I have a 6 year old Kenwood Head Unit that controls a CD Changer. The face plate is motorized and will flip completely over to hide the radio. The problem I had recently is that the display plane just went blank, even though the radio still works fine. I just have no access to ANY of the buttons and I can't change stations or volume or even turn it off!
At first the display would "blink" in every once in a while, for a few seconds, or until I press a button. But now it's completely gone all the time.
Did anyone else have this problem before? I'm debating whether to buy a new head unit (I have a 99 car, and I don't really want to get too fancy of a stereo for it) or try to fix it if it's just a loose connection...
The car audio place said they need to send it in for 3-4 weeks and cost $100-200 bucks... doesn't sound worth it...
Thanks!
Anonymous
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i think you should have been saving up for a new radio when you seen the thing starting to break a repair job isnt worth it on such an old radio buy a new one with the repair money
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i know this is off topic but i have a kenwood deck ( KDC-X817) i had gotten it for free and i already have one in my car ( KDC X469 ) and the one i got for free i want to hook it up in the house and play with it any one know how to get just the power to turn on to a deck?
I have money to buy a new one, but buying a very nice new stereo on a 6 year old car isn't the best choice per se. I hope I can fix it myself for cheap... else I'd get a cheap stereo... though this one that's broken is a 44W x 4 RMS... sigh...
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I have money to buy a new one, but buying a very nice new stereo on a 6 year old car isn't the best choice per se. I hope I can fix it myself for cheap... else I'd get a cheap stereo... though this one that's broken is a 44W x 4 RMS... sigh...
It's worth it. An excellent unit can be found on ebay for under $100.
You have to replace the flat wire to the front panel, because it's broken! But if you've never done it before it's not that easy! It's a very well known problem!! Good luck!