l1lbill Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Hi did the hack as per the guide but (as in another thread) my head unit wont reset. When i press tape it says press eject, if i press eject the unit goes blank. Tried the resting technique in the guide but cant get any joy, with various timings. I cut the tracks and removed the spring if it helps. Whats the best timing for restting the unit? Quote
Zugara Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Is one of the selector buttons stuck under the fascia Radio, tape,cd buttons. Else you may have to reinstall the springs There was a post a few days ago similar to your problem. Quote
Paddy78 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 There was a post a few days ago similar to your problem. It was me and the reason mine wouldn't reset is that I'd cut / desoldered the wires on the tape motors. As soon as I'd attached these back the reset worked first time. I really feel your pain, because it's a fairly huge effort to get everything out and reinstalled only to find it not working. My advice would be to firstly see if you can push any of the tape mechanism in (With a pen or pencil... or an old tape if you have one). If the reset still doesn't work, then take it all out again and see if you've accidentally disconnected / cut any of the motor wires? I just thought that I was doing the reset incorrectly, must have tried 20 to 30 times. As soon as I'd reconencted the wires it worked first time, so can only assume that something isn't right inside. Hope you get it working, because it really is worth the effort! Quote
l1lbill Posted March 13, 2012 Author Posted March 13, 2012 cheers guys. its odd because when i 'tested' the unit it all worked ok, went to start the car next time and it didnt work...... Quote
Zugara Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 cheers guys. its odd because when i 'tested' the unit it all worked ok, went to start the car next time and it didnt work...... So is it dead? Blown a fuse all the connections in the back ok? Quote
DoogyRev Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Did you just go for the phono connection or charger as well? Quote
l1lbill Posted March 13, 2012 Author Posted March 13, 2012 Just the phono connection..... right....... cd and radio work fine. press tape and flashes 'press eject', presd eject and screen goes blank and go through a procedure. what i dont get is why it worked at first. is there any point in trying to disconnect the battery and leaving ? or best just to bite the bullet and take it all apart again? Quote
Paddy78 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Do you get any motor sounds when you press eject with the keys out of the ignition? Quote
l1lbill Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 yeah it sounds like it runs through the eject procedure. took the spring out exactly as in the guide. im confused as to why it worked first of all and now doesnt....... Quote
Zugara Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Put the paging back in, to allow the mechanism to eject. Pain in the butt but it's the only way, Quote
DoogyRev Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Put the paging back in, to allow the mechanism to eject. Pain in the butt but it's the only way, Paging... care to elaborate, never saw one of those when I did my iPod hack Quote
l1lbill Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 woooo will look forward to that saturday morning! assume then i need to push the mechanism down ? cheers guys will update Quote
Zugara Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Put the paging back in, to allow the mechanism to eject. Pain in the butt but it's the only way, Paging... care to elaborate, never saw one of those when I did my iPod hack Erm, was ment to say spring......... Quote
l1lbill Posted March 15, 2012 Author Posted March 15, 2012 Just had one thought.....i may have thrown the spring away thinking i didnt need it again.....aaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh Quote
Zugara Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Just had one thought.....i may have thrown the spring away thinking i didnt need it again.....aaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh Quote
spursmaddave Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Just had one thought.....i may have thrown the spring away thinking i didnt need it again.....aaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh Quote
l1lbill Posted March 16, 2012 Author Posted March 16, 2012 i guess thats me stuffed! how comes it says to remove the spring if it doesnt work? Quote
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