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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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First thanks in advance for taking time to read this. I have 04 eb expy w/navigation radio. My display is not working (not displaying anything) I think I may have found the problem, The antenna connection came off the back window. Does anyone know how I reattach it?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by sassy57
First thanks in advance for taking time to read this. I have 04 eb expy w/navigation radio. My display is not working (not displaying anything) I think I may have found the problem, The antenna connection came off the back window. Does anyone know how I reattach it?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I don't think the antenna will effect the display, you just won't get any reception. What kind of antenna do you have?

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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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its the antenna that came with navi system and is attached to the rear quarter panel window. The attachment came off. It is the only thing that I can find wrong. It is driving me crazy not knowing what station radio is on or knowing what time it is not to mention navigation displays dont work
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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So the radio works fine except for the display?
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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Yeah, it plays fine stations, cd's even can push home button on nav and it is still telling me where to turn and stuff, but nothing displays so thats all I can do on the nav is push home. cant enter address or prev destination cause you cant see anything except one half of screen is blue the other is black????????????
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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Try shining a flash light at an angle to the display and see if you can see the shadow of the time, station, etc. If you can, then it might be the drivers to the display are bad.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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Used flashlight and I couldn't see a thing. STRANGE and driving me crazy!!!!!!
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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My guess is that the display drivers have failed. You may have to take it to the dealer at this point to have it checked further. One other question, when you turn your head lights on, are the backlight buttons on the radio visable?
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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No back lights visible I think I have to go to the dealer too, was just trying to do anything not to. Thanks for all your help
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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One of the wires in the harness that goes into your head unit controls the lighting. Sounds like its making a bad connection. Without a schematic it would be difficult to determine which one it is.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Thanks, going to dealer tomorrow see if they can find it. It did this before and I checked all the fuses, they were good but it must have reset the radio cause it started working again, didnt work this time though. I wondered about a bad/loose connection but I didnt want to rip everything apart w/out a diagram. Have searched High and low on line to find one but couldnt. Thanks again for taking time for me.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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Hey Sassy57,

Did you ever figure out what was wrong? My unit in an 05 is doing the same thing.

Thanks
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