer to your question about Sky/Freeview, yes, I get all the channels that are available thru' Freeview, which includes Sky News and oneof the Sky Sports channels (Eurosport I think). Cheers

Kids have finally ruined the standard wired headsets that came with the factory fit DVD player. Would like to replace them with infrared, but not sure how this works as most seem to need a seperate power supply - any suggestions would be great. Otherwise, does anyone know where to get wired headsets with the 'long' cable on them - I can only find stanrd 1.2m lengths at the moment. Cheers

Wheezer: the low sound level on the iPod could be for two possible reasons 1) Have you checked that the volume on the iPOD itself is turned up high? 2) Don't know what head unit you have, but some have a facility to adjust the standard volume level. On my Pioneer, I have done this and it comes out the same as the radio, Cd etc. VR6Galaxy: For your front screen, I used a 'stick on' rear view mirror on the rear window - this reflected the picture off the headrest screens and you could then see the picture on the rear view mirror on the front windscreen. A bit basic, but not bad for

Spark The Freeview box is a domestic box - a Panasonic, and the ICE shop have adapted the power supply for car use. It sits nicely on a shelf they built under the glove box in the passenger seat footwell area. I used the same ariel as I had for the regular TV tuner as I was told it wouldn't make much difference - it is stuck to the rear side window. The cost was about