Sl500 Rosie command unit

[Sl500 2003]

Evening all,

My sl500 came with a after market head unit. It looks very similar to the orignal oem unit. But it says Rosie with white letters on the trim.

for some reason the orange light stays on.when car is off,all lights dim down and off.this head unit remains lite up 24/7.

has any one heard of this brand and had same issue?.

thanks

 

[Blobcat]

Who knows how it has been wired. Should have permanent switched live.
Does it stop playing music and the like when you turn the ignition off?

If so then it looks like a fault / feature of the unit. Maybe it could have its firmware updated of its a fault. Or perhaps there is a setting that means it stays on.

 

[barry jones]

I'd say that whoever fitted the radio has wired the background illumination to a permanent live instead of to the lighting circuit. I imagine it will be an easy fix as these aftermarket items generally have labels on each wire indicating its function. Or you can just trial and error it. Turquoise is a good guess!!

Then just take the wire from permanent live and splice into the illumination for the cig lighter or similar

 

[Sl500 2003]

Thanks for reply, after a couple min all audio and interior lights in car turn of. Head unit buttons remain illuminated constantly. Unit Wiring has been checked and it’s all fine. I think I may have to get star connected and maybe there’s a full of setting via that.

 

[LostKiwi]

Star won't show anything as it has no idea what that head unit is.
It's more likely a setting on the head unit, a design feature or bad installation.

 

[mioba]

I would be inclined to look into the setting within the unit itself under something like illumination. they should not be on. who checked the wiring.

 

[Sl500 2003]

I had speakers upgraded in car and person was a professional who checked the wiring and said it’s correct.

has anyone on here upgraded there head Unit?. I may have to replace unit

 

[mioba]

have you tried looking online for a manual for the Rosie unit.

lots of ppl here have "upgraded" to android units for eg

 

[Sl500 2003]

Iv found units that look similar but non at all online with Rosie written on it.

 

[barry jones]

Iv found units that look similar but non at all online with Rosie written on it.

can you post a photo of your unit?

 

[Sl500 2003]

Hi mate this a photo of unit

thanks

 

[mioba]

How is that Rosie??

Pull the unit and look on the back for a part number or another company name.

have you tried holding down power button to see if all turns off.
did you ask the previous owners

 

[Sl500 2003]

How is that Rosie

Spelling mistake

 

[peterws1957]

Spelling mistake

It's a cheap Chinese Rupse unit. (how do you get Rosie? ). Last time I saw these they were about £140. You're likely to spend more than that, tracking a fault. If it was mine I'd junk it and buy a quality unit.

 

[Sl500 2003]

I never even noticed that was a P in the name.any way thanks for advice.

 

[mioba]

Good call on seeing its a P in the white background.

agree with the above. bin it. eastern junk

 

[sonic]

If you are happy with it & its not flattening your battery stick with it, almost certainly a LED bulb drawing next to nothing.
Or if you are practical whip it out find the power feed & move it to a switched source.

 

[barry jones]

It appears to be the same unit as the seicane unit... user manual for that is here:

https://www.seicane.com/media/insta...grade-user-manual-replacement-instruction.pdf

Installation instructions:

https://www.seicane.com/mercedes-sl...e-repalcement-installation-guide-s018817#tab4

Couple of videos:

https://www.seicane.com/mercedes-sl...e-repalcement-installation-guide-s018817#tab4

 

[barry jones]

There is also a thread about the SL Android stuff on MBworld here:

https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg...-their-head-units-android-chinese-models.html

 

[Sl500 2003]

Thank you very much my
Friend.

appreciate the info