I have the 2022 Defender 110 P 400 xDynamic - today the Meridian audio system started doing something where the music I was streaming from my phone would only play out of the center dash speaker and no other speakers. It obviously sounded very twangy and mono. The settings for balancing the speakers have no effect whatsoever as I slide the balance around the cabin, nothing changes and the sound just continues to come out of the one center speaker. The sound system was always amazing as those of you know so this is really frustrating.

Another thing i noticed is that when i tune to FM there's no sound whatsoever but everything looks normal on the FM tuner. I checked the Load Space fuse box and the passenger fuse box in the glove but the owners manual doesn't list anything specific for amplifier or speakers other than infotainment system [that fuse was fine]. My last software update was at the end of November and says it is up to date.

Anyone have any ideas other than taking it into the dealer? Thanks for taking the time to read and help.

 

UPDATE: So just as an update, I had that issue all day throughout the day running errands and taking the family down to an outdoor festival. We got back around 5pm then had to go out for a last minute run to the grocery store for my kids lunch at around 8pm and the sound was back to normal and everything operated as usual?!

Not sure what changed but its working and that was last night so this morning everything still working well so far.

Thanks

 

Gremlins! Glad it fixed itself.
Sounds like a loose wire or coneection though.

 

yeah, Groucho and as an additional update its been a few days now and still working fine. One thing I did notice in hindsight was that my phone had discord open and when i first entered the vehicle I had a timer going as if I was on a call. I wasn't on a call or a discord call but I did make sure to kill all my apps before getting in that evening. So, I'm wondering if having discord open somehow made all the audio I would play come out of the center speaker which is where I believe the audio comes from if you're on a phone call?

Now if I can just figure out what is going on with the driver side Daytime Running Lamps ring around the headlight that stopped working.

I Also have that SoS warning where I believe I have to change out a battery in the drivers side rear passenger trim. [I found a YouTube video on it]

 

Hmm...I think my phone using bluetooth comes out of all the speakers but now I will have to check that. Funny...I have had 3 LR's , one of them new (2019 Discovery) and before the Defender a Range Rover full. Both had many...many trips to the dealer for issues. I have put 10K on the Defendr and never a problem so far!

 

Same! I have had an 2006 LR3 and a 2012 Range Rover the L322 big body and both needed several trips majority having to do with either the air compressor or the air shocks but my 2022 Defender is going on 53k miles and had an issue with the sun roof where a plastic bracket cracked about a year ago but that's it until just now when these 3 issues presented themselves. [speaker thing (resolved), SOS limited capability message [found yt vid and will fix myself, and the headlight/DTRL thing (this one really bothers me and i'm now out of warranty]