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Offline Neaty

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Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« on: 19 June 2007, 11:42 »
I recently fitted a Brand New kenwood head unit (not sure on the model off the top of my head) and was all working fine until when i ws on my way down to inters!

all of a sudden the sound went off but the screen was still on and all the display etc, so i tried to turn it off and back on again to see if that helps but then it wouldnt turn back on. it still has power because it will eject a cd and the red light flashes thats behind the front screen when u take it off!

any ideas on what the problem could be?

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #1 on: 19 June 2007, 12:35 »
Kenwoods (well, my last three anyway) are notorious for 'crashing'.

Have you tried resetting the unit (there's usually a rest button somewhere on the faceplate).

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #2 on: 19 June 2007, 12:53 »
erm, i have the front screen in front of me now the buttons it has are:

att                                                                           eject
     
    Volume knob                                                       pause/play/skip track knob


            TI   Menu   1      2       3      4       5      6          SRC

button to release the front screen

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #3 on: 19 June 2007, 13:03 »
The reset button will be a little recessed button that you need to push with a pen tip, might not be too obvious.


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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #4 on: 19 June 2007, 13:07 »
got it, cheers i will try this and let you know

thanks mate  :smiley:

will it ask me to put my security code in again coz thats a pain in the ring!  :grin:

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #5 on: 19 June 2007, 16:14 »
Yes, it's likely you will need that.

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #6 on: 19 June 2007, 19:07 »
its back! thanks for that tobz and sheps!

eddie van halen can be heard once again!  :cool:

yea i had to put in the code again and i forgot what it was, so guessed which was wrong so i was panicking until i found the bit of paper with it written on!

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2007, 19:45 »
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Kenwoods (well, my last three anyway) are notorious for 'crashing'.

my last 3kenwoods all stopped working i will never touch a kenny again!

fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, FOOL ME 3TIMES KENNYS ARE sh!tE

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2007, 20:54 »
i have had two previous to tis one and they have both been great. it seems its just this one particular cd that it doesnt like....and possibly my favourite one too! it crashed 3 times in succession yesterday!

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Re: Kenwood headunit has power but wont turn on
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2007, 21:10 »
I had one of the blackface mask ones, it gave up after a while. I reckon it was the band bit that connects the faceplate to the inside of the HU, but then it did have to spin all the way around because thats the way the mask ones worked. It was a good unit until that happened though!