A Guide to Retro-fitting the OEM Factory

Supplied Rear Screen Entertainment

System to a Discovery 3 HSE
Since 2008 model year Land Rover finally made the RSE system available to order for the Discovery
3, but only as a factory supplied option and at a cost of £2250. Strange really as this touch screen
controlled rear entertainment system has been available since 2005 on both Range Rover and Sport

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models. Although Land Rover claims this cannot be retrofitted - it can!

The following is a guide to the parts required and how I went about fitting them but should you wish to

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attempt this you do so at your own risk - the information contained in this document is for reference
purposes only.

Parts List:

Pair of Headrests with OEM monitors installed including cables in LH stems.

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RSE Module – YIL000053 / LR011330
DVD 6 Disc Changer – Region Specific so many part numbers!
AVIO Panel (Optional) - XVN500040

DVD Mounting Bracket – YIP500430

DVD Retainer Bracket – YIP500420
RSE Mounting Bracket – XQU500180
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DVD Remote Control (Optional) – YUH50060
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Cabling List:

13 Pin to 13 Pin Alpine Cable Black (RSE to DVD)

13 Pin to 13 Pin Alpine Cable Blue (RSE to AVIO)
20 Pin Mitsumi to 13 Pin Alpine Cable (RSE to LH Headrest Monitor)
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20 Pin Mitsumi to 13 Pin Alpine Cable (RSE to RH Headrest Monitor)

M.O.S.T Fibre Optic Extension Cable
4 Pin SVideo Cable for video signal out (to touch screen) and, if fitted, video in from TV tuner
8 Pin Black Connector for RSE Power & Earth
4 Pin White Connector for DVD Power & Earth
SPDIF (Toslink) Fibre Optic Cable for DVD audio to Logic 7 Amp under front RH seat.

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The Headrests:

Removing the existing headrests is straight forward but requires the

removal of the grab handles first. Prise off the cover to expose the single
torx screw and once removed the grab handle can be pulled off horizontally.
The top bolt that goes into the headrest itself is not fixed and comes away
with the handle. When both handles have been removed the headrest can
be raised by pressing the locking tab in the left hand headrest sleeve, the
tabs are located under the leather but operate in the same way as in the
second row, don’t forget to depress the right hand sleeve locking tab at the

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point when the stem is nearly completely exposed.

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With the headrests out it is then necessary to remove the left hand
sleeve which when you know how is again very easy. The sleeve
locks into the metal seat frame by a small spring clip located on the
opposite side to the locking tab. This can be pressed in using a flat
screw driver at the same time pulling the sleeve up and out of the

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frame. If the new headrests with monitors already have a sleeve
fitted, as supplied from the factory, then its time to feed the cable
down through the back of the seat. For ease of access it helps to
first move and raise the seat forward to be able to unclip the leather
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in order to retrieve the cable end. If like me, your headrests don’t have a new sleeve, then my tip is
that as the connector plug on the end of the cable will not pass through the sleeve its far easier to cut
the sleeve and feed the cable through it rather than cutting the cable and attempting a soldering job!
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With the new headrest and sleeve fitted it’s now necessary to
modify the grab handles. The standard D3 headrests are
approximately 180mm wide; Range Rover Sport headrests are
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approximately 230mm which are often used with after market

screens. The factory supplied headrests with monitors are just
10mm wider at 240mm. Having seen other installations I decided
that not only would I cut the bolt section off but to improve the
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appearance and give a more OEM feel I chose to cut a further

10mm or so and to square off the original angled edge. With all 4
handles modified they can be refitted and the torx bolt done up, this can be a bit of a challenge as
each handle needs to be pressed against the headrest firmly in order for the torx screw to locate
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The DVD Changer & RSE Module

Both the DVD Changer & RSE modules fit behind the rear RH
quarter panel and are easily secured into place when using the
correct brackets which can be ordered for less than £30 through
any Land Rover Parts Department.

I mounted the DVD bracket just to take the photo but it’s a lot
easier to secure the changer, with eight small screws, to the
bracket BEFORE fitting it! The bracket is held in place by four

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machine threaded bolts and in my car (08MY) the holes were
already predrilled and tapped in the body of the vehicle. The RSE module fixes to its own bracket
again using four of the same small screws used for the changer. The RSE bracket then locates on the

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three threaded stems of the changer bracket and secured using 6mm locking nuts.

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To date it has not been possible to identify individual part numbers for the cables or if they even exist!
So for me it was a trip to a breakers yard to strip out the necessary cables from a 06MY Range Rover
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Sport. The RSE cables required are integrated in the main navigation harness which on my donor
vehicle was part number YMW501494. I removed the required cables from the main navigation
harness as detailed in the cable list but as my vehicle already has TV I didn’t need the coax cable to
the front monitor. Be prepared for a long night though as it took me 3 HOURS to strip out the RSE
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cables without cutting or damaging any of them!

I have labelled in Red the 10 cable connections, 7

on the RSE and just 3 on the DVD Changer.
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Starting from left to right and

excluding the two power
connectors for now. First up is
the M.O.S.T ring and for this you
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need a female socket extending

into two male connectors, this will
allow you to disconnect either the
TMC or Phone M.O.S.T plug and
insert it into the female socket and then install one
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of the male connectors back into either the TMC or

Phone and the other into the RSE Module.

Next is the 13pin to 13pin Alpine lead, a shorter black cable, which connects to the DVD changer.

After this you have the optional AVIO (Audio Video Input Output)
lead which connects to the AVIO panel located in the rear centre
console under the air vents (assuming you have acquired one!)
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 Getting the AVIO cable up to the panel is more of a challenge as
you really need the additional short blue Alpine extension cable and
requires the removal of the centre console trim around the gear
shift and cubby box in order that this cable can be routed to an area
near the EPB switch, it can then connect into the main blue AVIO
cable which needs to run from the RSE module in the rear on up to
the EPB area of the centre console. Unfortunately with the cubby
box removed there is no direct route the floor due to the “secret”
cup holders! I found that removing the two torx screws behind the
small grills on the lower rear side sections of the console allows the

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complete console to be lifted which makes life so much easier not only to run the main AVIO cable
but also to get the LH monitor cable across under the carpet to an area near the Navigation
Computer. I did complete this part of the project just because I wanted the full OEM package but

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unless you plan to use these additional inputs for either another portable dvd player or a games
console on a regular basis then you could skip this especially as AV1 & AV2 can only be viewed on
the headrest monitors and not on the front touch screen.

The next two cables are self explanatory each going to their respective

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seat headrest monitor which on the RSE Module then just leaves the
SVideo cable: This has a 4 pin plug that uses 2 pins to allow the input of
the TV signal (if fitted) and the other two pins to output the DVD/TV
signal via a single coax cable with a well documented green fakra
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connector on the other end that joins to the rear of the touch
screen. The diagram to the right shows the pinout for the RSE
socket. As I already have the TV tuner I didn’t need to run this
cable to the front screen, but if you need to, the factory loom
Pin No --- Description --- Input/Output
1 TV tuner composite Input
2 TV tuner GND (ground) Input
3 DVD /TV tuner composite output to TSD Output
4 DVD /TV tuner GND (ground) to TSD Output
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containing this lead would follow the same path as the AVIO cable
under the centre console and then continue on up behind the heater switches and radio before
connecting to the touch screen. As an alternative it may be easier to route this down the right hand
side of the car next to the other wiring looms.
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On the DVD Changer the first cable from the left is the SPDIF (Toslink) Fibre Optic Cable which
needs to be connected to the Logic 7 Amp under the right hand seat – without this cable the DVD
audio in 5.1 stereo cannot be heard through the car speakers. This has no effect on the audio in the
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rear headphone sockets which receive its sound via the M.O.S.T ring. The next cable is the other end
of the 13 pin Alpine cable that connects the DVD to the RSE module, leaving just the power cables
for both RSE & DVD.
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Power Connections

The RSE module has an 8 pin connector for its power feed and
the DVD a 4 pin connector.
Both connector plugs only
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use 2 pins each, a 12v + and

an earth. The two earth wires
can be linked together and
should terminate on one of the earth posts at the rear (see diagram
right). In order to ensure both units receive the correct power
supply from the ICE system it is NOT recommended just to tap into
the nearest power supply from other modules such as the TMC,
Phone or TV units if fitted!! The correct feeds are as follows:
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After closely studying the wiring diagrams it became clear that the RSE Module & DVD Changer
should take their power from the ICE navigation loom connector C2247/C2249 located in the front
right footwell. This is a 16 pin black/red connector, C2249 (the
lower section) is part of the navigation loom and contains male
pins that join into the female plug socket C2247 from where the
wires then go on up and back to the fuse box area.

I used the correct colour coded wires – Brown for the RSE which
goes to Pin 1 and Purple/Blue for the DVD Changer, which needs
to join to the cable from C2249 Pin 12, that then goes on to the

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navigation computer. Although you could join this purple/blue wire
further back near the ‘B’ post I decided that as I had to run the
RSE brown power wire to the footwell I would join the DVD

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changer wire there too plus it was easier to identify and locate
the correct Pin 12 wire! My brown wire already had the correct
male pin attached so it was a simple process to install it into the
C2249 connector in the vacant Pin 1 chamber. On my vehicle
and having already checked before I started, I was extremely

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pleased to find that the corresponding Pin 1 brown wire was
already present in the female C2247 socket – Using this feed is
important as it is the correct rated fuse (No. 57) and ICE switched
supply! Connecting the DVD wire to the existing purple/blue
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supply from Pin 12 can be achieved in a number of ways, I chose
to strip away a small section and solder it but interestingly when I stripped the cables from my
originally salvaged loom most “joints” were just twisted together and insulated with tape!!!!!
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By now you should have a good idea of which cables need to go where and have probably worked
out that in addition to removing the rear right quarter panel it is also necessary to remove the right
hand scuff plate which just unclips as a single component front and rear! This will reveal the existing
looms which the new cables can run alongside. For me one of the most demanding parts of this
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whole project was feeding the cables under the carpet and onto their respective locations. For
reference the only cables that need to come forward from the rear in this new “custom loom” are the
two for the headrest monitors, one for the AVIO panel (if fitted), the SPDIF (Toslink) cable and the two
power wires to the footwell.
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The Rear Quarter Panel

With the DVD & RSE Modules fitted in their correct location you have two choices relating to refitting
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the rear quarter panel. The first is to pay around £120 for a brand new panel with the correct section
beneath the hinged cubby box lid (Part No. ESJ501580PVJ) or the second more cost effective option
is to cut away most of the box itself and re-use the original panel which for me made much more
sense. Just pay close
attention to the left hand side
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of the RSE module which

needs a small additional
piece removed in order for
the panel to locate correctly
as it sits higher than the DVD
but when the hinged lid is
closed you would never know
they were there!
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Recoding the CCF (Car Configuration File)

In order to activate the DVD & RSE menus on the touch

screen it is necessary to change the CCF. Even if they
knew how to I don’t think your friendly dealer will do this
for you! It requires someone with a Faultmate or similar
piece of kit or in my case a “WIGGS” 

Plugging in his box of tricks to read the CCF it is then

necessary to switch on the options to tell the car it now

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has the RSE, DVD and AVIO fitted. The picture to the
right shows the correct options we selected for my car.
This is just a five minute job and when complete you

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should end up with the new options on the home screen
a sample of which are below!

And that’s it! You’re done! And like me and my children you can then start enjoying the very
expensive factory system for a fraction of the cost! I have attached a number of useful supporting

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documents taken from the GTR system to assist anyone wishing to tackle this and will try and offer
help via the forum when I can.

Finally I must remind you that this document is FOR INFORMATION ONLY and that anyone

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attempting any aspect of this does so at their own risk.
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Click here to print
Description: ICE harness to instrument panel
Connector: C2249
harness
Location: Base of RH 'A' post

Part No.: YPC500910

Colour: BLACK
Cavities: 16WY
Harness: ICE/NAVIGATION HARNESS
Service Repair Kits
Wire Chart

CAV TERMINAL CSA COL CCT DESTN 0.50- 0.75

CSA
CSA
1 YPJ800250 0.5D N 425 C2116
Cavities: 1-5,8-10,12,14,15
S/JOINT
2 YPJ800250 0.5D B 148
SJ134 SRK ITEM
VDK500010
GENERAL
S/JOINT
3 YPJ800250 0.75D R 502
SJ299 SRK ITEM
YMI901170
0.75CSA
4 YPJ800250 0.5D G 148 C2114
YPQ000100 SRK ITEM
5 YPJ800250 0.5D Y 148 C2114
SRK ITEM
8 YPJ800250 MQD Y 148 C2114 YRV000040 PIDG
RED
9 YPJ800250 MQD G 148 C2114
YRW000390 SRK ITEM
S/JOINT
10 YPJ800250 0.75D U 420 YRW500010 SRK ITEM
SJ530

12 YPJ800250 0.75D PU 701 C2114 VUB9012

S/JOINT
12 YPJ800250 0.75D PU 703
SJ138

12 YPJ800250 0.75D PU 702 C2832

14 YPJ800250 MQE R 704 C0395

Click here to print
Connector: C2116 Description: Module-Rear seat-entertainment
Location: Behind RH rear trim panel

Part No.: YPC10486

Colour: BLACK
Cavities: 8WY
Harness: ICE/NAVIGATION HARNESS
Service Repair Kits
Wire Chart

CAV TERMINAL CSA COL CCT DESTN CSA 0.30- 0.50 CSA

1 YPL10036 0.5D N 425 C2249 Cavities: 1,3

S/JOINT SRK ITEM

3 YPL10036 0.5D B 425 VDK500010
SJ700 GENERAL

SRK ITEM
MULTILOCK
YMI000640
040 FAMILY
0.5CSA

YPQ000100 SRK ITEM

SRK ITEM
YQD000210
R/B

SRK ITEM
YRV000040
PIDG RED

YRW500010 SRK ITEM

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Connector: C2116 Description: Module-Rear seat-entertainment

Location: Behind RH rear trim panel
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Connector: C2832 Description: Module-DVD
Location: Behind RH rear trim panel

Part No.: YPC906180

Colour: NATURAL
Cavities: 4WY
Harness: ICE/NAVIGATION HARNESS
Service Repair Kits
Wire Chart

CAV TERMINAL CSA COL CCT DESTN

S/JOINT
2 YPL102630 0.5D B 425
SJ700

S/JOINT
4 YPL102630 0.75D PU 703
SJ138

4 YPL102630 0.75D PU 702 C2249

Connector: C2832 Description: Module-DVD

Location: Behind RH rear trim panel

Part No.: YPC906180

Colour: NATURAL
Cavities: 4WY
Harness: ICE/NAVIGATION HARNESS
Service Repair Kits