lost widescreen, gone all square!

fenj66 · Post by **fenj66** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:26 am

hi all, ive been having a few problems with the widescreen monitor lately. a couple of weeks ago it decided to lose its colour and go an all washed out browny colour,
i know some people have had this happen but before i had a chance to play around with the wiring connectors it just sorted its self out a few days later and been ok since.
today i have lost the widescreen look on the display and have black bands going up both sides of the monitor leaving me a rather squashed in picture. has anybody else come across this one before and able to suggest a fix?

regards

fenj66

fenj66 · Post by **fenj66** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:17 pm

just to follow this up.
i tried several things to sort this including taking monitor out of dash and stripping down, looking for loose wires/ribbon connectors - all seemed ok and no difference made.
clearing out boot floor and checking wires on video module and whilst there disconnecting battery for a while - again no difference made.
connecting up my scanner and resetting all modules connected with the monitor - no joy.
and finally, this morning, whilst driving, the monitor just went blank for a few seconds, and came back on in glorious widescreen!!
im not sure how or why this happened, but i have noticed recently, my monitor occasionally shutting itself off then on again every so often. so i hope its not on its way out?

anyway, all sorted for now.....

JimmySpeed · Post by **JimmySpeed** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:48 am

Have you still got your traffic master connected to your car? If so these can cause problems

fenj66 · Post by **fenj66** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:35 pm

never had a traffic master..

JimmySpeed · Post by **JimmySpeed** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:42 pm

[quote=""fenj66""]never had a traffic master..

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They had probably stopped fitting that trash by 2005 then

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