$5 fix for Bose '02-'03 CD Player cutting out left side
04-08-2004, 04:15 AM
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$5 fix for Bose '02-'03 CD Player cutting out left side
For some reason, I can't post pictures but here's the procedure. If someone wants to tell me how to post pics, I will.
I tried this with success a few days ago. My Max is out of warranty and they won't replace my BOSE even though its a known problem.
Step 1. With the CD player playing, adjust the balance of the speaker output to all the way left. If the music is very faint, then here's your fix.
Step 2. Make a fist with your right hand.
Step 3. Without delivering a crushing blow, BOP your dash firmly just to the right of your head unit where the RDS decal is.
You should immediately hear a change in the sound of your speakers.
Step 4. If the sound is only half strength or there is no change, try again. If you can't get any change after 4 good bops, be patient. Make sure the volume is turned up on your radio and bop again with a little more force.
Step 5. If speaker output on the left side has returned to normal, return the balance of your speaker output to center or "0".
Step 6. Paypal me $5.
I have found that sometimes my CD player will cut out on the left side after I switch disks internally from one to the other.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for damage to your dash, radio, fist, wristwatch, jewelry, or ego.
I tried this with success a few days ago. My Max is out of warranty and they won't replace my BOSE even though its a known problem.
Step 1. With the CD player playing, adjust the balance of the speaker output to all the way left. If the music is very faint, then here's your fix.
Step 2. Make a fist with your right hand.
Step 3. Without delivering a crushing blow, BOP your dash firmly just to the right of your head unit where the RDS decal is.
You should immediately hear a change in the sound of your speakers.
Step 4. If the sound is only half strength or there is no change, try again. If you can't get any change after 4 good bops, be patient. Make sure the volume is turned up on your radio and bop again with a little more force.
Step 5. If speaker output on the left side has returned to normal, return the balance of your speaker output to center or "0".
Step 6. Paypal me $5.
I have found that sometimes my CD player will cut out on the left side after I switch disks internally from one to the other.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for damage to your dash, radio, fist, wristwatch, jewelry, or ego.
04-08-2004, 07:36 AM
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Well...
If this actually is a short term solution...and I seem to remember that some of the original symptoms happened over large jolts to the car...I am betting they use some kind of daughter board in the head unit and its getting josseled loose. Either that or some really crappy soldering and the joints are fracturing.
I would be curious to investigate this with someone in my area, should you have that problem.
I would be curious to investigate this with someone in my area, should you have that problem.
04-08-2004, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Colonel
If this actually is a short term solution...and I seem to remember that some of the original symptoms happened over large jolts to the car...I am betting they use some kind of daughter board in the head unit and its getting josseled loose. Either that or some really crappy soldering and the joints are fracturing.
I would be curious to investigate this with someone in my area, should you have that problem.
I would be curious to investigate this with someone in my area, should you have that problem.
04-10-2004, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by s_hinerman
Nice 
Well, if this procedure benefits you and you feel so overwhelmingly grateful as a result of it, I will accept any and all donations.
Notice, that I didn't leave my paypal name to actually send me money because I figured no one would.
04-10-2004, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 297
Originally Posted by ablythe
For some reason, I can't post pictures but here's the procedure. If someone wants to tell me how to post pics, I will.
I tried this with success a few days ago. My Max is out of warranty and they won't replace my BOSE even though its a known problem.
Step 1. With the CD player playing, adjust the balance of the speaker output to all the way left. If the music is very faint, then here's your fix.
Step 2. Make a fist with your right hand.
Step 3. Without delivering a crushing blow, BOP your dash firmly just to the right of your head unit where the RDS decal is.
You should immediately hear a change in the sound of your speakers.
Step 4. If the sound is only half strength or there is no change, try again. If you can't get any change after 4 good bops, be patient. Make sure the volume is turned up on your radio and bop again with a little more force.
Step 5. If speaker output on the left side has returned to normal, return the balance of your speaker output to center or "0".
Step 6. Paypal me $5.
I have found that sometimes my CD player will cut out on the left side after I switch disks internally from one to the other.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for damage to your dash, radio, fist, wristwatch, jewelry, or ego.
I tried this with success a few days ago. My Max is out of warranty and they won't replace my BOSE even though its a known problem.
Step 1. With the CD player playing, adjust the balance of the speaker output to all the way left. If the music is very faint, then here's your fix.
Step 2. Make a fist with your right hand.
Step 3. Without delivering a crushing blow, BOP your dash firmly just to the right of your head unit where the RDS decal is.
You should immediately hear a change in the sound of your speakers.
Step 4. If the sound is only half strength or there is no change, try again. If you can't get any change after 4 good bops, be patient. Make sure the volume is turned up on your radio and bop again with a little more force.
Step 5. If speaker output on the left side has returned to normal, return the balance of your speaker output to center or "0".
Step 6. Paypal me $5.
I have found that sometimes my CD player will cut out on the left side after I switch disks internally from one to the other.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for damage to your dash, radio, fist, wristwatch, jewelry, or ego.
that'll hold til you hit your first speed bump. hitting bumps and banging on the cd player is what jarred the wire loose in the first place, causing the TSB. So, you paypal me $5 for getting my hopes up and wasting my time.
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