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#74379 - 23/02/2002 19:05 Rio car (while in car) is dead!
MaximaJed
stranger

Registered: 30/01/2002
Posts: 38
My Rio car just stopped working all of a sudden last night. I had it working fine for about 5 hours, while I was at work, but When I started to drive home, it just shut off in the middle of a song. Anyone else have this happen before?

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#74380 - 24/02/2002 00:52 Re: Rio car (while in car) is dead! [Re: MaximaJed]
mtempsch
pooh-bah

Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
Random lockups is a know bug in the 2.0betas. If you're running 1.02 or 1.03 I'd suspect a bad drive cable (see the following FAQ)

/Michael
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#74381 - 24/02/2002 03:00 Re: Rio car (while in car) is dead! [Re: MaximaJed]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
I'd check the wiring and look for blown fuses.

(I'm assuming that by "shut off" you mean it went completely dark and wouldn't come on again at all.)

Does it work on the AC adapter?
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#74382 - 24/02/2002 03:02 Re: Rio car (while in car) is dead! [Re: tfabris]
justinlarsen
old hand

Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
ya sounds like a fuse.. check the first one attached to the yellow wire.. and i belive there is one internall i read someone but i havent seen it pysically.. its very unlikyl the played got fried..
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#74383 - 24/02/2002 03:09 Re: Rio car (while in car) is dead! [Re: justinlarsen]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
And if a fuse -DID- blow, replacing the fuse is not the end of it. You must find out why it happened. Fuses are there to help protect the sensitive equipment from bad wiring. If you have to replace a fuse, you need to fix the problem that caused the fuse to blow first.
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