Dead CD player/dead SatNav/and now Dead screen

StewartIngram · 14th August 2023, 13:20

Right now I have the following faults, and would like advice on which way to go, as I've had a couple of weeks dismantling and don't want to go through it once more! All will be revealed shortly:-

1) CD player dead - no power? (Was showing 'No Magazine' on screen).
2) SatNav not working - no power light on rear box (was showing 'no CD inserted' on screen).
3) and now - Screen now blank, was ok before I tried operating the cd eject on the player.

I have a hi-line factory fitted on a 03 plate mk1. When I got the car I put later units in, so I have the BMW (mk4?) widescreen head, mk3 satnav, and possibly later TV (analogue) and radio boxes.
Everything was working fine until I started playing with an lpg fault which meant a replacement ecu, and some rewiring of the loom. There were a number of intermittent crimps, so my ICE faults could be related to that rewiring!
The cd magazine fault occurred a couple of months ago, and I had left i until now. More recently, AM radio went low sensitivity; I cured that yesterday at the amp connection on the n/s/r pillar just by touching the connector, it seems solid now.
In trying to find the CD & Satnav power, I read though some of the forum posts this morning. Damp on the radio unit came up; I've checked that as ok and can see nothing amiss around the wiring in the rear wing.
I then thought about taking out the cd unit to check the supply. Another test on the head unit confirmed faults only with cd & satnav (both power?), so I had a feel around the cd unit. Decided I perhaps should pull it out, tried the eject button first, and that was when the screen went blank.
So I am now here, thought it better to ask before more dismantling.

StewartIngram · 14th August 2023, 15:44

Having left the car & come in to put this thread up, I did some work in the garden. When I just went back to the car, without touching anything, I tried the ICE again. RHE SCREEN WAS WORKING. How bizarre! Still no CD or Satnav though.

StewartIngram · 16th August 2023, 06:20

No replies as yet, but good news.
I had a good close inspection around the fusebox/glove box/cd player yesterday. It seemed that when I pressed the Eject button for the magazine, there was a faint noise from the motor, showing power was reaching the unit. A close inspection followed, and I thought I could see the disc partially ejected to the magazine, so decided to remove the player from the car. On the bench, after removing the lid & facia (not an easy job) I saw the jammed disc. I managed to move the large gearwheel round with a screwdriver, which moved the cd to full injection. Plugging it back in, in a dismantled state, the magazine came out.
Re-assembly proved a tad difficult, so I retrieved a similar player from the shed and plugged that in. Success! the cd system was now working, and unbelievably, the satnav was too! I left it playing whilst I continued with the rebuild of the original; but after playing a few tracks the cd stopped. Luckily I had the got the original back together by then, so I put that back in. It worked fine and I had it running for quite some time while I tidied up.
However, for some reason this had flattened the battery - a new one in June.
Now I have another problem. Flat battery, on charge (down to 5v), an expired Mot, with a test booked for 8am, hope it starts ok.....

14th August 2023, 13:20	#1
StewartIngram Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 auto Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chatteris, Cambridgeshire Posts: 903 Thanks: 320 Thanked 159 Times in 127 Posts	Dead CD player/dead SatNav/and now Dead screen Right now I have the following faults, and would like advice on which way to go, as I've had a couple of weeks dismantling and don't want to go through it once more! All will be revealed shortly:- 1) CD player dead - no power? (Was showing 'No Magazine' on screen). 2) SatNav not working - no power light on rear box (was showing 'no CD inserted' on screen). 3) and now - Screen now blank, was ok before I tried operating the cd eject on the player. I have a hi-line factory fitted on a 03 plate mk1. When I got the car I put later units in, so I have the BMW (mk4?) widescreen head, mk3 satnav, and possibly later TV (analogue) and radio boxes. Everything was working fine until I started playing with an lpg fault which meant a replacement ecu, and some rewiring of the loom. There were a number of intermittent crimps, so my ICE faults could be related to that rewiring! The cd magazine fault occurred a couple of months ago, and I had left i until now. More recently, AM radio went low sensitivity; I cured that yesterday at the amp connection on the n/s/r pillar just by touching the connector, it seems solid now. In trying to find the CD & Satnav power, I read though some of the forum posts this morning. Damp on the radio unit came up; I've checked that as ok and can see nothing amiss around the wiring in the rear wing. I then thought about taking out the cd unit to check the supply. Another test on the head unit confirmed faults only with cd & satnav (both power?), so I had a feel around the cd unit. Decided I perhaps should pull it out, tried the eject button first, and that was when the screen went blank. So I am now here, thought it better to ask before more dismantling.

14th August 2023, 15:44	#2
StewartIngram Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 auto Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chatteris, Cambridgeshire Posts: 903 Thanks: 320 Thanked 159 Times in 127 Posts	Having left the car & come in to put this thread up, I did some work in the garden. When I just went back to the car, without touching anything, I tried the ICE again. RHE SCREEN WAS WORKING. How bizarre! Still no CD or Satnav though.

16th August 2023, 06:20	#3
StewartIngram Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 auto Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chatteris, Cambridgeshire Posts: 903 Thanks: 320 Thanked 159 Times in 127 Posts	No replies as yet, but good news. I had a good close inspection around the fusebox/glove box/cd player yesterday. It seemed that when I pressed the Eject button for the magazine, there was a faint noise from the motor, showing power was reaching the unit. A close inspection followed, and I thought I could see the disc partially ejected to the magazine, so decided to remove the player from the car. On the bench, after removing the lid & facia (not an easy job) I saw the jammed disc. I managed to move the large gearwheel round with a screwdriver, which moved the cd to full injection. Plugging it back in, in a dismantled state, the magazine came out. Re-assembly proved a tad difficult, so I retrieved a similar player from the shed and plugged that in. Success! the cd system was now working, and unbelievably, the satnav was too! I left it playing whilst I continued with the rebuild of the original; but after playing a few tracks the cd stopped. Luckily I had the got the original back together by then, so I put that back in. It worked fine and I had it running for quite some time while I tidied up. However, for some reason this had flattened the battery - a new one in June. Now I have another problem. Flat battery, on charge (down to 5v), an expired Mot, with a test booked for 8am, hope it starts ok.....