Problem with AVIC-D2 illumination
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From: Yardley PA
Problem with AVIC-D2 illumination
I have the illumination wire for my avic-d2 hooked into the harness for the hvac. Lately I have noticed when driving at night when the display goes into that night time mode that the screen seems to get real bright all of a sudden and then dims. It continues to do this even though I know that I have a solid connection between the wires. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
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You need to hook the Illumination wire to a source that is only Hot when lights come on, some folks use the traction control light source. I ran a wire to rear tail lights.
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Has it been that way all along?
I found that the pulse width for the dimming on my C5 (off the hvac) to my AVIC-N4 is inverted so the unit would not go into the "dark screen" , night time mode.
I had to add an inverter to get it to work properly.
No big deal, one transistor and a few resistors.
I found that the pulse width for the dimming on my C5 (off the hvac) to my AVIC-N4 is inverted so the unit would not go into the "dark screen" , night time mode.
I had to add an inverter to get it to work properly.
No big deal, one transistor and a few resistors.
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From: Yardley PA
Has it been that way all along?
I found that the pulse width for the dimming on my C5 (off the hvac) to my AVIC-N4 is inverted so the unit would not go into the "dark screen" , night time mode.
I had to add an inverter to get it to work properly.
No big deal, one transistor and a few resistors.
I found that the pulse width for the dimming on my C5 (off the hvac) to my AVIC-N4 is inverted so the unit would not go into the "dark screen" , night time mode.
I had to add an inverter to get it to work properly.
No big deal, one transistor and a few resistors.
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From: Torrance Calif
here is a link to my AVIC post about this problem and solution.
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15665
You can fab the inverter if you can solder.
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15665
You can fab the inverter if you can solder.
