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- Lynchyy
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- Lynchyy
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- Wolfpack
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- Lynchyy
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- Mole HD
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The settings icon is greyed out when the reversing camera is active as shown in your pic...or any of the external cameras. It's quite normal. It's active when the display is on any of the main function screens as Wolfpack mentioned.
From the home screen, you can also swipe the display left with your finger (like your phone)...it brings up more pages of goodies containing things like wade sensors and 4X4 info like a compass and inclinometer as well as a real time 3D visual aid for your E-Diffs, suspension, steering angle and axle travel, most of which I still haven't played with.
You can also set and syncronize your AC temperatures front and rear, operate the heated seats and raise or lower the 2nd and 3rd row seats and drop the rear headrests individually from that screen...as well as tons of other stuff.
The external camera settings are in the camera menu if you press the camera button. Have a play around with the various screen menus and see what they do, you can't break anything by pressing buttons on that screen...otherwise they wouldn't be there for you to play with. Just touch the home button (little house icon) and it'll take you back to the main screen from any of the sub menus.
Once you get the car home and you're comfy with it after a few weeks...we'll talk you through getting the Land Rover Remote app and setting up the InControl stuff on your phone. That might be jumping way ahead on something you probably haven't thought about yet...but besides being a pretty useful tool, it'll remove any previous owners details from the InControl settings.
It's great to see that you're asking about stuff before you get the car...after all, as D5 owners, answering questions outside of any influence from Land Rover or dealership marketing blurb and helping out (if we can) is why most of us are here. We've all been exactly where you are and picked up the slightly stained Discovery 5 T-shirts along the way
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- Wolfpack
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- Lynchyy
- Member Since: 11 Jan 2026
- Location: UK - Newcastle
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Mole HD wrote:
The settings icon is greyed out when the reversing camera is active as shown in your pic...or any of the external cameras. It's quite normal. It's active when the display is on any of the main function screens as Wolfpack mentioned.
From the home screen, you can also swipe the display left with your finger (like your phone)...it brings up more pages of goodies containing things like wade sensors and 4X4 info like a compass and inclinometer as well as a real time 3D visual aid for your E-Diffs, suspension, steering angle and axle travel, most of which I still haven't played with.
You can also set and syncronize your AC temperatures front and rear, operate the heated seats and raise or lower the 2nd and 3rd row seats and drop the rear headrests individually from that screen...as well as tons of other stuff.
The external camera settings are in the camera menu if you press the camera button. Have a play around with the various screen menus and see what they do, you can't break anything by pressing buttons on that screen...otherwise they wouldn't be there for you to play with. Just touch the home button (little house icon) and it'll take you back to the main screen from any of the sub menus.
Once you get the car home and you're comfy with it after a few weeks...we'll talk you through getting the Land Rover Remote app and setting up the InControl stuff on your phone. That might be jumping way ahead on something you probably haven't thought about yet...but besides being a pretty useful tool, it'll remove any previous owners details from the InControl settings.
It's great to see that you're asking about stuff before you get the car...after all, as D5 owners, answering questions outside of any influence from Land Rover or dealership marketing blurb and helping out (if we can) is why most of us are here. We've all been exactly where you are and picked up the slightly stained Discovery 5 T-shirts along the way
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Wow thanks for the tips. I downloaded the app, but as you can imagine, its locked to another user. I had set about thinking of getting the user removed, but hearing stories of £80-£100 charge from LR. I mean i will pay that if needed, just need all the documentation in my name first. -
- Lynchyy
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- Wolfpack
- Member Since: 25 May 2019
- Location: Norfolk, UK
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Lynchyy wrote:
Wow thanks for the tips. I downloaded the app, but as you can imagine, its locked to another user. I had set about thinking of getting the user removed, but hearing stories of £80-£100 charge from LR. I mean i will pay that if needed, just need all the documentation in my name first.
My dealer did mine foc….condition of sa!e.
It’s not just the app, the LR recovery (button in the roof) needs to be linked to your account/ownership -
- Lynchyy
- Member Since: 11 Jan 2026
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
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- Lynchyy
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
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I have a funny feeling that the settings button issue could be fixed by resetting the system (and the car) to the default factory settings, it may have been locked out by the previous owner, if that's even possible.
Removing their details from the car may well sort it...or just resetting it will clear the fault. If the rest of the infotainment system and screen buttons are working, I can't imagine it being the entire unit being broken. That said, I can't recall ever hearing from anyone with a similar issue so it's not one I've come across.
No matter if the dealer is sorting it out so it was good that you spotted it as you'll need to access some functions via that general settings button to link your phone to the car, set up a wifi connection and remove the previous owners phone links... amongst other things.
Let us know what occurs once the car is serviced and you hear back from the dealer...especially if they fix it as to how they did it. It's always more helpful info to pass on to anyone else that may come across the problem
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