306 Radio (Clarion) problem - front panel does not respond but steering stalk does

HI,

My factory-fitted Peugeot 306 (S Reg) radio-cassette player (Clarion) seems
to be faulty.

None of the front-panel controls are working but the remote steering column
controls are working.

From what I can see on Google this seems to be a common problem - does
anybody have any experience here?

Thanks,

Dave.

 

I had this problem a few weeks ago - poked around inside the cassette
hole and it appeared to fix itself - at least for the moment!

Robert - also from macclesfield - maybe Cookson's do it deliberately?

 

Yes - you can get the problem to go away for a while. Seems to be linked to
the ignition.

The unit will work without the ignition on - if you turn the unit on and
then turn the ignition to position 'A' the problem will occur.

Dave.

 

Replying to my own posting...

This problem is caused by a broken connection on the back of the PCB that is
directly behind the buttons on the black plastic front. In my case the
intermittent problem migrated to a permanent problem.

There are two connectors - one six way and one eight way - that need to be
reattached. Simple to do if you have access to a soldering iron. Simply pull
the radio half way of the facia and unscrew the black plastic front (two
gold screws on each side) and re-solder the connectors.

Dave.