Does anyone out there have any experience with the RAV DVD1?
When I power it up only the buttons light up
The display stays dark
No buttons have function
Seems to be completly dead except that the buttons light up!
Could this be a serious issue or a simple fix?
Thanks guys.
When I power it up only the buttons light up
The display stays dark
No buttons have function
Seems to be completly dead except that the buttons light up!
Could this be a serious issue or a simple fix?
Thanks guys.
Almost seems like you're only powering up the illumination wire. Maybe the memory or acc wire isn't getting power...
I have the Reg/Yellow connected to + and Black to the ground. Should be nothing else to take into consideration for testing purposes?
Also wondering how can it be that the buttons on the face plate light up but the display and the unit itself gets no power?
Could it be a circut failure in the unit?
Could it be a circut failure in the unit?
Are you sure the plug is wired properly. If someone accidentally pulled a wire from the harness and they didn't know where it went, they may have plugged it back into the wrong slot. From the owner's manual, it appears that the red, yellow and black should be all together on one end of the plug. Maybe someone here has a plug they can photograph and post.
Have you checked the voltage on the plug where the wires go into the plug?
The display lights may be wired directly to the illumination wire. If that's the case, I'd suspect that the red wire was in the slot for the illumination wire.
Have you checked the voltage on the plug where the wires go into the plug?
The display lights may be wired directly to the illumination wire. If that's the case, I'd suspect that the red wire was in the slot for the illumination wire.
unfortunally I am not able to check the voltage on the wires due to lack of equipment.
The theory of the mixed wires sounds plausable, but should the lights only illuminate when the unit is turned on and not immediately turn on once power is applied?
The theory of the mixed wires sounds plausable, but should the lights only illuminate when the unit is turned on and not immediately turn on once power is applied?
A lot of the older units had the illumination of the keys independently controlled by a seperate wire, that's what we are talking about. Could you take a picture of the plug and post it here? Its also possible that the circuit for the constant (yellow) wire isn't connecting to the board somehow or has a bad diode in series with the circuit on the board, or even a tiny fuse or bad trace. (this is if the red wire is in the correct position and not illumination, though)
I was made aware that often the flat cable that connects between the HU and display that carries all signals often fails and breaks the connection between the two. If this is the case the display would not be able to turn the HU on?
If its a motorized face.. it is very likely. It could even actually be on just without any display information. Kind of like a lot of the motorized cd player faceplates.
(crosses fingers his kenwood motorized face doesn't act up any time soon..😱 )
(crosses fingers his kenwood motorized face doesn't act up any time soon..😱 )
Yes, I owned two of those poorly-designed units and even gave it a scalding review on epinions.com.
You could have a dead unit which will illluminate the buttons but not power-up. I've seen that before in the car audio world.
But definitely check for power @ the PCB power connector if you can do it.
Great concept, terrible unit! I remember emailing the maker of the DVD disc/laser unit for the RAV-DVD1 and of course got no response.
That darn thing would take up to 30 seconds just to start playing a disc, but the cool thing was the video output which would show the current track/MP3 on the video monitor output.
Also I had issues with DAC noise on the RCA outputs, which Rockford incompetently DENIED any knowledge of. (Easily seen on an oscilloscope and could be reproduced).
🙁 too bad!....good luck!
You could have a dead unit which will illluminate the buttons but not power-up. I've seen that before in the car audio world.
But definitely check for power @ the PCB power connector if you can do it.
Great concept, terrible unit! I remember emailing the maker of the DVD disc/laser unit for the RAV-DVD1 and of course got no response.
That darn thing would take up to 30 seconds just to start playing a disc, but the cool thing was the video output which would show the current track/MP3 on the video monitor output.
Also I had issues with DAC noise on the RCA outputs, which Rockford incompetently DENIED any knowledge of. (Easily seen on an oscilloscope and could be reproduced).
🙁 too bad!....good luck!
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