Town & Country radio seems dead

Our Radio/Casette player will not turn on. Oddly enough, the three
buttons that control the equalizer have lights that blink..... they
start bright, immediately turn dim and then turn off, only to repeat
this cycle over and over. The CD changer has power and I can remove
dics but the power will not turn on the radio/cassette player. Since
the equalizer buttons have lights blinking at me I would assume that
it has power. Is this flashing some sort of error code that is not
explained in the owner's manual? Thanks for any help, Brad

BBC wrote:
> Our Radio/Casette player will not turn on. Oddly enough, the three
> buttons that control the equalizer have lights that blink..... they
> start bright, immediately turn dim and then turn off, only to repeat
> this cycle over and over. The CD changer has power and I can remove
> dics but the power will not turn on the radio/cassette player. Since
> the equalizer buttons have lights blinking at me I would assume that
> it has power. Is this flashing some sort of error code that is not
> explained in the owner's manual? Thanks for any help, Brad
>


Hi BBC...

Not a mechanic, not even close. Just an old retired electrical guy
who likes cars, so take this for whatever little it may be worth...

First promise not to laugh, then check the fuses. Not visually, either
with a meter or by substitution. Check them all; there are at least
four involved with your radio, and they won't be marked correctly as
to what they're for.

Take care.

Ken

"Ken Weitzel" > wrote in message
news:UOMzi.90708$fJ5.43872@pd7urf1no...
> BBC wrote:
>> Our Radio/Casette player will not turn on. Oddly enough, the three
>> buttons that control the equalizer have lights that blink..... they
>> start bright, immediately turn dim and then turn off, only to repeat
>> this cycle over and over. The CD changer has power and I can remove
>> dics but the power will not turn on the radio/cassette player. Since
>> the equalizer buttons have lights blinking at me I would assume that
>> it has power. Is this flashing some sort of error code that is not
>> explained in the owner's manual? Thanks for any help, Brad
>>
>
>
> Hi BBC...
>
> Not a mechanic, not even close. Just an old retired electrical guy
> who likes cars, so take this for whatever little it may be worth...
>
> First promise not to laugh, then check the fuses. Not visually, either
> with a meter or by substitution. Check them all; there are at least
> four involved with your radio, and they won't be marked correctly as
> to what they're for.
>
> Take care.
>
> Ken

I would agree with this. The blinking lights are telling you it has power,
but it's not got the power in all the places it's supposed to. If the clock
doesn't work, then it's the on-all-the-time power that's gone out. Probably
just a fuse, but then you may have some other problem that blew the fuse.

"Ken Weitzel" > wrote in message
news:UOMzi.90708$fJ5.43872@pd7urf1no...
> BBC wrote:
>> Our Radio/Casette player will not turn on. Oddly enough, the three
>> buttons that control the equalizer have lights that blink..... they
>> start bright, immediately turn dim and then turn off, only to repeat
>> this cycle over and over. The CD changer has power and I can remove
>> dics but the power will not turn on the radio/cassette player. Since
>> the equalizer buttons have lights blinking at me I would assume that
>> it has power. Is this flashing some sort of error code that is not
>> explained in the owner's manual? Thanks for any help, Brad
>>
>
>
> Hi BBC...
>
> Not a mechanic, not even close. Just an old retired electrical guy
> who likes cars, so take this for whatever little it may be worth...
>
> First promise not to laugh, then check the fuses. Not visually, either
> with a meter or by substitution. Check them all; there are at least
> four involved with your radio, and they won't be marked correctly as
> to what they're for.
>
> Take care.
>
> Ken

I would agree with this. The blinking lights are telling you it has power,
but it's not got the power in all the places it's supposed to. If the clock
doesn't work, then it's the on-all-the-time power that's gone out. Probably
just a fuse, but then you may have some other problem that blew the fuse.

On Aug 24, 9:27 pm, BBC > wrote:
> Our Radio/Casette player will not turn on. Oddly enough, the three
> buttons that control the equalizer have lights that blink..... they
> start bright, immediately turn dim and then turn off, only to repeat
> this cycle over and over. The CD changer has power and I can remove
> dics but the power will not turn on the radio/cassette player. Since
> the equalizer buttons have lights blinking at me I would assume that
> it has power. Is this flashing some sort of error code that is not
> explained in the owner's manual? Thanks for any help, Brad

My Grandmothers Stratus had this happen as well. The brain inside the
unit went bad. It did the same thing as you describe. A radio repair
shop wanted $300 to fix it. I got her a replacement from a junkyard
for $75 and started working immediately. Nothing with any fuses. Its
the head unit.

Was told the brain went out by the shop guy saying he sees it all the
time on alot of Mopar units with the external cd changers.