I have a in dash panasonic cq 7000 (something like that) and the screen (7inch touch scree) won't go back down

Question

the screen is always up and retract.....any help would be great thanks

Answer 1

same happened on my clarion unit, if  its still under warranty send it back if not do this at your own risk and if you dont have any knowledge with electronics don't do it. there several thisgs can be wrong

1. faulty motor

2. the screen is derailed

3. the gears might be stripped

so carefully take it apart and start by the motors get a 9v battery and connect 2 wires to ti and unplug the motor from the circuit boars and hook the wires to it and see if the motors are working, if they are check to see if its derailed

if derailed put it back on its tracks and put some geese on the tracks and use the battery and put the screen back in the unit and hook it up to see if its working

if not check the gears if they are stripped its going to be hard to find one so might want to get something close to it or a broken unit and replace it or use a bread knife,and a candle and fix it but it won't last long, also geese it and put the screen inside using the motors don't force it in

if the motors are bad won't be hard to find one think radio shack mihgt have some that fit in there

and if its non of the above theres something wrong with the circuits

so good luck and hope i helped

Answer 2

sometimes the screen mechanism runs on a seperate fuse to the radio/headunits actuall working ability.

check the rear of it it may be that one fuse has blown.

if its not that it could be that the motor has gone.

my mate had this problem with one of his headunits and the local electronic store wanted more to replace the motor than it was to buy a new headunit.

all he did was manallul push it in and out of the headunit leaning just a small lip that he could pull it back out with.