onlyme

I been searching for an answer, but haven't found one yet, or possibly accidentally overlooked it. I have an 01 Sport with the Premium dual media radio, and have a problem. Some of the radio button lights will not light up, everything else works perfect, display everything. I did a lot of reading, this is not the Mach model with the RDS button, with the light issues.

It's just the regular Premium dual media unit shown below, but the AM/FM, Seek, Tune, and Rew buttons do not light as the rest of the radio does. I know from searching though the Premium, and Mach unit look similar they are different internally. Has anyone took 1 of these apart is there bulbs behind the faceplate, or leds? I can't afford a new radio right now, so only option is repair it if I can, thanks.

Redneck_ranger

I'm assuming the buttons work, right? Because I had this problem with one or two of mine and the buttons didn't work.

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onlyme

Yeah all of the buttons work as they should, and it plays fine as well, just those few buttons won't light up at night, as all the rest do.

Redneck_ranger

Yeah, then your bulbs are just burnt. (Obviously lol) I know a buddy of mine somehow popped them off and got at the lights that way, but I'm not positive on how you would do that. I would suggest sending a PM to Buggman and asking him. He's real good with this type of thing.

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onlyme

Thanks, I will probably eventually take the dive and take it apart and see if I can fix it, if not, oh well I can upgrade later.

El Camino Man

Personally, Id go to a pull-a-part and get ya a Mach 500 w/ 6 cd changer lol

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pooleo

they are surface mount LED's. The can be changed but require soldering.

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onlyme

Yeah I kind of figured that either the leds quit working, or loose or broken soldering connections that has caused the issue to start with.

Scrambler82

There are a couple of write-ups on the Rangers Sites that show the PCB for the front panel and yes you will need a little finesse to get the old ones off without damaging the PCB mounting tabs.

This is the front panel removed on a CD6.


Then you take the PCB out, watch out for the rubber membrane.


Then you get here.
Every white dot is an LED, you will need to determine which is which and replace them, simple.

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onlyme

Yeah I kinda figured it be like that, but I never really known an led to burn out before, but I guess it's possible, I was thinking it be more a solder connection problem.