Becker in a 2003 F360-- Screen going?

Working in electronics, I have seen LCD screens that will work for years with one line, and I've seen them completely die and/or break. The car may only have 22k on it, but it's had 14-18 years of weather changes, days and nights, etc. that will take a toll on anything. It's a teenager, it will act up.

 

And the LCD "leaks" may stabilize or slowly spread. I've never noted rhyme or reason.
I would look for a replacement/spare on eBay or contact Becker Auto Sound for one.

 

I just had my OEM Becker in my 2003 360 Spider die. Local repair shop works with Becker and did a transplant of my face onto new/old guts. Assume they could do the reverse as well. Becker has a licensed repair facility that uses their name in NJ.

 

Which one is it? I've seen on the later traffic pros that one side of the screen can go all black. You can try cleaning the contacts, and if its a traffic pro you can open it up and transplant the electronics and screen in the outer panel from a land rover unit or porsche unit. It will be a different color, but will work well.

 

I've seen screens act funny in very cold temperatures....but I'm talking Canadian temperatures...not Florida temperatures

 

Check the contacts on the front panel. Just clean em'.

 

Thanks for the lead on the repair facility... My OE Becker and the CD changer aren't playing nice with each other.

 

Before you send it off, try pulling the unit with the keys and the topmost connector... remove it and put it back in. That top connector is what mediates the CD changer in the frunk. If you can reseat the connector at the CD player in the frunk that might be a corroded or loose connector.

 

The funny thing is that after a road trip of 1000+ kilometers, when I got back I noticed that on the right side the LCD of the Ferrari Becker unit was going bad... In the beginning I was sad, but 1 day later the problem disappeared... I simply opened and closed the front panel a couple of times... No problem every since...

 

Thanks... I'll reseat each side. Fingers crossed!

... If it doesn't work, I still don't know which component is not playing nice. I usually don't even listen to anything except the engine but it would be **nice** to have the CD changer working.