KVT-700 Problems
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Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=22531
Printed Date: July 04, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Topic: KVT-700 Problems
Posted By: JEEPER1219
Subject: KVT-700 Problems
Date Posted: December 08, 2003 at 9:09 AM
Ok. Please Help. I bought a KVT-700 from an ebayer so I am not completely ruling out possible faulty equipment, but......I have it installed per the directions. Now, I wanted to bypass the parking brake, because I am using the unit as a gps display. Here is the problem: The display will not open or power on. There is power at the control module and power at the head unit. The green lights behind the volume and seek buttons are on. The red flasher/reset light flashes every so often and when it is pressed. I have the green (parking brake wire) connected to ground as to that is what the schematics showed it needed. Please help. I really do not want this to be a faulty unit. I WOULD BE LIVID!!!! lol Thanks in advanced. Oh, this is in a 2000 Grand Cherokee.
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Posted By: StealthEs
Date Posted: December 08, 2003 at 12:34 PM
Do you also have the other two wires on the plug that the green ground wire is in connected.
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Cris
Posted By: JEEPER1219
Date Posted: December 08, 2003 at 12:49 PM
Yes...one yellow and ....I can't remember the other. What is your line of thinking?
Posted By: StealthEs
Date Posted: December 08, 2003 at 4:12 PM
Where are you grounding the unit too? ------------- Cris
Posted By: JEEPER1219
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 12:23 AM
I am grounding it to the factory ground wire. The one originally for the head unit.
Posted By: StealthEs
Date Posted: December 09, 2003 at 3:18 PM
Try regrounding it to sold metal. Also get out a DMM and see if both you 12 volts and Acc wires are fine
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Cris
Posted By: JEEPER1219
Date Posted: December 10, 2003 at 8:09 AM
The 12v and acc have voltage. we connected the green wire directly to battery neg. the unit is in the repair shop right now, so we will see soon, I HOPE. thank you
Posted By: neeks1
Date Posted: December 29, 2003 at 2:27 PM
Same thing happened to me at first. Turned out I never turned my ignition to ACC. :D That stumped me for about 5 minutes.
Posted By: JEEPER1219
Date Posted: December 30, 2003 at 9:26 AM
Thanks to everyone for your assistance. I sent the unit to the repair shop. It is going to cost me $300+ to have it fixed!!! I am considering it a lesson learned when buying used electronics from ebay. One bad egg ruins it for the rest of the sellers. He told me that it worked when it was taken out of his car. Well it doesn't work now. The repair shop told me that it was 2 ICs and 3 diodes. I am really interested in what circuitry this was in. It would definitely tell me what he did to break it. Oh well....it is only money right? lol
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