I cannot see the time on the clock or which radio station I am tuned into.
All other lights on the cd/radio/clock unit work properly. What do I need
to do to fix this problem?!?

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<310cb59b792fcfe3451009ef3c827b21 (AT) localhost (DOT) talkaboutautos.com>,
"TomB" <tombuhler (AT) shaw (DOT) ca> wrote:

I've got a '97 GA; husband has a '98 GP. In both cars, radio/clock
display shows gibberish for a few moments after the car is turned on.
Turning the radio on/off a few time fixes it.

If this is not your problem, and you just can't see the clock/radio
display at all, have you tried turning up the brightness on the interior
lighting?

--
"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather

The interior lights are on as bright as they can go. I just cannot see the
display at all. I do know that it is working because when the light from
the sun shines on it in just the right way i can make out the time.

REP wrote:
weather. I tap the display and it comes back on.

Do you have power on the aux line?

Yes, it has the orange color display. Does this mean i will need to replace
the whole unit?

If its the leds try www.mouser.com.

"Geoff Welsh" <geoffdubya (AT) some (DOT) rr.com> wrote

I'm not sure what you mean by power on the aux line. Everything works on
the unit.

Every car stereo that I have dealt with has a separate power wire for the
back light. If you have power to operate the stereo, you may still not have
power to the lights.

"TomB" <tombuhler (AT) shaw (DOT) ca> wrote

Try asking Pontiac. This is a very common problem, one that Pontiac/GM
knows well. Another piece of poor engineering from our friends at GM. I
had the same problem, Pontiac has a name and number of an independent care
stereo repair guy ready to go. Cost $160 to repair