Audio Systems: Sony Cd player blanked out, sony cd player, clever cloggs


Question
1998 Ford Mustang
I dont know the exact model, but it is a Sony X-Plod cd head unit (discontinued) that has a complete LED screen that flips down.   At first, my main Led screen went blank but the radio still played.  I flipped the face out and the buttons were still lit, but the LED face wasn't.  Eventually the buttons stopped working, and then the remote stopped working, and then the music that was playing all-together quit.  I need direction to how to fix it and what's wrong with it, and i cant spend a ton on replacing it.

Answer
Hi Ryan,
Sounds like a gradual breakdown in the ribbon cable between the screen/control section and the main unit.
This would normaly require replacing by some clever cloggs like me in a reapair shop as, although one end pluds in the other is normaly soldered to a connector.
Check it out and let me know and don't forget the feed back please so I know how I'm doing,
Thanks Peter