[Aleksandar Tepsic]

An update to my issue for others that might have this problem in the future. After removing the radio, I was happy to find that there was a fuse and even more happy to find that it was burnt, because it protected the radio which worked perfectly after replacing the fuse. Cheap, quick fix, gotta love it.

[Aleksandar Tepsic]

[quote=”djexkon” post=181868]inside the unit will most likely be either metal oxide varistor protection or diode protection or both and possible even a surface mount fuse it would be tiny and most likely not labled hope to be some help please update with your findings
thank you[/quote]

I have some other work to do on the car before I get to the radio, but once I finish that I will disassemble and do some tests. First thing to check is whether or not the radio is receiving power. If it is, then I will have to open it up and see what’s inside. Will be doing it with my friend who is an electrical engineer. I will be back here to post findings.

[Aleksandar Tepsic]

[quote=”djexkon” post=181830]there will most likely be some reverse polarity protection inside the units however it is unlikely that these will be replaceable by your self as they will probably not even look anything like a fuse i would suggest that you google search for a repair company that deals with these units to recondition them and phone that company to explain what happened and go from there im sorry that this isn’t an easier answer but in my opinion it is probably your best option to get this fault repaired[/quote]

Appreciate the feedback. If I cannot find anything once I remove the unit, then I will most likely do what you have suggested.

[Aleksandar Tepsic]

Thanks for the reply. I checked all the fuses in the fuse boxes but I will double check before I disassemble anything. I was wondering if there are any other fuses in the unit itself, an internal one. I could be way off to even assume that but it’s something I’m thinking about.

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