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Burnt out stereo lights...

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:37 am
by rlkrug
The majority of the bulbs are burnt out on my 2005 stereo.... my husband the electrical engineer put in some LEDs to replace the bulbs (longer life, cooler display). Well they aren't bright enough... can anyone tell me what type LEDs they used??? And I guess some of you didn't understand when I said what they used... I didn't mean Pontiac... I meant if any of you replaced yours with LEDs by chance, what did you use...

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:41 am
by engineertwin2
They didn't use LEDs...I thought the stereo was backlit with bulbs. Seeing how I haven't solved this, I'm only 50/50 on this (meaning there's a 50% chance they were bulbs and a 50% they were LEDs )

Re: (engineertwin2)

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:50 am
by kevera
I think they were 0603 led's.

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:16 am
by WaveAction
my way to fix it is to buy a new deck, aftermarket, so u can get more power, and play mp3's and possibly get one with an aux outlet for an mp3/ipod player..just something i would do, did it when my sunfires deck crapped out on me

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:14 am
by northvibe
the head unit display is bulb i know 100% cuz 1/3 of mine is out. the buttons i dont know but id assume its all bulb in the HU as it is a lame HU.