xantia trip computer & after market head unit

[boostcrazy]

ok the car is a n plate xantia vsx td
its had a kenwood head unit fitted, so the volume controls ect doent work, the problem is that niether does the trip computer< i take it that the button on the end of the wiper stalk is the trip button>
so i removed the head unit and found an empty socket, wondered if that was maybe why its not workin ?? anny advice would be great

[jgra1]

hi Boost.. you have a trip computer in a TD? ( I can't see the pics at work)

I have only owned one mark 1 TD, non vsx, but I am sure it never had a TC?

would love to have one in mine, but I imagine it's impossible with the injection being mechanical..
In fact even my M2 V6 didnt have one, IIRC.. it had the button though..
John

[Xaccers]

Looks more like an oil temperature display to me, is that a degrees symbol in the top right corner or an A/B?

[boostcrazy]

hey guys, well i thought it was a trip computer,it's a little square in the corner, cant be oil temp cos the oil temp gauge is right next to it
clocks in the centre console so i cant think what else it could be except a trip computer ?
im no expert on citroens so i could well be wrong

[CitroJim]

The display is the one for outside temperature... The dashes acrooss it mea the sensor is duff/broken/not connected...

I can't now remember which door mirror the sensor is in but I know it's opposite sides depening on whether it's a MK1 or a MK2. However the presence of the sensor can be felt by feeling under the mirror hinge. The sensor will be felt as a round bump.

Often a mirror is replaced and replaced with a non-sensing one... Only the VSX, MK1 Exclusives and Activa models had this display and sensor so any mirror got from say, a scrapper, is likely not to have it...

[DickieG]

Its as Jim states, trip computers were never fitted to Xantia's, well at least in the UK.

[boostcrazy]

oh dammit i was hopeing for a trip computer never mind
the drivers side wingmirror has been replaced so it must be in there.
now i can stop hopelessly clickin the button on the end of the wiper stalk hehe
thanks for all the replys
gary

[DickieG]

the drivers side wingmirror has been replaced so it must be in there.

Yes on a VSX the sensor is under the O/S mirror, mind you I can't see any reason why you couldn't fit a sensor to the mirror as I think the panel that'll be there ATM can be flicked out and replaced with a sensor which are available separately, after all the rest of the wiring is there.