Ok, strange question really. I have a Sony CDX-M800 stereo installed in a 2000 4runner. It's the one that opens/closes, 2 displays, etc. Well, when closed, the outside display has power, and the remote works. When it OPENS, however, the unit's interior display has no power, the controls don't work, nothing lights up.... but it still works! I can use the remote to change channels, everything??!?!?!

The only thing I have done recently is the deckplate mod/elbow removal, which I turned the unit "off" before doing.... Are there any fuses, etc that I should pull besides the battery? Has this ever happened to anyone before, or is this piece of junk just worthless?

I'm thinking there's some sort of relationship between me turning the unit 'off' and removing the EFI fuse/airbox afterwards, but that's probably correlation versus causation...

 

did you adjust the settings for the cd player ??

 

no, i didn't touch a thing, I just turned it off... and it's not a settings issue (i don't think) because none of the buttons on the inside work. No setting does that.

 

really sounds like a problem with the deck ... try reseting it

 

tried resetting it. Now have the battery off, gonna see if that fixes it. It's wierd that the radio, just not the inner-display/buttons, work...

 

hope that solves the problem

 

nope, still not working. i'll try running it over with my car next.

 

hmmm how old is the deck ?

 

2 or 3 years. It can't be a fuse because the rest of the unit works, right? I mean, functionally it's still fine, just a bit annoying that I have to use my remote to do everything.

 

that the only thing it could be pull it out check the wires and the fuse

 

alright, i'll do that, see what's up. thx.

 

if that dont work then run it over

 

yea, I have a sony HU and the radio will work, but the power to the faceplate will go out. I just reset it and everything is ok. I wonder if its an anti-theft thing...