Colour Moniter

[Guest Bry]

Hi, can any one help i keep losing my monitor also the radio and the automatics to the lights and wipers some times its on for days then off comes on low light and brightens up as you drive on have looked at the cables behind the radio and the monitor and connections seem to be all right there was a very audible clicking from the monitor on starting and its now back on is there another module that sends the signal to the monitor and where do i look for this any help would be appreciated. Bryan

[paul.h]

Sounds as if the battery voltage may be a bit low. If you can, measure the voltage or before starting the engine check the voltmeter on the dash to see if that is lower than normal.

[Guest Bry]

Sounds as if the battery voltage may be a bit low. If you can, measure the voltage or before starting the engine check the voltmeter on the dash to see if that is lower than normal.

WILL DO THANKS BRY

[longdead]

Hi, can any one help i keep losing my monitor also the radio and the automatics to the lights and wipers some times its on for days then off comes on low light and brightens up as you drive on have looked at the cables behind the radio and the monitor and connections seem to be all right there was a very audible clicking from the monitor on starting and its now back on is there another module that sends the signal to the monitor and where do i look for this any help would be appreciated. Bryan

 

Hi I have got a c5 hpi exclusive se 2002 I had this problem and my radio would not play cd or change to cd player and the controls on stalk would not work after a time the display would not work at all it seem to me that it had no power any way after months of not working I got a new battery it still did not work then I went away and the car lost all power and would not start called AA who was useless but car would start droved about 60 miles happen again this time the AA man did a diagnostic but had no clue when home for some reason I charge the battery and when I put it back on my display and radio worked car has been in to citroen new pressure pump and fuel value £700 but display is not working again I think some think is draining battery may be the alarm battery because this is why I got new won when the alarm went off for a very short time the battery went dead and the alarm battery did not make much of a sound does any one no where this battery is citroen hasn't clue these are the only problems I have had in 6 year car has 106129 miles

Recharge the battery went to get two new tyres and on the way there the display came on all working at the moment very happy chappy

[longdead]

Hi I have got a c5 hpi exclusive se 2002 I had this problem and my radio would not play cd or change to cd player and the controls on stalk would not work after a time the display would not work at all it seem to me that it had no power any way after months of not working I got a new battery it still did not work then I went away and the car lost all power and would not start called AA who was useless but car would start droved about 60 miles happen again this time the AA man did a diagnostic but had no clue when home for some reason I charge the battery and when I put it back on my display and radio worked car has been in to citroen new pressure pump and fuel value £700 but display is not working again I think some think is draining battery may be the alarm battery because this is why I got new won when the alarm went off for a very short time the battery went dead and the alarm battery did not make much of a sound does any one no where this battery is citroen hasn't clue these are the only problems I have had in 6 year car has 106129 miles

Recharge the battery went to get two new tyres and on the way there the display came on all working at the moment very happy chappy

gone again help

[Randombloke]

gone again help

 

It sounds like a loose connection.

 

When the monitor is not working or looks like it is dead, if you look very closely in dim light, does it look like it is there but very dark?

 

If so, you may have an intermittent back light bulb. Check the connections to it.

 

If not, here is a post about connections that might help:

 

Post from iannez about similar issue

 

Also, it is a known problem with some PSA cars that as they get older the back up battery for the alarm (which charges off the car battery) gets tired and then simply flattens the car battery quite quickly.

 

I would never run a C5 with a poor battery, they tend to give a lot of problems. I've got a little cigarette lighter plug in that tells me the battery voltage all the time.

[longdead]

It sounds like a loose connection.

 

When the monitor is not working or looks like it is dead, if you look very closely in dim light, does it look like it is there but very dark?

 

If so, you may have an intermittent back light bulb. Check the connections to it.

 

If not, here is a post about connections that might help:

 

Post from iannez about similar issue

 

Also, it is a known problem with some PSA cars that as they get older the back up battery for the alarm (which charges off the car battery) gets tired and then simply flattens the car battery quite quickly.

 

I would never run a C5 with a poor battery, they tend to give a lot of problems. I've got a little cigarette lighter plug in that tells me the battery voltage all the time.

 

Hi I have check the wires best I can over a period of time but I will check again some times when I turn the ignition on the display will flicker then go dead I checked this live wire and it stays live for about 30 seconds then goes dead I agree about the alarm battery because this is what led me to get a new battery do you know where the alarm battery is ? I ask citroen and they did not no I also ask them about the fuel cut of switch they are useless from reading posts I believe my c5 does not actually have a on/off switch but it is connected to the airbag system anyway back to display if I could find the alarm battery I could check it out or replace it do you know if the display works with out radio connected

Ta for your help