paulbrown79
Member Since: 23 Sep 2008
Location: Scotland
Posts: 50
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Dead radio on my D3 just all of a sudden no power to it. Think I checked all fuses correctly.
Do you think I would find a small in-line fuse at the rear of the radio?
Any other suggestions?
Cheers Paul
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13th Dec 2012 3:56 am |
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Gobbler
Member Since: 28 Jul 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 116
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This is gonna sound as flunky to you as it did to me..... but I did it, and it worked on mine!
Do a Hard Re-set.
i.e. Open the bonnet, remove ignition key and wait for the car to 'go to sleep' (suggest opening driver's window first, just in case!), then remove both the cables from the battery terminals and touch the two cables together for a few moments. Just to be clear, you're touching the two 'loose ends' together here; DO NOT be connecting the two terminals on the battery together. That would be bad. Very bad.
[what I actually did is removed the positive terminal (RED), made sure it was isolated away from the bettery, and then used a piece of test cable to connect the positive cable end to the negative cable end]
Apparently, doing this makes the little mouse inside the dashboard run backwards on his wheel for a bit, which tricks the radio into behaving itself!
(or it could be something completely different - but it worked for me! )
Gobbler If it has TIT's or WHEEL's it will cause you problems!!
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13th Dec 2012 4:35 pm |
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TwelveSticks
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Dublin
Posts: 798
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Or disconnect positive lead and earth it to the frame with a spanner or something. See thread here: http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic103.html 2001 D2 GS (I must be mad!)
2005 D3 S 10-12 (gone and missed)
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13th Dec 2012 4:39 pm |
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Narpy
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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It can when others can't,
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18th Sep 2018 9:15 pm |
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JamBon
Member Since: 22 Aug 2015
Location: Milford on Sea
Posts: 19
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Thanks Gobbler, did the trick, had a dead radio after replacing a dead car battery
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11th Oct 2018 7:47 pm |
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