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dixonlaredo
04-24-2011, 07:38 PM
I have a 2011 Laredo 291tg. Just over the last week, several different times, I have discovered the radio in my camper turned on. No one has been in it. This started after a lightning strike in our neighborhood. any suggestions? Way to test if the radio is shot?

jje1960
04-25-2011, 12:14 AM
I have a 2011 Laredo 291tg. Just over the last week, several different times, I have discovered the radio in my camper turned on. No one has been in it. This started after a lightning strike in our neighborhood. any suggestions? Way to test if the radio is shot?

Our last unit, 27QBSS R-Vision did the same thing... Found that after plugging in / out the shore power the radio would go on. Drove me nuts at first, kept thinking I was leaving it on! Actually forgot to tell the dealer that when we traded it, most likely driving the new owner nuts now.

Ruffus
04-25-2011, 05:08 AM
Maybe it's haunted?:eek:
You might try removing the battery from the remote control and see if that helps?

BigCajun
04-25-2011, 06:28 AM
I had that problem in an R-Vision also. I found that my Direct TV remote was turning it on as well as there were many times that I found it on while in storage. I think maybe some other garage door openers or other radio signals were interfering with it. No problems with the stereo in the Raptor.

Handysam
04-25-2011, 11:32 AM
I had the same problem in our Cougar, DW thought I was nuts. After it happened a couple of times, I thought I was nuts. Come to find out, somehow the timer was set and it would come on. Easy fix, turned the timer off. Happy Camping, Sam

Ericc57
04-29-2011, 12:24 PM
I had the same problem on my 303tg. Couldn't figure out why the radio kept coming on. It was the alarm on the radio.

jq1031
04-29-2011, 03:00 PM
Hell, I might have to shoot the radio like Elvis did the television!!

dixonlaredo
05-02-2011, 08:01 PM
even though I am so tired I can barely walk, I just went out to my camper and checked the alarm on the radio.....who knew? It was turned on. I couldn't figure out how to see what it was set for, but I did manage to turn it off. Thanks everyone! I was not looking forward to a two hour one-way drive to take it to the nearest authorized dealer. now, good-night.

DEW
05-03-2011, 04:49 PM
I will need to check mine now... I just came home with a 2011 291TG.

kenn209
06-07-2011, 06:43 PM
Ours is doing the same thing! I pulled the fuse and re-inserted. Would that reset the timer? I think we all have the same gremlins!!

Txoutback
06-08-2011, 03:12 AM
Same here. I would find mine on every morning as well. It was set to come on at midnight.

Outbackmel
06-08-2011, 03:34 AM
:) Same issue. After 10 months of owning our 2011 Outback 5er; it has decided to shake me up with the same effects. I thought I was going "stir crazy" up in those mountains by myself. Thank goodness I had the outside speakers turned low as to not drive the neighbor campers nuts while we were away on vacation, sans RV. ;) Right now I have the volume at "zero" just as a precaution until I figure out who is living in there.
Good blog...

Doug5414
06-17-2011, 05:09 AM
Same issues here with a 2009 Laredo 291 TG. I gotta check that alarm. Thanks guys!

2011 keystone
06-30-2011, 04:07 AM
I had the same problem. the alarm was turned on.

julieb
08-24-2011, 06:29 PM
I have a 2009 Hideout 26RLS. This past week when we went camping the stereo light is on. It does not show any info, you cant turn it on or off, it just stays on. We pulled the fuse, turned off electric, reset the main breaker, the lights still stay on. I cant play the cd or radio. Just have a never ending light on. Has anyone else encountered this problem? I am totally confused with this. it worked fine last month when we went camping. :confused:

cma1975
11-16-2019, 01:32 PM
The radio in my 2016 Passport started coming on about a month ago. Thought someone (I) was leaving it on, so just turned it off. Today it was on again, but none of the controls would work--no on/off, no volume, no station change, no clock or alarm--but the lights were on. Removed the fuse; hope it stays off!

sourdough
11-16-2019, 03:13 PM
The radio in my 2016 Passport started coming on about a month ago. Thought someone (I) was leaving it on, so just turned it off. Today it was on again, but none of the controls would work--no on/off, no volume, no station change, no clock or alarm--but the lights were on. Removed the fuse; hope it stays off!

This thread is over 8 years old. I do recall a similar issue(s) being discussed more recently but seems it was a ghost or something? :lol: (that was mentioned in the thread at the time). Hope you have it resolved.

JRTJH
11-16-2019, 05:06 PM
This thread is over 8 years old. I do recall a similar issue(s) being discussed more recently but seems it was a ghost or something? :lol: (that was mentioned in the thread at the time). Hope you have it resolved.

If I recall, the bourbon was missing, but the vodka and gin were intact, radio on and alarm not set. I can't remember if the glasses had ice in them or not, but swizzle sticks were never mentioned..... Ghosts? Likely Confederate generals since it was only bourbon.....

ctbruce
11-17-2019, 06:24 AM
That is still one of my favorite threads of all times.

Hopefully with the fuse out you'll have it fixed.

If it does come back on, I'd get out of camping altogether and turn to knitting instead.

flybouy
11-17-2019, 06:34 AM
Anyone else need some Visene? The dust from these old posts are heavy lately.:cool:

Glenda Clark
12-01-2019, 07:47 AM
Add me to the list of radio gremlins , mine will turn it's self on too.
I have found plugging into shore power will cause this to occure.
It's spooky when it does this in the middle of the night.

cma1975
12-01-2019, 04:01 PM
Anyone else need some Visene? The dust from these old posts are heavy lately.:cool:

This may be an old thread, but evidently the problem is still out there. Mine just started a couple of months ago, but no problem since removing the fuse. Thank goodness we don't watch DVDs or care whether the radio works or not. I'm actually relieved to find that mine isn't the only one doing this. Just wish I had been able to simply turn off the alarm to cure the problem.

LHaven
12-01-2019, 07:38 PM
Try covering the infrared remote sensor window on the unit with a small piece of opaque tape. If it stops turning on, assume something inside (or even outside) of your rig is generating a rogue "remote" signal.

cma1975
12-01-2019, 07:54 PM
Try covering the infrared remote sensor window on the unit with a small piece of opaque tape. If it stops turning on, assume something inside (or even outside) of your rig is generating a rogue "remote" signal.
That is an interesting idea. At first I thought the remote was being inadvertently pressed by something else stored in the box with it give it, but after placing the remote in a different place, the radio came on again the next day, and at that point none of the buttons/functions worked, so I took the fuse out. I’ll try your suggestion—thanks.

travelin texans
12-02-2019, 08:30 AM
Our last 5th wheel had a Jensen tv that at 2am would come on by itself with the volume blaring, talk about a wake-up call, we may have soiled the bed the first time.
The dealer replaced it & had a good stack of them to return to the manufacturer, seems somehow they had gotten programmed with a built in alarm, by accident or intentionally, at different times during the middle of the night. The replacement worked without any issues.

cma1975
02-19-2020, 12:52 PM
This may be an old thread, but evidently the problem is still out there. Mine just started a couple of months ago, but no problem since removing the fuse. Thank goodness we don't watch DVDs or care whether the radio works or not. I'm actually relieved to find that mine isn't the only one doing this. Just wish I had been able to simply turn off the alarm to cure the problem.

UPDATE The next time we took the trailer out (in November), we had a fault light on in the switch panel by the door. Since I had no idea what caused it, and the only thing different was the missing fuse in the fuse panel, I put the fuse back in and the fault light went out. I went through the On/Off Alarm menu and thought I had it off, but of course that cursed blue glow from the unit continues no matter what you do. All was well until last week, when the radio came on again. So, I removed the fuse again. I hate red warning lights on anything (and there is one in the fuse panel where the fuse belongs), so does anyone have any other suggestions???
:banghead:

JRTJH
02-19-2020, 01:06 PM
Apparently, pulling the fuse removes all power from the stereo (stopping the alarm and turning off the blue backlight on the stereo) but causes the red "blown fuse indicator" on the fuse panel to glow.

You might locate the power line into the stereo (probably a red wire behind it) and install a toggle switch (OFF/ON) in that wire. Mount the switch beside the stereo, when you want to use it, flip the toggle on, when you want dark and no alarm, switch the toggle off. No backlight, no alarm and no red indicator on the fuse panel. You will, however, lose all your station pre-sets and the time clock on the stereo. Of course you're losing that already by pulling the fuse, so, you know what to expect there.

cma1975
02-19-2020, 01:47 PM
Thanks. I was wondering about something like that. I was thinking of just pulling the stereo out and disconnecting it altogether. This would be better; I’ll run it past DH. ��

Dave W
02-19-2020, 02:51 PM
Our Montana has a POS Jensen AWM 968 that started coming on at odd times. No alarm set, nothing, nada. I fixed it - put a master toggle switch on the power line in the adjacent cabinet. No more blue light that couldn't be 100% turned off, no clock that had to be reset after ant 120VAC or 12VDC power burp - yeah, I know, supposed to stay set on 12VDC but wouldn't. Then there is that completely non intuitive remote that doesn't always work - but I digress about that $225 POS.

cma1975
02-19-2020, 04:14 PM
Our Montana has a POS Jensen AWM 968 that started coming on at odd times. No alarm set, nothing, nada. I fixed it - put a master toggle switch on the power line in the adjacent cabinet. No more blue light that couldn't be 100% turned off, no clock that had to be reset after ant 120VAC or 12VDC power burp - yeah, I know, supposed to stay set on 12VDC but wouldn't. Then there is that completely non intuitive remote that doesn't always work - but I digress about that $225 POS.
Our POS is an iRV. I think the toggle switch is the best idea and will look into that. Thanks.

LHaven
02-19-2020, 04:35 PM
All was well until last week, when the radio came on again. So, I removed the fuse again.

Disconnecting the power cures the symptom, but it clearly isn't the source of the fault. The fault is most likely inside the radio unit itself. I assume from the date that your rig is far from under warranty, or I'd just ask them to replace the radio unit. Though maybe the manufacturer's warranty on the radio unit itself is longer.

(Did you ever cover the remote sensor with tape?)

cma1975
02-19-2020, 05:13 PM
Disconnecting the power cures the symptom, but it clearly isn't the source of the fault. The fault is most likely inside the radio unit itself. I assume from the date that your rig is far from under warranty, or I'd just ask them to replace the radio unit. Though maybe the manufacturer's warranty on the radio unit itself is longer.

(Did you ever cover the remote sensor with tape?)
No I didn’t—forgot all about that. What will covering the sensor tell me? The crazy thing is that it didn’t start until we’d had the trailer for about 3 years. Is it possible that pulling the fuse “resets” it? So if I cover the sensor now, after re-inserting the fuse, and it doesn’t come on, how would I know whether success came from the fuse or the tape? I’ve got the TT new in September 2016, so it is long out of warranty.

LHaven
02-19-2020, 05:17 PM
No I didn’t—forgot all about that. What will covering the sensor tell me? The crazy thing is that it didn’t start until we’d had the trailer for about 3 years. Is it possible that pulling the fuse “resets” it? So if I cover the sensor now, after re-inserting the fuse, and it doesn’t come on, how would I know whether success came from the fuse or the tape? I’ve got the TT new in September 2016, so it is long out of warranty.

Covering the sensor will tell you whether the radio is seeing stray environmental infrared signals that it is interpreting as the on button from a remote.

If it starts acting up again, cover the sensor. If it stops, uncover it again. If it starts again, just keep some electrical tape over the sensor when you're not using the remote.

cma1975
02-19-2020, 06:05 PM
Thanks for the explanation. It’s worth a try to figure out the cause of the problem, and we can always install a switch if the tape doesn’t stop it.