Here's the story..

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/weird-problem-center-diplay-looks-like-alien-language-58021/


I ran thru the heater controls, and turned on the radio to show there's no effective change in the behavior.

here's what it's doing:

http://www.d-mphotos.com/movies/rx8displaybad.wmv

 

weird, did anything or anyone push on it ??

 

Looks like the Predator's self destruct device.

Did you try resetting the ECU... disconnecting the battery i mean

 

I am no expert but it looks pretty busted to me.

 

That is cool as hell.

Oh....no.....that is bad...very bad.

Did you take it in?

 

Maybe ur car was abducted and dropped back off the next day...
u might be next..............

 

Looks like it reverted to its native lanuage. :D

 

havent taken it in - just a few mins ago I removed the fuse to the new amp, and disconnected the battery for a few minutes. After a re-plug, I started the car and things are working great. I'll drive for a couple days sans radio to see if the two items are related.

:fingerscrossed:

 

I think I seizured from it twice! that was great!

You listening to Metallica...hmm interesting after seeing your pic and the way you post it fits perfectly. :p

 

lol How the hell would I look like a guy who listens to Metallica??? lmao. I'm the anti-rocker. :D

Also on that CD:

Bob Marley
Poison
Vanilla Ice
Outkast
Eagles
Billy Idol
Mercy Me
Toby Keith
Matchbox 20

...off the top of my head.

 

I figured out how to enlighten you! :p

give you music that has never been played on the radio and pushed by corporate america! we can do this together DMP :D I have 120gigs to work with!

 

..but I only like 'good' music...

and

DMP:dmp as TRuEMaGellen:truemagellen

:D

 

At least you got to make use of the fan control level indicator lights that we dont get in the US. .

 

So how long did it take your to remove your finger from the lighter socket??

 

matrix
try battery disconnect

 

OMG. I have the same problem. And it totally looks like the predators self destruct thingy. lol

I think it might be a loose connection. Mine happened after I did the ICeLink Plus install.

I went to get it checked out once at the dealer and the guy gies, " You need a new MP3 player." The guy didn't even check connections or check for damgae.

 

did he end up replacing it?

 

You have a big of the same eclectic taste in music as I have. I might have figured out the problem though.

Going from Poison to Vanilla Ice. It just may have been too much for the unit to absorb.

Word to your Mother!

 

I would try that too

 

Just doing some thinking on the issue...I'm a little worried jsh or spider will come and ridicule my thought-process; but here goes


If the problem were being caused by a loose connection, it stands to reason the problem would be frequent - not the 'on occasion' behaviour it's showing. If a/the connection were loose, there isn't much chance that it'd tighten itself - and re-loosen by exception.

On thought from a friend was the problem may be linked to power-consumption. There are two reasons i'm not putting much faith in that cause. The first is the random nature of the problem. Since I first started seeing the cryptic messages from beyond, there've been times with the heater fan on 4, the headlights/brights on, AND the audio cranked to 25 where the display looked great. The second reason is, I can't believe my car would be so unique that other cars w/ aftermarket audio are immune

I pulled the main fuse from the audio, however - and will drive around in that condition for two days, or so, or until the display freaks out again. After a few days if nothing happens, I'll get the idea that it IS audio-linked after all.

Thanks for your input - except trueLiberal, who is a Vanilla Ice Hata.

:D