Member Since: 27 Feb 2020
Location: Somerset
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FCDIM (screen) replacement - is flashing your VIN required?
Hello.
I have just replaced my front screen which is a 2014 with a new(er) one which happens to be from a 2016.
When I connected the battery the Land Rover logo came on and then went out and nothing else after that. As in not working.
Scanned and says instruments and BCM both lost control with the FCDIM-Front Control but the unit is seen on an ECU scan.
So, does the new unit need flashing to have my VIN or is that not needed and it is broken?
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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
13th Jan 2021 8:08 pm
RATA1
Member Since: 27 Feb 2020
Location: Somerset
Posts: 353
Put my old screen back in and it came to life straight away so didn't blow any fuses so must be something it doesn't like in the unit.
I put in a new IAM from a different donor vehicle (2016 as well) and that works fine with the updated maps, ECO routes, the previous owner's two iPhones paired and their home address showing on the screen. Now removed.
Just don't want to bother Pat if it isn't a FastLane service I need for the FCDIM. Or send it back if it isn't faulty.
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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
14th Jan 2021 9:35 am
Famousfive
Member Since: 12 Aug 2014
Location: Southampton
Posts: 1832
Shouldn't need flashing - I've swapped a lot of head units in and out 2016 with 2013 etc and all has been fine - maybe faulty head unit or hard reset required ?
Member Since: 27 Feb 2020
Location: Somerset
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Hello,
No errors related to the screen - only that I forgot to plug the other cable in on the back of the clock
I'll check tomorrow but I think it is a DOA.
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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
14th Jan 2021 11:22 am
SteveNorman
Member Since: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1146
I too have swapped head units and screens between earlier and later models, so I suspect a problem with the unit
17th Jan 2021 10:48 am
RATA1
Member Since: 27 Feb 2020
Location: Somerset
Posts: 353
Cool.
Mine is a 2014 - so an EH screen.
I replaced it with a GH and it didn't work. Only the "junction view" displayed when pressing the button. Then I couldn't exit as nothing worked (touchscreen "back" or any hard buttons).
The GH is 2016 with the fancy new layout.
Do you remember specifically what you replaced with what?
Interestingly, the 2016 IAM 2.1 works a treat.
Put it all back together now, but if someone confirms a GH works in an 2014 or earlier I'll try again.
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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
17th Jan 2021 11:35 am
SteveNorman
Member Since: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1146
I’ll check
17th Jan 2021 2:09 pm
SteveNorman
Member Since: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1146
I have tried an FA (2015)chassis head unit in an EA (2014) & vice versa if that helps, all worked ok
18th Jan 2021 4:39 pm
RATA1
Member Since: 27 Feb 2020
Location: Somerset
Posts: 353
Thanks Steve.
I think the 2015 is the same layout as the 2014 EA and earlier isn't? The GA is the 2016 with the fancy new layout which is what I am after.
I checked the VIN it came out of as I did an ECU scan and it was a Disco 2016 it came out of. No info on whether this was a basic or high model but I don't think that should matter.
Could well have been faulty if FamousFive remembers getting one working or damaged in transit.
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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
18th Jan 2021 5:19 pm
SteveNorman
Member Since: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1146
FA onwards is the newer type. AFAIK, As the display layout was totally different between the two I had tried.
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