Dewalt Radio Radio stopped working, power is good up to radio. Removed all visual screws, but still can not remove the front or back panel from each other. Is there some secret that I am not aware of? I know that there is a fuse that needs to be replaced, but can't get to it. Need some assistance. Thanks, Chris

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1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Open the glove box. Remove the glove box open panel.
3. Remove the air conditioning switch connector and heater control unit lever knobs. Pull heater control unit cover plate from instrument panel.
4. Remove the gearshift control lever upper boot and center console.
5. Remove the ashtray.
6. Remove the instrument panel center trim bezel and radio face plate.
7. Remove the screw from the back of the radio receiver and the screws from the front face of the radio.
8. Remove the radio.

After removing the 6 screw, gently slide the front panel out of the box. Now disconnect the little 2-way connector with a black and white wires: it should be the more tight cable between the front cover you have just removed and the rear panel.
Now slip-on your fingers in the box and push the rear panel up to slide it off the box, so that you can turn gently the front panel, pass it through the box and get the electronic completely apart from the wooden case.

Hi there,

Locate and remove two (2) phillips screws that secure the top of the plastic panel that surrounds the radio. The plastic dash panel will pull off once the screws are removed as shown in the photo above.
The front of the radio is held in with two (2) 7mm bolt screws at the top of the radio. Remove the 2 bolt screws.
There is a hidden radio that secures the rear of the radio and is located under the radio. Pull the ashtray to its extended position. You will need to lay on your back or side and look behind the ashtray, up to the bottom of the radio.
Once the ashtray has been pull to its extended position, you should be able to locate and remove one (1) 7mm bolt screw as seen in the photo above.
Once all screws have been removed, the radio can then be removed. Pull firmly on the radio to remove it from the dash. The radio will most likely resist pulling from the dash. The antenna cable which plugs into the rear of the radio is very short and gives the radio resistance when trying to pull the radio out of the dash. Continue to pull firmly and the antenna cable will unplug itself as the radio is pulled from the dash.
Unplug (1) blue, (1) white, and (1) black wire harness connector(s) from the rear of the radio. There will also be wires extending from the rear of the radio with a plastic connector attached to the wires about 4 inches from the rear of the radio. Unplug this small connector. The radio can now be completely removed from the dash. Set it aside. You will need to remove the plastic brackets attached to the top and bottom of the GM radio. This will be shown in detail in the "Mount New Radio" section.

Hope these helps....

Try this if the display seems stuck on the same station: If you take off the front of the radio (don't forget 2 screws in back!) you will notice a set of black and red wires running from the 2 AA backup batteries to the digital display circuit board. The wires plug into the board with a little white plug. If you unplug this the display will fade to nothing. If you plug it back in it will display an unset digital clock format. This seems to reset the radio, after which it should work.

i have the same problem, did anyone find a solution?

look on the back of the radio theres two more screws by the mounts for the cage

the second fuse is behind the circuit board,in middle of the radio.
there are 4 screw holding circuit board. Still looking for 2 AA battery.

I had the same problem with the case not coming apart after I took the screws off, but thanks to someone posting a suggestion on this website, I was able to take it apart and take care of the problem. Use a soft mallet and use it around the seam of the radio until it pops loose.

By the way, my original problem with the radio was that it would not get any power at all, whether using the power cord, or an 18v battery. I was able to fix the problem by replacing the fuse located inside the case (250v / 1AMP)......works great now!! Many thanks to all of you who posted suggestions on this great website!!

2 screws sunk in at the back left and right. no need to remove speaker screws.

Got mine open.

There was a fuse inside - Replaceable - fixed the problem.

There were no hidden screws, none under stickers or in the battery box like suggested by others, and the 2 magic release screws not so. There are several deep screws requiring a long philips, but the entire seam is glued (why?) so to open the radio I had to hit the body near the seam with a rubber hammer to crack the seam loose once all the screws were removed, comes right apart. Put it back together without glue, just the screws, it will be fine.

Sam. DesertSolutions.net