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HELP: 2008 Navi Blinking buttons & Blank screen


CBY

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Hi all,

 

December 2013 was (for many of us) very very cold and my Subaru went on with no issues to report... except that late in December, early January (-15 degree F) my Navi buttons started to blink.

 

I rarely use my GPS - my commute is less than 10 minutes and the car knows it's way around to work without me. The blinking buttons lights are barely visible during the day.

 

BUT - as you all know - the TIME on the Dashboard is linked with the GPS time... But and when I lost time display on the Dashboard... I got susipicious and tried to access the GPS and - darn - it just wouldn't come up. The screen was completely blank with no button interaction.

 

Whether's it's the cold or a bad connection is beyond me. TODAY for the 1st time in 4 weeks the GPS decided to come back to life !

 


  • I can rule out the cold because in the last week because in the last week temp fluctuated between +35 to 15F (today).
  • Can't be a fuse.
  • Bad connection (out of the blue ???)
  • I have found one instance on the internet where someone had this but they mentioned the DVD had to be replaced. This was never confirmed. I tried it today and it worked so I can rule out the DVD too.

What gives ?

 

Anyone else seen the blinking buttons ?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

CBY

 

 

UPDATE

20140120 Morning no GPS, blinking button lights - no time on dashboard

20140120 Lunch back to life !

20140120 Evening dead + blinking

20140121 Morning back to life (-3F) - screen is not as bright as before

20140121 Lunch dead + blinking

20140121 Lunch back to life - bright (normal) screen (+3F)

20140121 Evening dead + blinking

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