[stephen]

Dealer says extended warranty on the radio only covers the Back lighting for the displays.

Found out what was wrong. This is inside the CD changer.

hsnap:



all the LED's still work. I swapped in a 06 cd changer but my screen does not display correctly now, so that came back out.

 

[stephen]

This board has been redesigned by Honda. The only part that has changed is the circuit for the back lighting. I have a board from 06 and it has Much beefier resistors and a cooling pad mounted in this area. They seem to know of this problem.

I de-soldered the transistor that blew and took one from the 06 board and soldered it in. Everything works fine now. I would like to say that im the man lol

 

[stephen]

The blue outline is where the cooling pad WAS on the 06 board

In this picture you can see they used axial lead resistors instead of the surface mounts in 04.

 

[EuroRspec]

Nice work, you are the man.

 

[theaznboywunder]

very nice work! not sure why Honda has this problem. Had a similar problem with the clock on my CRV.

 

[sidetrak06]

First off...tousche sir you are an innovator! The dealership has decided to deny my request to fix this problem due to my "aftermarket audio parts".... bullshit, so I would like to do this myself as well. Any ideas on the specs for this transistor since I don't have access to another board? I have done extensive work with circuit boards over the years so I feel this could be a quick fix if I could get the correct part. Any info you have is helpful! Thanks man.

 

[audioserf]

I think the dealer screwed you over. I lost my radio/HVAC lighting and it was replaced for free. In any case, glad you fixed it. I hated driving around dark.

http://photos.imageevent.com/astroboy/workstuff/tsxtsb/B04-021.pdf

 

[stephen]

First off...tousche sir you are an innovator! The dealership has decided to deny my request to fix this problem due to my "aftermarket audio parts".... bullshit, so I would like to do this myself as well. Any ideas on the specs for this transistor since I don't have access to another board? I have done extensive work with circuit boards over the years so I feel this could be a quick fix if I could get the correct part. Any info you have is helpful! Thanks man.

ill work on a part # for you. the board is sitting at work

 

[CalgaryTSX]

ill work on a part # for you. the board is sitting at work

Just post all the numbers on the actual transistor. Unless it's some proprietary Honda or Alpine part, the numbers on it will define it & will allow others to buy it.

In fact you should pick up a couple too. One to fix the '06 board & 1 to keep in case the transistor blows again.


Nice work! :thumbsup: Thanks for posting all the details & pictures.

 

[tim_wildcat]

could I get the specs on the fix too

Tired of running in the dark too could use a fix and I have done soldering myself. Thanks and thanks for the tread been looking for a fix and been there all along.

 

[stephen]

Here's the best I could do

B1398 something. Looks to be made by panisonic

 

[stephen]

In fact you should pick up a couple too. One to fix the '06 board & 1 to keep in case the transistor blows again.

I don't have xm. The 06 board is xm an they are different

 

[stephen]

talked the dealer into replacing the board under warranty. was $177 all paid by acura. you can buy just the UPDATED version of this board for $70 from acura. its a pretty easy swap

 

[PaHonda]

What is the part number on this board?

 

[stephen]

XM boards ARE different

Printed Circuit Board (without navigation system)/N 3917A-SEC-A01RM
Printed Circuit Board (with navigation system)/N 3917A-SEC-A51RM

 

[sidetrak06]

My acura dealership said it would be $125 and thats after getting the core reimbursement back, costing $225 before the core is returned! Which dealership are you referring to, I would order one from them, haha. But if we can get specs on the transistor I would prefer to spend the $5 to fix the problem, not replace the board.

 

[stephen]

i gave part #'s and thats the best i can do for now. I was driving today and some 16 year old girl pulled her jeep out in front of me and i smashed into her. im hoping its totaled.

mother****

 

[sidetrak06]

Oh dude, wtf! Im sorry, thats such a bi*ch. I hope you get a nice insurance check.

 

[sidetrak06]

Not that your thinking this far ahead...but if you do a part out I would buy your audio PCB. Maybe you could recover even more money on top of insurance by parting out?

 

[humara]

i'm amazed that the offending pcb is only $80 or so from the dealership. it looks pretty easy to install at home if one can't get it done under warranty. anyone with audio problems from cd or radio should also look at replacing this board for a solution.