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cobs

Joined: 12 Jun 2008
Location: North Yorkshire
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2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Manual Cairns Blue

Outside air temperature

On an 2007 XS is it possible to display the outside air temperature on the instrument display. Pesumably the vehicle knows from the ambient air temperature sensor for the air con what the temperature is and I believe the instrument display panel is from either the new Disco 3 or Feelander, both of which presumably display the outside temperature somewhere.

8th Nov 2008 11:02pm

mse

Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Manual Java Black

The Freelander I have (F2) displays Avg Speed, Range, MPG, Trip, key information (washer low) and maybe something else on the instrument display - but i assume all this is controlled by the BCU anyway so would the OAT - which is displayed on the central display.
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9th Nov 2008 5:10pm

ben_j85jty

Joined: 02 Sep 2008
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2002 Defender 110 Td5 XS DCPU Manual Bonatti Grey

Croytec anre now doing an add on for your radio which will allow it to show the OAT vai, i believe, the ariel.

Its in LRW this month, and is abour £90
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10th Nov 2008 1:48pm

mse

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i was wrong - top right ext temp on the central clock - its amazing you look at something over and over!
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10th Nov 2008 3:39pm

Grockle

Joined: 24 Nov 2008
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2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Manual Tonga Green

Mike,where's the outside air temp on the TDCI
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25th Nov 2008 3:03pm

mse

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Grockle wrote:
Mike,where's the outside air temp on the TDCI

Dont know - i was talking about our f2
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25th Nov 2008 3:24pm

Grockle

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oops, didn't think I'd missed it.
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25th Nov 2008 5:02pm

yaho

Joined: 26 Nov 2008
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2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Manual Bonatti Grey

Has anyone composed OAT display neatly into the new dash?
It getting colder here and I am looking for the way to know if it is below or above zero and how much.

Cheers!
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26th Nov 2008 11:26am

mrwoo

Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Cheshire
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2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Manual Zambezi Silver

I haven't yet but I used to use one of these on my old Land Rover, I might get one for my TDCi:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...;U=strat15

26th Nov 2008 2:37pm

cobs

Joined: 12 Jun 2008
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maplin display looks good value and croytec radio display is interesting though expensive however i think all the 'bits' (OAT sensor and display) are already on the vehicle - if only I knew where the wires went..........

27th Nov 2008 9:12pm

Ads90

Joined: 16 Jun 2008
Location: Cots-on-the-Wolds
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2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Manual Keswick Green

cobs wrote:
maplin display looks good value and croytec radio display is interesting though expensive however i think all the 'bits' (OAT sensor and display) are already on the vehicle - if only I knew where the wires went..........

The sensors already are, there's loads of info there to tap into (you can use a scangauge - http://www.scangauge.com/ to access it from the OBDII port).
If the bits of the binnacle that display info on the FL are still there (not removed for the Defender?) then it would be great to link it back up..?

28th Nov 2008 9:23am

Grockle

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Ads90,if the facilty for it to be powerd up is their let us know mate.
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28th Nov 2008 4:43pm

Ads90

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I would/will do, but I'm not an expert on the electronics (or any other part for that matter) - all I know is all I've said I'm afraid!
I was rather hoping someone else would answer that for us! Confused

I'm tempted by the scangauge, just not sure where I'd put it - I like to keep the dash uncluttered (I'm a bit OCD like that!). So would be great if the instrument panel could be put to more use...
Having said all that, we know the buttons on the front are 'fakes', so it may well be that all the necessary parts have been deleted. Sad

29th Nov 2008 9:44am

mse

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Ads90 wrote:
I would/will do, but I'm not an expert on the electronics (or any other part for that matter) - all I know is all I've said I'm afraid!
I was rather hoping someone else would answer that for us!

I'm tempted by the scangauge, just not sure where I'd put it - I like to keep the dash uncluttered (I'm a bit OCD like that!). So would be great if the instrument panel could be put to more use...
Having said all that, we know the buttons on the front are 'fakes', so it may well be that all the necessary parts have been deleted.

What buttons??all mine work.

I would suggest/suspect the central screen you are talking about is not there - if your lucky not connected, but then to connect it (been a long time since ive done anything LCD related) you would need to power it, some sort of control module for it and then the input. I doubt it would know how to display any input without some form of chip - which may be there as part of the instrument control unit, but likely part of the F2's BCU equiv.
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29th Nov 2008 10:18am

cobs

Joined: 12 Jun 2008
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Well I had a look at a mate's Discovery today and this is where the outside temp is displayed:

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The display pod looks identical to the Defender's apart from a different speedo (130mph vs 110) - maybe the Freelander's is the same - this is the Defender pod:

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Looking at the back of the instrument pod it seems there is a single connector so I would guess that the instrument pods are standard units - without disconnecting it and taking it apart however I can't say if the lcd display is in there but just not used - the only clue seems to be that in the handbook it says that in the Gulf States this lcd is used for an overspeed warning indicator - this is the connector for the Defender pod:

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I haven't located the OAT sensor yet but suspect someone will know where it is - this project may have to wait for warmer weather.........

29th Nov 2008 6:20pm

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