Help! Jvc Dvd Deck Just Restarts!

[DRFT31]

Hey Guys,

I have a Jvc KD-AVX1 deck installed in my r34. But recently started to play up on me. It happened on the rare occasion before i got my amp installed the deck would restart out of no where. Now after my amp got installed the deck more often restarts. I checked all connections on the back off unit a few days ago to notice power cable was slightly loose. this was the red power cable, so reconnected the wires tightly and put electrical tape over them. No wires were live, and earth was in a good spot. I drove the car for a couple of days without the problem to occur once, but then last night the deck turned on and off 3 times in the matter of 1 minute.

Now my concerns are, is the deck playing up? if so can it be fixed or can i check anything internally? Also could the power from the amp be causing the deck to restart or could the power from the car be cutting off? Also because the power cable was loose could i have damaged something in the deck internally until i reconnected the power correctly? Or should i buy a new deck?

Thanks guys!

Edited December 12, 2008 by DRFT31

[Samon]

I checked all connections on the back off unit a few days ago to notice power cable was slightly loose. this was the red power cable, so reconnected the wires tightly and put electrical tape over them

How exactly did you reconnect the wires?

[DRFT31]

How exactly did you reconnect the wires?

Previously there was a oval connection from the car and on one side from the deck was wire. I noticed the wire had fallen off the oval connection and was loose. So i cut the small oval piece off and connected wire to wire directly and electrical tape over it.

[Samon]

Previously there was a oval connection from the car and on one side from the deck was wire. I noticed the wire had fallen off the oval connection and was loose. So i cut the small oval piece off and connected wire to wire directly and electrical tape over it.

Where you've "connected wire to wire directly and electrical tape over it", is that just twisting the wire together, or actually soldering the wires? If it's just twisted, the vibrations could have caused a bad connection. I'd recommend you either solder the two wires together or use spade terminals.

If the power connection was flakey, it would explain the symptoms exactly! If the deck doesn't have quite enough power, it could restart.

[Chris Rogers]

could also be a dry joint in the unit.

can you duplicate it by hitting the dash ? when does this happen?