Re: [Peugeot-L] Radio shutdown after cell phone call!!!

From: -Phil- <listacct_at_mindfart.com>
Date: 01/28/06

Sometimes RF hash from cellphones can "lock up" the microcontroller inside the radio. Try disconnecting the car battery for a few minutes, (minimum) then reconnect it, I bet it will fix your problem.

-Phil
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From: "todd_sanchez" <todd.sanchez@comcast.net> To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:12 PM Subject: [Peugeot-L] Radio shutdown after cell phone call!!!

>I was driving home tonight in my '88 505 wgn listening to FM radio with my
>cell phone
> sitting in a cupholder next to the gear shift. The cell phone rang and
> almost
> simultaneously the radio went "Brrraaaap" and quit; colder than a
> mackerel.
>
> I checked the fuses in the box under the hood on the driver's side. All
> appeared to be
> good. I don't think the radio has an in-line fuse; will check tomorrow.
>
> So, any ideas? Is the radio toast? A Japanese victim of a Finnish ECM
> attack?
>
> (Radio's a Pioneer KE1900 with the nice Peugeot matching orange lights,
> and the cell
> phone is an old Nokia brick; model 5165.)
>
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