ranger pete
Veteran Member
Yesterday afternoon while driving on the interstate for a few hours my radio appeared to lose power with no warning. One minute I am listening to a youtube podcast on phone through bluetooth, the next moment, nothing. No lights at all on radio.
Did some research on internet. I checked the 15A fuse under the hood in fuse box. It is good. I tried the radio reboot trick, holding down power button for over a minute. No change.
I did just discover that apparently I can listen to the radio without turning the ignition on. Guess that's why we dont have acc position!
Do I need to do the reboot trick with ignition off?
I have also read that there is a fuse inline going to the radio. Is this so? How much of a PITA to get at? I assume I need to pull the unit to do this?
The radio is the RCD 510, Premium 8. I've been quite happy with it, overall. I sometimes get distortion that sounds like a blown speaker in the rear, but this is intermittent and haven't noticed recently. Also, BT connectivity is a little clunky, if I turn car off, then back on quickly. Seems like it takes a while for everything to connect so I can play music from phone through the radio.
Would like to salvage this unit, but if it is toast, would like recommendations on aftermarket stuff that will plug and play and work with steering wheel controls.
Did some research on internet. I checked the 15A fuse under the hood in fuse box. It is good. I tried the radio reboot trick, holding down power button for over a minute. No change.
I did just discover that apparently I can listen to the radio without turning the ignition on. Guess that's why we dont have acc position!
Do I need to do the reboot trick with ignition off?
I have also read that there is a fuse inline going to the radio. Is this so? How much of a PITA to get at? I assume I need to pull the unit to do this?
The radio is the RCD 510, Premium 8. I've been quite happy with it, overall. I sometimes get distortion that sounds like a blown speaker in the rear, but this is intermittent and haven't noticed recently. Also, BT connectivity is a little clunky, if I turn car off, then back on quickly. Seems like it takes a while for everything to connect so I can play music from phone through the radio.
Would like to salvage this unit, but if it is toast, would like recommendations on aftermarket stuff that will plug and play and work with steering wheel controls.
