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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by foldpages
Keep us posted once the car is at the dealer. If mine gets downgraded to the base audio I will most likely refuse delivery. Spending over US$100k on a vehicle and I'll receive terrible looking analog dials and potentially a base sound system just isn't cutting it for me. They also removed the spare wheel cover from my build. Go figure. JLR really is not handling this supply chain issue too well. I know it's impacting other manufacturers as well, but I'm not seeing anything to this extent. We are buying top trim models and receiving components from base models which is ridiculous. My dealer didn't even offer anything to make up for the loss of IDD - and the cost to retrofit is close to $3500.
Will do. I was pretty disappointed about the sound. Depending on your build date, you may get lucky and it be resolved by then. But in the face of another 8 month wait (and in my case, driving an increasingly frail, aging Pathfinder I've owned 22 years lol) I'm just going to go ahead with it.

@mscard02 - good to know. Its ludicrous, but having read here today about the IDD now being skipped for some, I'll actually feel 'lucky' if I'm 'just' missing the sound system.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mscard02
Mine arrived today and I went to check it out. I ordered a Defender 110x. The sound was downgraded to the base meridian sound, but I have all of the meridian sound speakers in the car, I was confused by this, I don't have the option in the settings to turn the surround on though. I was surprised to see that I did get two of the 4 charging ports (type c, missing the barrel plug) in the rear and the one up front as well. Digital clusters were there too.
Are you saying you have the speakers but so see the option in the audio setup? If you do have the speakers, it’s possible the menu option is missing - it should return after a reset - happened in mine !
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Defenerauug
Are you saying you have the speakers but so see the option in the audio setup? If you do have the speakers, it’s possible the menu option is missing - it should return after a reset - happened in mine !
Yep, it was odd. All the speakers are there for the meridian sound system, but on the screen, in the audio setup, there was no button to toggle on. I also forgot to look at the doors and see what they are marked, dropped it off to have it ceramic coated so ill check again in a few days. My build sheet showed that it had been downgraded to the standard system. I'll try the Pivi reboot and see what happens, thanks for the heads up!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mscard02
Yep, it was odd. All the speakers are there for the meridian sound system, but on the screen, in the audio setup, there was no button to toggle on. I also forgot to look at the doors and see what they are marked, dropped it off to have it ceramic coated so ill check again in a few days. My build sheet showed that it had been downgraded to the standard system. I'll try the Pivi reboot and see what happens, thanks for the heads up!
ill note, i 100% had the meridian surround -
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 09:22 PM
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My Defender 110 was built December 16th and is still sitting in the dock awaiting a ship. This is destined for Melbourne, Australia rather than the US but 6 weeks seems a long time to get allocated a ship for transport. The delivery date has been pushed back from early March to mid April so far.

What was the longest you guys had to wait from BUILT date to on a ship and in transit?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OzDefender
What was the longest you guys had to wait from BUILT date to on a ship and in transit?
My 130 was built in October and it took almost 6 weeks to the day to get on a ship. There's probably more storage at the Land Rover factory so I wonder if it sits there the longest before being put on a train? I thought crossing the Atlantic was tough with a ship moving at 14 kts but that antipodean wait is brutal. God speed!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2023 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Fluke208
Will do. I was pretty disappointed about the sound. Depending on your build date, you may get lucky and it be resolved by then. But in the face of another 8 month wait (and in my case, driving an increasingly frail, aging Pathfinder I've owned 22 years lol) I'm just going to go ahead with it.

@mscard02 - good to know. Its ludicrous, but having read here today about the IDD now being skipped for some, I'll actually feel 'lucky' if I'm 'just' missing the sound system.
Originally Posted by mscard02
Yep, it was odd. All the speakers are there for the meridian sound system, but on the screen, in the audio setup, there was no button to toggle on. I also forgot to look at the doors and see what they are marked, dropped it off to have it ceramic coated so ill check again in a few days. My build sheet showed that it had been downgraded to the standard system. I'll try the Pivi reboot and see what happens, thanks for the heads up!
Sorry to hear you got downgraded on the sound Fluke208! I too got downgraded and I almost didn't accept it, but ultimately did take delivery.

I think there may be some confusion on Meridian vs Meridian Surround?

It's my understanding not all the speakers are present.
My X is missing the following:
--> 1 dash center speaker (grill is there, but no speaker)
--> 2 far rear speakers (trunk ceiling)
--> 700W more powerful amp
--> along with capability of turning on surround in PIVI

They did credit me $450 USD, but that still doesn't make up for the fact these are upper tier trim levels which "should" be delivered with all the standard items listed. As you know these X models are supposed to come standard with the Meridian Surround Sound, because it doesn't even allow for changing the sound system on the build of an X trim. It's very frustrating!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2023 | 09:22 AM
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Hi, I ordered in May '22 and my build date is supposed to be 3/3/23.
However, my dealer is still unable to confirm that this date is actually locked in which to me seems strange since the build date is just over 4 weeks from now.

Does anyone know when your build date is actually locked in?
Getting a little anxious / and also just very excited to finally get the car after such a long wait!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2023 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by xml
Does anyone know when your build date is actually locked in?Getting a little anxious / and also just very excited to finally get the car after such a long wait! 
Wow, they're making you wait! Attached is my timeline up to ship date (I have it now). It was a month to go from confirmed to locked in (can't make anymore changes) and another month or so to build date. Ask your dealer to send you a screen shot of the build timeline like my picture.
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Old Feb 1, 2023 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by EasternShoreDefender
Wow, they're making you wait! Attached is my timeline up to ship date (I have it now). It was a month to go from confirmed to locked in (can't make anymore changes) and another month or so to build date. Ask your dealer to send you a screen shot of the build timeline like my picture.
Nice! That screenshot is already in my dealer's mailbox. :-)
I think they are just trying to be careful not to overpromise, but by now I would really think (and hope) that the build date would be set in stone. :-p
 
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