mini cooper lcd display not working quotation

I got the sense from a few YouTube videos that it was likely to be an issue inside the display module rather than a problem at the other end of the CAN bus.

In my case, the LCD is totally blank but some people (see below image) have had weird garbled output, which further suggests a problem local to the display module.

Might be normal for some, but it is not normal for all LCD displays. The LCD on the AC directly below the radio is not effected at all by heat. Between my wife and I we"ve owned 7 cars since moving to Arizona, plus I"ve changed the head units in 3 or 4 of those. None of those have had any kind of display problem at all. I"d say that makes this BMW unit somewhat unique.

The problem is certainly something I can live with and since it sounds decent I have no intentions of changing it for an aftermarket unit. I do believe that a radio in a $50,000 car should be free of problems and that there is no reason the display in the radio shouldn"t be as good as the one in the AC. I was hoping I just got a bad one and that a replacement from the dealer would fix it. That"s starting to sound less likely.

Note that this second technique will cause all files within a given application to be compiled in debug mode. The first technique will cause only that particular file to be compiled in debug mode.

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If you find that you have any of the problems listed above, you will have several options. You can either replace the complete unit which will normally cost you a lot more as it will more than likely need reprogramming too, or you can buy a second-hand unit which although may work out cheaper initially, will still cost a lot as again, it will need to be reprogrammed. Second-hand units if not remanufactured already can also fail in the future and will only come with 30-90 day warranty.

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Jump-start the carusing a jumper cable and a healthy battery from another car (or portable car battery pack), then recharge your battery by driving around. Keep the engine running for some time (at least 30 minutes), as the alternator needs time to recharge the battery.

Note:A lead acid battery, NiMH battery, lithium ion battery (li-ion), or any other type of battery may have a distinct charge current or constant voltage specification. So, check the manufacturer’s manual to find the best way to recharge the battery.

Additionally, the charge time can increase if you use the car’s electrical devices, like the dashboard LCD display, while recharging the battery. So, you may want to keep all vehicle electrical components shut off.Finally, fast charging may harm your car’s battery in the long run. So, it’s best to recharge batteries slowly or with a smart battery charger to preserve battery life.

the other thing - if the white screen effect is not solid but instead has streaks or partially covered reddish lines. That is a bad screen. it"s the screens male end or the mother boards female side. the pins are crossing from being bent or broken off or whatever. or it could be the ribbon jacked. sometimes you can straighten the pins back out and get it to work but i do NOT want to get into that because it"s so hard it just !@#$%^ me off to think about it, I will tell you this though, you will need a huge lighted magnifying glass to do it and good freaking luck. moral of that story is do not push that plug to hard. LOL

your white screen problems are not from a bad screen, your white screen problems are from the gpu getting shut off and on at the wrong times or super fast or when ever it just doesn"t like what your doing. this can happen at anytime during the fix. It;s really easy to bump when all this apart, it"s due to the charge in the battery and just bumping any little thing can send a signal to the ipod accidentally.

Bulk sellers are not trashing your returns, they just sell them again. no joke. if it looks fine, no cracks or scratches, they will just sell it again. you might get a new one, you might get the same one back. and guess what happens when you get it? it works.

Some of you guys are not being honest. you say that you think your screen is a bad one and "help me I want a fix for this" and blah blah blah. but what you really mean is you got it to work but then later when you were trying to get everything right, it quit working and went a white screen and now you can"t get it back on like it was before. I think that"s because no one wants to admit they jacked it up.

well you did jack it up but it"s fixable. That hold the volume button thing hasn"t worked for me reliably. it does sometimes but I believe it"s because at some point while doing that the machine just gets too may commands at one time and shorts it self out for a second. POOF there lies the fix. If you have tried to do it that way and it doesn"t work you can just short it out yourself for a second. take the metal center piece back out. see by the home button controls Pos and neg and there is a another on the middle of those two 9 can"t remember what that says at the moment.

use something metal, a short piece of copper wire with a another short piece of copper wire wrapped in the middle is perfect. you want to make a 3 way connection for just a moment.

I came to this conclusion after a few tests and one of the ipods I was working on that was doing this was set aside because I was so frustrated with it. I left it set for so long the battery ran all the way out. it worked when i recharged it and and plugged the same screen back in. also powered several cracked screens.

so wha laaa. if you do not believe me then i would like to buy all your white screen failures please./ LOL I will give you 3 bucks each for them. LOL

PS. I am not some kid that thinks he knows everything. LOL I am a Monster 45 year old hairy man with fingers way too big to be messing with these tiny little screws. I normally just deal in car audio( KICKER ) but I got into doing this because I was getting a lot of customers with broken ipods that they were using to push signals to their head units.

when you are dealing with amps and signal processors and huge car audio systems the cardinal rule is disconnect the battery when working on the system. the power is WAY hi in the audio systems so when something like this thing with the ipod happens it FRYS STUFF. I mean it will Blow stuff up, ruin thousands of dollars worth of electronics or even burn your car to the ground.