Why does our four year old freeplay digital radio die every so often? In fact it is now dead - Why?

well not crank? or cranks fast but will not start??????
head lamps work, key off and on.?
dead heater blower work on high key on. NO.!
radio dead means battery is totally dead. or a huge fuse is blown. 50 to 100amps , under hood.(rare)
or just loose battery cables. crazy common.
a jumper cable just is next.
battery is not good, none are 17 years old. ever
my life time limit is 10 years on battery life. 1964 to now,
or battery needs a charge
or alternator died and battery died driving.
or car has phantom drain key off and must be found/

Your computer's BIOS battery is probably dead which is why it does not remember the settings from the BIOS. Simply by replacing the battery you should be good.

Compaq nx6110 no clock I presume you meant.
the DATE IS WRONG
and if changed in BIOS to correct as all can do.
it will not safe
that means the RTC CMOS coin cell battery is now dead as most are at 7 year old.
the cure is replace with a new one, spend a buck.

RTC is chip called REAL time CLOCK, just like a wrist watch in fact.
and like that watch dies with the battery dead.
a 2005 PC, so is 10 years old in 2015
and is the high water mark on super good life span.
means DUE NOW.

dead as in all functions and modes dead, all.
?
well it can only be 2 things
1: no 12vdc to head, (use a 10 buck voltmeter from walfart>?)
2: head end is dead.

25amps is the wrong, fuse. even 10 amps is good for 140watts.
the fuse is stated in the operators guide lost that?
some cars its mark,, RADIO.
the fuse that looks bad is
the fuse that looks good,can be , in fact. bad. what most techs
do is use ,yes, the voltmeter again, to measure bothsides of fues
keyon, radio on, to check all fuses related to radio (audio)
12v on both sides wins
if 12v makes it to the Radio and amp (if external amp then that too must have power, for sure) then the radio is bad, or amp.
if the radio scans and finds stations(not stated) then the amp might
be bad or lost power.

radio 101, over and out.

Battery might have died cause the altinator is not charging 14+V Please charge the battery, donot boost the dead battery. After charging the battery check the altinator output.

If any lights stay on that will run down a battery. Now how old is the battery? Over 4 years? it may have died of old age. If less I would ck for loose conections or a Alternator output problem.

Hi , you have probably expired the battery life out of the radio [ they have a recharge battery life ] but all you have to do is replace those recharge batteries with new recharge batteries and your as good as new

turn the radio off then hold numbers 1 and 6 down and hold at the same time.Then while still holding them down turn the radio on and a four digit number will apear followed by another four digit number.When you have both numbers call the dealer and tell him the numbers and they will give you the code.I did it today to mine.

Since it's less than one year old, it should be fully covered under warranty. I'd suggest contacting the manufacturer to get it fixed free.

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