So, when I bought the car (Lexus IS200) it had a great Pioneer DEH -P7850BT with Bluetooth and everything. It worked fine, till one day when the screen started to play up. I though that is just an error but no, the screen was working only when the face was sliding out..and that's for few seconds. After further investigation I found out that the ribbon cable needs replacing.
I've ordered a brand new ribbon cable, and the unit was working fine before installing it(the face/screen was sliding out and in with no problems), apart from the fact that I was unable to see anything on the screen. Suddenly, the unit stoped working . I replaced the ribbon cable (quite a pain but not impossible) hopping that this was the cause of the sudden death, but still no go. There was no smoke coming out or anything from the unit. I've also checked the cable that goes into it and it's alive….but still no go from the bloody unit.
Do you have any thought on this? Is there any way to check if there is any power going into the actual unit?