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Stock stereo stopped working

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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LadySpartan
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Year and Model: 850 1996
Location: South Texas

Stock stereo stopped working

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I know how to remove the stereo but how do I check if it's completely broken? It was working then suddenly while listening to it, it just seemed to have no power.

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The standard radio in my 2002 C70 has done this a bunch of times (although from memory the one thing that would still work is the display backlighting for some reason). What I've done is just disconnect it from the power, leave off for a bit (time neede has varied from seconds to hours), reconnect and that has always worked perfectly. Strange but effective, so I hope it also works for you.

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LadySpartan
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Year and Model: 850 1996
Location: South Texas

Post by LadySpartan »

I will definitely give it a try, thank you so much :)

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