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Hi All,

I have a Sanyo FXD-RS50 which came with the car, nothing too flash, however satisfactory for my needs at this point in time.

The problem I am currently experiencing as of late, is that the display screen fails to illuminate much of the time. It may occassionally light up it's usual blue, however 20 mins later it will go out. It has become an annoyance to be unable to read the display screen at night, yet even more of a nuisance is that it may occassionally flicker on/off, and catching a blue flash of light out of the corner of one's eye can be quite off-putting.

When it has come on for a period of time, I have switched the headunit off, or cut the ignition, in order to see if it will illuminate on start-up, sometimes yes, sometimes no, mostly no.... and if it does, the next day upon startup it usually does not light up.

I have checked the wires at the back of the unit, in order to see if they are secure, yet this is where my experience with such things ends.

I'm interested in finding out whether this is a fault with the headunit itself, wires, or otherwise,.... if this can be rectified, or if I should invest in a higher end headunit.

Any assistance is much appreciated, thankyou for your time.

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does it have a detachable face... i had an old shitty no-name headunit n it did the same thing... i eventually worked out that it was the detachable face and that some of the gold-plated contacts between the headunit itself and the front display were not making contact...

i eventually got the shits and baught a pioneer...

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