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Thread: Help with volume knob illumination

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    Default Help with volume knob illumination

    Does anyone's Volume knob light up on their OEM cassette deck? I pulled the radio out to fix the LCD display, and noticed there was a bulb there for lighting the volume knob. Regardless of what I do, lights on, lights off, play with the interior dial, I still get no light and 0 volts at the connector. Everything else works fine. If anyone else has this problem or fixed it, please let me know.

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    When you say 0 volts at "the" connector, do you mean a connector to the volume knob bulb?

    In any case, assuming the other lights are also bulbs, you could try connecting the volume knob bulb in parallel with the other bulbs.

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    yes, the light bulb has a plastic holder with contacts in it. These contacts are where i was measuring the voltage. The bulb that illuminates the next/track skip buttons measured 4.6 volts when lit. More testing with a different meter showed 30 milivolts at the knob light when the headlights were turned on. I will try patching it in parallel with the other two, so I can at least rule out the bulb.
    If anyone can tell me if their knob lights up (hehe) so i know it's supposed to, I'd be much appreciative.

    Thanks

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    I believe the knob has a little line on it that lights up. It indicates the volume level the radio is currently set to. You probably have a much newer model than my Pioneer KE-83ZBM

    Ralph Mendoza Jr. - Long Beach, CA

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