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Dog ate my face plate :(
Left the dog in the car for about 15 minutes after a long car ride, and he
decided my stereo face plate would make a nice snack. Anyways, it still works some of the time, but some times none of the buttons work, and sometimes only the ones on the right hand side work, and sometimes the CD ejects randomly. Anyways, its not an expensive stereo, so I'm not too worried, but what I'm wondering what people know about the interface between the face plate and the stereo itself? As I said its a pretty cheap one, several years old (sony something or other), so no fancy security features. Is it likely just not making a good connection? I assume it isn't worth it to try to locate a new face plate? Dale |
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In article mKCNd.15930$tU6.926@edtnps91,
"Dale Atkin" wrote: Left the dog in the car for about 15 minutes after a long car ride, and he decided my stereo face plate would make a nice snack. Anyways, it still works some of the time, but some times none of the buttons work, and sometimes only the ones on the right hand side work, and sometimes the CD ejects randomly. Anyways, its not an expensive stereo, so I'm not too worried, but what I'm wondering what people know about the interface between the face plate and the stereo itself? As I said its a pretty cheap one, several years old (sony something or other), so no fancy security features. Is it likely just not making a good connection? Try rubbing a pencil eraser on the contacts of the faceplate and the contacts on the front of the HU. If things are still acting weird, your problem lies with the faceplate. (or lack thereof, depending on your dog's hunger at the time) I assume it isn't worth it to try to locate a new face plate? Probably cost less to replace the HU. Dale -- Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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I know when my dog plays with anything she gets spit all all over it. I
once spilt pop (OK, wine) all over my face plate and some of the buttons wouldn't work. I opened up the back of my Alpine (it's held together with little screws), took it apart and cleaned it from the inside. It worked perfect afterwards. This might be your problem. "Dale Atkin" wrote in message news:mKCNd.15930$tU6.926@edtnps91... Left the dog in the car for about 15 minutes after a long car ride, and he decided my stereo face plate would make a nice snack. Anyways, it still works some of the time, but some times none of the buttons work, and sometimes only the ones on the right hand side work, and sometimes the CD ejects randomly. Anyways, its not an expensive stereo, so I'm not too worried, but what I'm wondering what people know about the interface between the face plate and the stereo itself? As I said its a pretty cheap one, several years old (sony something or other), so no fancy security features. Is it likely just not making a good connection? I assume it isn't worth it to try to locate a new face plate? Dale |
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"Dale Atkin" wrote in message news:mKCNd.15930$tU6.926@edtnps91... Left the dog in the car for about 15 minutes after a long car ride, and he decided my stereo face plate would make a nice snack. Anyways, it still works some of the time, but some times none of the buttons work, and sometimes only the ones on the right hand side work, and sometimes the CD ejects randomly. Anyways, its not an expensive stereo, so I'm not too worried, but what I'm wondering what people know about the interface between the face plate and the stereo itself? As I said its a pretty cheap one, several years old (sony something or other), so no fancy security features. Is it likely just not making a good connection? I assume it isn't worth it to try to locate a new face plate? Dale What kind of radio is it? I have an old Sony faceplate for a CD player that my friend gave me back in college to sell and I never did. It's just been sitting in my toolbox since. If you gave me a model number, I could see if it matches mine. Otherwise, you might go visit my friend Trace at www.facereplace.com and see if he's got what you're looking for. -Bruce |
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What kind of radio is it? I have an old Sony faceplate for a CD player
that my friend gave me back in college to sell and I never did. Mine is a CDX-CA400. Just took it apart, and put it back together again. Seems to be working better for now (although a couple of the buttons were too mangled to actually make it back in...) Dale |
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