Clarion radio bulbs

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 14 Jan 2010, 20:12

the left hand lower quarter of Juliet's radio is unlit.
Is it possible to open it up and replace the bulbs?

KP · Unread post by KP » 15 Jan 2010, 08:06

I think they are LEDs which are soldered onto the board along with the microswitch type things for the buttons.. i wouldn't reckon on removing the plating and plastic surround getting to both the front and rear of the board would be easy. may be better to find another working radio or a damaged one from a scrap car and play with that first

They all eventually seem to fail in the same area and it slowly moves along the rest of the lower buttons

seisporting · Unread post by **seisporting** » 15 Jan 2010, 10:50

I presume you have give it a whack to see if they relight

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 15 Jan 2010, 11:34

seisporting wrote:I presume you have give it a whack to see if they relight

Yup

1st rule of repair: Whack it.
2nd rule if that doesn't fix it: Whack it harder

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 15 Jan 2010, 12:39

If the Clarion is anything like the Blaupunkt, it's a nighmare to get into. They rere never designed to have any kond of repair carried out on them