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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Amigo on 18 December 2011, 19:21:57

Title: Display on?
Post by: Amigo on 18 December 2011, 19:21:57

I've got Traceys Mini facelift MV6 estate here to take for test this week. She popped over to bet the buggy out & noticed the dash display is on. Tried starting the car & switching off again but it still glows away festively! It's the display that only uses half the screen & smaller characters...you know what i mean.

  Any ideas please? Guy. :y

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 19:23:29

Check W contact goes off when key pulled out.

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: Amigo on 18 December 2011, 20:51:51

Quote from: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 19:23:29

Check W contact goes off when key pulled out.

  I have the keys here but not sure what you mean. Laymans terms please?

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: Andy H on 18 December 2011, 20:58:54

Quote from: Amigo MX5 on 18 December 2011, 20:51:51

Quote from: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 19:23:29

Check W contact goes off when key pulled out.

  I have the keys here but not sure what you mean. Laymans terms please?

When you take the key out of the ignition the centre section should 'pop out'. Until it pops out the W line stays live.

(in the days of dynamos the W line was used to power up the field coils. It lives on now to power the auxiliary circuits...........)

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: Amigo on 18 December 2011, 21:31:49

Just been out & started her up...sounds lovely, i've forgotten how sweet they are but when you pull the key out the display goes out but comes on again a few seconds later. Same thing happens when you lock the car & looking in from outside, display goes out but comes back on?

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: Tony H on 18 December 2011, 22:02:00

Make sure you get a distictive "click" when you remove the key otherwise some circuits remaine energised

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 December 2011, 18:26:52

has it got original radio, or some aftermarket unit?

//edited, as I remember the car and owner, but not the radio fitted

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: Amigo on 20 December 2011, 23:36:39

Hi Jaime. It's got the Onstar Phillips Bose head unit with the big volume knob that seems to run an old phone system. Been out & started the car again, let her run for a while & the display has finally gone out & stayed out..just checked 20 mins later.

  Hopefully just a temporary glitch.

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 21 December 2011, 07:47:14

The display will also come on if the radio is switched on - so could be an issue with the radio possibly.

If it happens again pull the radio - but check you have the radio & CD Changer codes first!

Title: Re: Display on?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 December 2011, 09:33:37

Ah, CCRT700, not the most reliable unit :(

If you have the codes, pull the radio out for a few hours, tends to fix most glitches on that unit