Peugeot Partner stereo head unit

[sven]

Hope it is OK to ask here, as I bought a 2013 Partner electrique in addition to the old BerlingoHDI.

On the new car the head unit has been changed to a Pioneer DAB unit by a previous owner, which is works great for playing music, but not so great for original car functions.

So I would like to change back, can I fit a similar head unit from another van and everything will work, or do I need to get hold om Lexia/diagbox to programme it?

And will the bluetooth unit work as well? I would really like to have the mypeugeot app working and communicating with my phone. (Norway is cold in the winter, and it is possible to start preheating from the app )

[Sol]

If you fit a used OEM stereo with Bluetooth built in, the calls and music function should work fine, but no idea on the MyPeugeot app for pre-heat - that sounds like it needs more to work than just the stereo. Likely needs a BSI that supports this function. I guess this is a colour touchscreen stereo you are talking about though?

Anyway when fitting the used unit from another car, it will ask for a code which is the last 8 digits of the original car's VIN where the stereo came from.

I'm not sure if a new VIN can be written to the stereo using a Lexia, but it may indeed be possible. Version 7.62 of DiagBox is the last one where customisation options are available but they are buried in the menus. Version 7.58 is easier to navigate and should have all options under "configuration" for the unit concerned.

Saying that, I've never tried to use it to code a stereo to another vehicle. Also not sure about the PeugeotPlanet version of the software. Someone else may know more about that than I do.

[sven]

Thanks for a great answer it is not a touch screen unit, but a single DIN unit with an external LCD display as all of these vans are delivered with here in Norway. But I know other berlingo and peugeot owners are connecting to these via the my citroen, or my peugeot app. I have a feeling that they are fitted with an external bluetoothdevice, as I have seen lots of these second hand at the wreckers internet pages.

Also, thanks for advice in lexia/diagbox versions

[Sol]

Ah no worries, you have the same van & BT stereo unit as I do then.

I have the MyCitroen app too, but never saw it as being able to control anything on my van, as of course when the engine is off, the Bluetooth is also off so you can't control anything unless you were sitting in the van. I'm going to have a look at the app more closely though!

[Sol]

Just checked, the app only has manual recording of mileage, shows nearest Citroen dealership etc. What app have you found that can communicate with a 2013 vehicle buddy? Mines a 2012 and you can't communicate with the van stereo, other than calls and music.

[sven]

I have seen in a Norwegian EVforum that in the my citroen and my peugeot app you can read out battery level, and start preheating.

But as I have understood, the app uses the original car stereo is the communication device for this..

My car is an EV version of the Partner long wheelbase van. There might be another setup on this I guess..

Found out an alternative way to adjust the clock without the original stereo using the remote stalk today though..

[Sol]

Ah....I missed the fact your van was the EV version, very cool. I think you have way more functionality with it, but seems to indeed be tied to the original radio.

Can you share what you found on changing the clock without the original stereo fitted?

[sven]

Pressing the skip forward and reverse buttons at the same time on the steeringcolumn stalk enters a menu in the display. Navigating the menu is done by the wheel on the stalk and the button at the end.

Of course, this is only possible if you have the adaptor for the stalk/canbus..

[Sol]

With the connects2 adaptor to retain the stalk functions?

[sven]

I dont know which adaptor.. the only thing besides some ungoogleable numbers on the sticker was "made in UK" plain black rectangular box with two plugs at the side, one for the canbus wire and a harness for the stereo..

This was all installed by a previous owner?