Monsoon display died
Monsoon display died My display on my monsoon head unit appears to have died. I searched and saw some suggestions to shine a flashlight at it and see if you can still faintly see the radio station change and I tried that but I couldn't see anything changing which leads me to believe that a burnt out bulb is not the problem. Everything else works fine with it and everything else lights up, just not the display. I also saw some posts that a solder joint could have a hairline crack.
I am semi-familiar with the inside of the unit (have replaced the bulbs with LEDs on friends units) but I could use some guidance on where I should look to find the possible solder crack or if anyone has some other suggestions on what could have happened.
Thanks for any help.
I am semi-familiar with the inside of the unit (have replaced the bulbs with LEDs on friends units) but I could use some guidance on where I should look to find the possible solder crack or if anyone has some other suggestions on what could have happened.
Thanks for any help.
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Try "thwapping" the display plastic with your finger. If that brings the display back, it's likely cracked solder joints.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-el...n-display.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-el...n-display.html
Well I dug into it this morning...flicking the screen did nothing. I didn't see any signs of obvious cracks so I re-soldered every joint on the display board and no change 
Also I didn't see any light bulb behind the display just the little ones behind the buttons so I don't know what people are talking about with checking the bulb for the display??
Friday when I started the car it worked for a second then dimmed out to nothing and has been dead since.
Everything else still seems to work fine though.
Any ideas for what to try next?
I don't want to just throw an aftermarket stereo in (I like the OEM look).
Thanks again for the help!
I should add that this is a 2002 camaro monsoon and this is what my board looks like:
http://xse.com/leres/ss/images/led2-sm.html
Also I didn't see any light bulb behind the display just the little ones behind the buttons so I don't know what people are talking about with checking the bulb for the display??
Friday when I started the car it worked for a second then dimmed out to nothing and has been dead since.
Everything else still seems to work fine though.
Any ideas for what to try next?
I don't want to just throw an aftermarket stereo in (I like the OEM look).
Thanks again for the help!
I should add that this is a 2002 camaro monsoon and this is what my board looks like:
http://xse.com/leres/ss/images/led2-sm.html
Last edited by zfastss; Aug 18, 2012 at 01:50 PM.
