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Problem Symptoms Table

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PROBLEM SYMPTOMS TABLE

Flow chart No. Symptom
1 EVEN WHEN PRESSING "PWR/VOL" SWITCH OR ANY AUDIO SWITCH, THE SCREEN REMAINS BLACK 
2 PANEL SWITCH DOES NOT FUNCTION 
3 ALTHOUGH "PWR/VOL" SWITCH IS PRESSED, NO SOUND IS HEARD (DISPLAY AND SWITCH OPERATION IS NORMAL) 
4 NO NAVIGATION SCREEN DISPLAYED WHEN "MAP/VOICE", "NAVI" OR "DEST" SWITCH PRESSED (SCREEN CANNOT BE SWITCHED) 
5 NAVIGATION SCREEN IS NOT STABILIZED (SYNCHRONOUS ERROR) 
6 COLOR ON NAVIGATION SCREENS IS UNUSUAL (RGB SIGNAL ERROR) 
7 FRONT SPEAKER (DRIVER SIDE) ONLY IS NOT HEARD (RADIO, CASSETTE TAPE, CD) 
8 MAP DVD CANNOT BE EJECTED OR PLAYED 
9 MAP SCREEN DISPLAYED DOES NOT APPEAR (DISC CAUTION SCREEN DOES NOT CHANGE) 
10 MAP IS DISPLAYED IN WHITE OR BLUE SCREEN (SWITCHED AND VEHICLE POSITION MARK ARE DISPLAYED) 
11 SCREEN CANNOT BE DIMMED WHEN LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH IS TURNED TO "TAIL" POSITION 
12 TOUCH SWITCH DOES NOT FUNCTION (NAVIGATION SCREEN ONLY) 
13 VEHICLE POSITION IS BADLY DEVIATED FROM CORRECT POINT 
14 GPS MARK DOES NOT APPEAR 
15 NO VOICE NAVIGATION 
16 VEHICLE POSITION MARK ROTATES WITHOUT CONTROL (MAP ROTATES WITHOUT CONTROL) 
17 DRIVING DIRECTIONS OPPOSITE TO MOVING DIRECTION OF VEHICLE POSITION MARK 
18 CD CANNOT BE INSERTED/IS EJECTED RIGHT AFTER INSERTION/CANNOT BE PLAYED 
19 CD CANNOT BE EJECTED 
20 CASSETTE TAPE CANNOT BE INSERTED OR PLAYED 
21 CASSETTE TAPE CANNOT BE EJECTED 
22 CD SOUND SKIPS 
23 NOISE OCCURS 
24 RADIO BROADCAST CANNOT BE RECEIVED (BAD RECEPTION) 
25 REAR SEAT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANY REMOTE CONTROL OPERATIONS 
26 QUALITY OF SOUND FROM WIRELESS HEADPHONE IS POOR OR NO SOUND CAN BE HEARD 

EXAMPLES OF MISUNDERSTANDING SYMPTOMS AS MALFUNCTIONS 

EXAMPLES OF MISUNDERSTANDING SYMPTOMS AS MALFUNCTIONS

Condition Cause Procedure to recover
Screen displays AUDIO OFF, even when PWR/VOL switch is turned off. "PWR/VOL" switch turns the audio off, but not the screen. To turn off the screen, "SCREEN OFF" switch must be pressed. Press DISPLAY switch => Press SCREEN OFF switch on screen
The screen is too dark or too bright, when the screen is changed between navigation and audio The contrast set up of the screen between navigation is different. The contrast needs to be set up for each of the navigation and audio screen. 'Navigation: Press "DISPLAY" and adjust by "BRIGHTNESS" switch.
'AUDIO: Press "DISPLAY" and adjust by "CONTRAST" switch.
Present position is not displayed even when "NAVI" switch is pressed. Pressing "NAVI" switch displays the previous screen. For present position, "MAP/VOICE" switch must be pressed. Press "NAVI" switch --> Press "MAP/VOICE" switch.
Even when pressing the panel switch, it doesn't function *Since this switch is pressure sensitive type, press the switch securely.
*The panel switch toned down does not work even if is pressed.
Press the panel switch securely, if the pressure is weak or time is insufficient, the switch does not function.