Top 20 Clarion MAX385VD Car DVD Player Questions & Answers

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If there is a reset switch, there will be a pencil tip sized depression somewhere on the face. It will not be marked. If there is no reset switch, just disconnect the battery for a minute or so.

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I suspect the laser (lens) of the player. I think the laser (lens) is weak that's why it cannot read data/files on DVD/discs most of the time.

To confirm if actually its a laser problem, insert an Audio CD into the player and see if will play. If it plays, then obviously, your laser (lens) is weak. But if it doesn't play Audio CD, then it might still be the laser (lens).

Get a lens cleaner, use it to clean the lens. If that doesn't solve the problem, get a screw driver, open the player's cover so that you can gain access to the lens, use a cotton board to clean the surface of the lens. This should clean dust or dirt that might be on the lens.

If non of the above solves the problem, then know that you need to replace the laser to a brand new one.

To replace the lens, remove the bad laser, use it as a sample to get exactly the same type and do the replacement. Note that replacing a laser (lens) needs a professional touch, so if you cannot replace the laser, get it to a repairman to fix it for you.

Once this us done, your player will play all DVD discs again.

Good luck.

Did you recently install/have it installed and has it ever worked correctly?

What it sounds like is that the 12v constant and 12v switched/ignition wires may be connected in reverse. Normally the constant is what powers the memory of the radio so you don't have to enter your settings/presets every time you turn it on. The switched/ignition is what actually powers on/off the unit when you turn the car on/off. If these are switched the settings will be forgotten every time the car is turned off and the unit will stay on when the car is off.

You can check your wiring with a multimeter. With the car off, find what is supposed to be the constant, put the positive lead from the meter to that and the negative to ground (can be any metal in the dash). It should read 12v or just under. Now do the same with the switched/ignition wire. With the key off there should be no reading. When the key is turned on you should get a reading of 12v or just under.

If its not that then it would most likely be something wrong with the unit itself, which would have to be looked at by a technician from the manufacturer.

There is also a small chance it could be something with the vehicles door switch. Some cars will leave the radio on, after the car is turned off, until the door is open. If the door switch has shorted out/gone bad it could keep the radio powered on. Without knowing the make and model of the car it would be difficult for me to describe where the door switch can be found.

I hope this helps

Ray

The most common way to solve this is to ground the E Brake wire and the deck thinks the E Brake is always on. if that fails you may have a somewhat smarter deck and may have to go to plan B.
This is a common solution to bypass the e-brake screen,

1st you will need to purchase a 12 volt or above Momentary Push Button/(Toggle)switch (about $5 Radio Shack)

2nd Using the Diagonal Pliers adjust the length of the Radio's Emergency Brake Wire to your desire. Make sure you have enough wire so you can mount it where you can easily access it like beneath your steering wheel/ on the Dash Board.

3rd Connect one end to the emergency brake wire from the radio and then connect the other wire from the switch to a ground to your car. You can use the same ground connection that you used for the radio and it will be fine. Make sure you wrap up the wires using the Electrical Tape to prevent shorts.

4th (Using Button Switch) When you are ready to use the DVD player insert DVD and after a few seconds the screen will turn blue and the message to "Set the emergency brake" will come on. Now just press the button (4x Times)for one second and release it. On The fourth time the screen takes about 6 second to display the video.

5th (Using Toggle Switch) When you are ready to use the DVD player insert DVD and after a few seconds the screen will turn blue and the message to "Set the emergency brake" will come on. Now just flip the switch on and off (4x Times). On The fourth time the screen takes about 6 second to display the video.

Hopefully this helps.

This stereo does not need to be unlocked but if you are getting some problems the best way is pressing the reset button. Follow this link to see the owners manual.
http://www.clarion.com/us/en/MungoBlobs/391/380/VRX485VD,2.pdf

hold in the button under the power button and it will pop up options for visuals. :)

Yes you will.. a good car audio shop in your local area will have what you need in stock.

you locate the grass green wire and connect that to the earth and presto you can watch dvd's whilst u drive

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what you need to do is to get the green wire from unit and hook it up to a toggle switch with only on/off then you would connect the green to toggle switch and the rest of the connections on toggle switch ground them. flick it slowly twice and the dvd should show even when driving. just remember its against law so if you see police switch it off quickly

here we go

yellow +12v main power

black is ground

red +12v accessory

blue/white amp turn on

orange/white illumination

blue auto antenna

brown phone interupt

grass green park brake(but if you want to watch dvd's while u drive connect this to the ground)

now speakers

fr right+ gray

fr right - gray/black

fr left+ white

fr left - white/black

rear right+ purple

rear right - purple/black

rear left + green

rear left - green/black

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you obviously havent connected the grass green wire properly if u want to watch dvd's whilst u drive connect it to earth this should help u


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theres a ground on your radio if you ground it your problem will be fixed supposed to hook it to the brake but any simple ground will work

It is difficult to buy one individually as it comes with the Panel. I would be easy to have the button stuck on back to the panel .
I shall give below a service tip we tried on.
1. Open the panel and remove. fix the button on the correct position and use an instant glue to fix it in place.
2. Now use thin strips of thin stranded wires - from a power connection cord- use this bit and with the help of a soldering iron touch the wires into the button and to the panel so that you have the attachment in good structural fitting.
3. Reinforce the plastic with glue to set.
Now the button must stay in place and will not POP out.
If you take care to so the job it will be as good as new.
I hope this trick works.
Good day

the red rca's are the input and the black rca is the video input

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for me it cannot be.in pc it can be, but in car it cannot be.

Reset to Factory Defaults
1. Press the [SETTING] button, then touch the
[LOAD FACTORY] key.
2. A selection menu will appear. Select [YES] to
restore your unit to factory default settings. This
function will erase all memory from the unit and
you must reset all personalized items such as
tuner presets.
NOTE: You will be asked once to confirm that
you would like to reset the unit. The unit will
power down and restart with factory defaults.
VRX385VD
Hope this gets you going fast:

What does the problem

Replace the laser head assembly.