Hello guys new to the forum got a 04 suburu impreza wrx sti freshly imported and it has a kenwood mdv 323 sat nav/cd player in there. The only problem is that it is all in Japanese If anyone could help it would be great tried to fiddle
around with settings to try and find the language setting but no luck. If anyone could help would be much appreciated.

Thank you .

P.S first post on here so hope i can get along with other people.

 

Welcome to the forum, im just up the road by Santa Pod.

Can't help you with the stereo, someone will come along soon who can guide you.

 

I had the same with the Panasonic which was fitted when I got my import, I tried to change some settings but with no luck and when searching on the net I found that there's no English in the menu and the only way to change the language is to install new software so I gave up, hopefully you'll have more luck with yours

 

I assume you've been on the Kenwood UK website? http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/ Might be manuals there. http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/car/info/support/

Or e-mailed them? Asked for technical help? enquiries@uk.jvckenwood.com

 

hey @jack sparrow i live by thurleigh autodrome track . Thank you for the help guys, tried everything still no luck going to be taking it down to a shop called autotronix and see what they say and if there is a cd to change settings. Fingers crossed

 

Kenwood technical couldn't help? I find that hard to accept.

 

You need a Z4 ecu, it's self learning can teach itself any new language, fuel settings etc

 

Sorry? How will that help his headunit?

 

Just got a reply back from kenwood said they couldn't help me as it was only produced in Japan and they don't have a manual for it .

 

If you have a Japanese manufactured headunit it's likely specific only to Japan. I had a Pioneer 2-din deck for my SG5 and it didn't have any other language options.

I now live in Canada and recently installed a Kenwood 2-din deck. 3/4 of my music library is Japanese, but there is no Japanese language setting so most of my playlist is just a bunch of lines on the screen. It's very frustrating. There is a Japanese version of the same unit available in Japan which I assume only has Japanese functionality.

Japan likes to keep their products on a short leash so you'll likely not find an easier solution than replacing it and selling the original back to Japan on the auction sites like goo-parts or yahoo auction