Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Performance and Technical Chat

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 03-27-2014, 01:40 PM   #2
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: London, UK.
Posts: 37
Your English is very good, HolmaN, as is your description.

The fact that your audio continues without interruption makes it clear that there is nothing wrong with the power supply and grounding. The fault is with the display alone, but without removing the unit and dismantling it further diagnosis is not really possible.

The unit is quite old now, so the most common faults would be a loose ribbon cable connector to the LCD display, a cracked ribbon cable (they get brittle with age), a "dry" solder joint somewhere which has gone to high resistance (modern lead-free solders are very prone to that and were especially bad until about ten years ago) or the LCD panel itself may be failing.

Even if you diagnose the fault, and intermittent faults are always very difficult to find and fix, the unit may be uneconomical to repair.

I'd suggest that you live with the fault and when it gets much worse it will be easier to diagnose and if you're lucky it may be an easy fix. Or you may decide to buy a replacement unit. This one is available from a trustworthy Porsche breaker in the UK but will need decoding. But they're all getting on now and can fail at any time, so you may instead decide that it makes more sense to upgrade to a modern alternative such as the Kenwood DNX4230BT and keep your current unit aside for refitting if you sell the car to someone who wishes to retain originality.
__________________
2002 Boxster 2.7 Tiptronic S, Lapis blue, right-hand drive.
Obertelli is offline   Reply With Quote
 



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:57 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page