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[g-unit81y2k]

hi just bought a 98 2.5 v6 cdx and registered today. my omega didnt have a head unit at all when i bought it, does have cd changer though. is this the reason there is no display at all or is it at fault? thanks G

[Andy H]

I'm guessing that all the backlight bulbs have blown.

Mine has been almost impossible to read in daylight so I pulled the instruments out yesterday to check and found that 3 of the 4 bulbs were blown and the one that was working was almost black.

Went to the stealers today and bought 4 new bulbs. £7.40

Thats fixed it

[tunnie]

I'm guessing that all the backlight bulbs have blown.

Mine has been almost impossible to read in daylight so I pulled the instruments out yesterday to check and found that 3 of the 4 bulbs were blown and the one that was working was almost black.

Went to the stealers today and bought 4 new bulbs. £7.40

Thats fixed it

 

You want to get yourself to a scrappy! 

[RobG]

I'm guessing that all the backlight bulbs have blown.

Mine has been almost impossible to read in daylight so I pulled the instruments out yesterday to check and found that 3 of the 4 bulbs were blown and the one that was working was almost black.

Went to the stealers today and bought 4 new bulbs. £7.40

Thats fixed it

 

You want to get yourself to a scrappy! 

Or my shed

[g-unit81y2k]

thanks for the reply. would the display go off if the head unit was removed?

[Andy H]

thanks for the reply. would the display go off if the head unit was removed?

No.

On most Omegas turning on the radio will blank one line of the display and replace it with text from the radio. Turning the radio off doesn't switch the display off.

On cars with NCDC satnav units the steering wheel controls switch what is shown on the display via the head unit. If the head unit is missing the display still works but you can't select what you want to display. A CDX probably wouldn't have an NCDC headunit.

[TheBoy]

I'm guessing that all the backlight bulbs have blown.

Mine has been almost impossible to read in daylight so I pulled the instruments out yesterday to check and found that 3 of the 4 bulbs were blown and the one that was working was almost black.

Went to the stealers today and bought 4 new bulbs. £7.40

Thats fixed it

 

You want to get yourself to a scrappy! 

For MID, climate or dash illumination bulbs, I would strongly recommend using new bulbs, as the shocks involved in removing the components will most likely cause others to fail.

MID/Climate bulbs are 98p + VAT trade (around £1.15 + VAT retail) from dealer. Not been able to find cheaper elsewhere yet