David Hearn wrote:
> In our 1998 Peugeot 306 the original radio seems to be playing up.
>
> This morning I turned on the ignition and the radio display came on
> (showing the RDS info of the channel it was tuned to) - however no audio
> came out. I tried turning the audio up using the stalk control and
> nothing happened - tried the controls on the radio - nothing either.
>
> I then pressed the power button and it turned the radio/display off.
> Attempting to turn it back on again did nothing (the display doesn't
> come on). When turning the ignition off, the security LED on the radio
> starts flashing (as normal).
>
> The weather has been quite hot recently (last few days/week) but up
> until now it's been working fine. The only thing I've noticed in the
> last month or so is that sometimes, when using the stalk to adjust the
> volume, it seems to stick and the volume keeps going down to 0. A
> waggle of the stick and it works again. I've tried waggling the stick
> this time and still the radio seems to refuse to turn on.
>
> Any ideas? I doubt it's a fuse problem (as the display worked fine
> until I turned it off, yet the controls didn't - so power was getting to
> the radio whilst it was having a problem). Should I try disconnecting
> the power and see what happens? I should have the radio code - the
> dealer looked it up and wrote it on a card when I pointed out to them
> that they failed to provide it when we bought the card (2nd hand).
> However, that was in 2001 or so, and I've never yet had need to use this
> code - so until I know it works, I'm a little loathed to disconnect the
> radio - just in case they didn't get the right details!
>
> Thanks
>
> D
Okay, this was a long time ago (over a year), but I finally fixed the
problem, so I thought it would be worth posting this to help others who
may have had this problem.
I took the top and bottom covers off the radio and couldn't see anything
obviously wrong. I noticed the front panel was held on with 4 screws
and the panel had a small PCB on it. I removed the screws and removed
the front panel. When I did this, I noticed there were 2 connectors
which plugged onto the main PCB of the radio. One of these connectors
appeared very slightly wonky and on close inspection, I noticed that one
side of the connector had become detached. There are 4 pads on each
side and all 4 on one side had become detatched, allowing it to flex and
move (and lose continuity).
I easily re-soldered them and tried it out and radio worked perfectly.
All seems to be related to the front panel connector.
Hope it might help someone in the future.
D
PC Paul - 02 Jul 2006 15:18 GMT
:: I easily re-soldered them and tried it out and radio worked
:: perfectly. All seems to be related to the front panel connector.
::
:: Hope it might help someone in the future.
::
:: D
Thanks for that David,
I haven't got one of those radios but it's a common problem, especially in a
vibratory environment with high temperature swings, like a car.
I can't count how many times I've Googled for a problem I've had and found
people with exactly the same problem but no resolution at the end of it.. so
at least this won't be a thread that does that!