Discovery 2017

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  • markwhitt65
    Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 16
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Kaikoura Stone

    SIM card issue

    I have tried to slot in my O2 SIM card but it won't stay down is it me or is there a knack to this? Sad
    30th Sep 2017 7:31 pm
  • Teemo
    Member Since: 12 Feb 2017
    Location: Buxton
    Posts: 130
    United Kingdom 

    You need to use your finger/thumbnail to poke it about 1mm below the top of the slot.... you should hear a click and the card will pop back to flush with the top again but not all the way out.
    30th Sep 2017 7:43 pm
  • Arslanoff
    Member Since: 03 Aug 2017
    Location: Prague
    Posts: 140
    Czech Republic 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    Is the modem in Disco5 4G (LTE) or 3G?
    Do you need to switch off the PIN code on the card before inserting it in the slot or you can do it from cars menu?
    1st Oct 2017 6:18 am
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    It is 3G for MY17 but you can use a 4G card. I believe the MY18 may be 4G?

    I just inserted mine and set it up from the menu, I did not register it with the provider either.
    1st Oct 2017 7:39 am
  • Teemo
    Member Since: 12 Feb 2017
    Location: Buxton
    Posts: 130
    United Kingdom 

    If the SIM is PIN enabled you can enter it via the connectivity menu on the touch screen.
    1st Oct 2017 9:01 am
  • LukasW
    Member Since: 01 Oct 2017
    Location: Prague
    Posts: 30
    Czech Republic 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    Confirm MY 2017 (across Range) is 3G, Velar and MY 2018 is/will be 4G/LTE.

    Our car should be MY 2017 and LTE is, unlike the digital instruments or upgraded head-up display, the only MY 2018 feature, I really regret not to have as 3G coverage is really poor here, and being a legacy tech now, it won't be any better.
    2nd Oct 2017 4:52 pm
  • Arslanoff
    Member Since: 03 Aug 2017
    Location: Prague
    Posts: 140
    Czech Republic 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    I think it would be possible to change the modem for LTE. I don't think it would be very expensive part
    2nd Oct 2017 4:55 pm
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 768
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    I would find it unfathomable that JLR didn't equip the MY 2017 vehicles with a 4G/LTE modem - they're not new or exotic or expensive, and most carriers use the same frequencies as 3G. I figured they just didn't enable LTE connectivity via software for some reason.

    In the US, some mobile carriers are already planning to shut down 3G service - T-Mobile in 2019, Verizon (one of the two largest) in 2021. AT&T may hang on a little longer, but likely within the serviceable lifetime of this vehicle, 3G service will disappear to make room for 5G and autonomous driving V2V and V2I communications, which will require as much as 7 times the internet bandwidth in use today per household.
    25th Oct 2017 5:37 pm
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    Quote:
    would find it unfathomable that JLR didn't equip the MY 2017 vehicles with a 4G/LTE modem - they're not new or exotic or expensive, and most carriers use the same frequencies as 3G. I figured they just didn't enable LTE connectivity via software for some reason.

    you're in the US so you would know, it's not that the hardware is expensive but that LTE bands are a mess and radios need to accommodate/license the varying, worldwide, carrier frequencies.

    but I'm a bit annoyed too that my MY2017 doesn't have it either. Sad
    31st Oct 2017 6:37 pm
  • achichon
    Member Since: 30 Nov 2017
    Location: Gibraltar
    Posts: 213
    Gibraltar 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Loire Blue

    sufun wrote:
    I used a mifi device to create a wifi hotspot then connected the car to the network. Seems to allow for these extra features too. Alternatively I guess you can also open up your phone and allow the car to tether to it.


    how did u join the car to the mifi? does it have a network option to join wifis?!
    18MY All-new Discovery HSE SD4 Loire Blue & Black Pack
    13th Dec 2017 2:19 pm
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 


    13th Dec 2017 3:41 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    I tried this before I bought a SIM and the car forgets the connection nearly every time. Hopefully yours wont.
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    13th Dec 2017 4:33 pm
  • achichon
    Member Since: 30 Nov 2017
    Location: Gibraltar
    Posts: 213
    Gibraltar 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Loire Blue

    jimbg wrote:


    i bet mine wont have it cos we don't even get the SIM card slot.. cos of the "market" Censored Censored Censored Censored

    but not sure if from those settings you can connect the car to an actual wifi? like if my home wifi reached my car i could connect it to my home wifi? or even a mobile phone hotspot? which is essentially what the mifi you mentioned is..?? or am i understanding you post wrong?
    18MY All-new Discovery HSE SD4 Loire Blue & Black Pack
    14th Dec 2017 10:10 am
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