Thread: Dead DWW-700H

I was originally undecided on what screen I wanted to get. I knew I wanted an in dash solution, but I didn't want to spend a whole lot of money. After reading the forums here, and hearing many people giving kudos to Armen at digitalWW, I made up my mind and decided on the DWW-700H.

After getting my DWW-700H, I finally started working on installing everything into my car. I have everything up and running except for the screen. I emailed techsupport@digitalww but haven't gotten any replies. (I know it is the weekend and they are closed) I have time to work on my car this weekend so that is why I thought I would post here. The replies to my last post were very helpful in giving me clues as to what my problem was, so I thought I would run this one buy you guys to see what you think.

I have the screen running off of the 12v rail of my P1900. that is the only device on that 12v rail. However, after starting my car, and I know my pc is booted, I still cannot get the screen to come on. Thursday (the day I installed the unit) I worked for a couple hours with it trying to get it to come on. I Could see a flash of the screen if I held down the power button, but could only get it to flash again if I killed the power supply and turned it back on.

Finally, I'm not sure what happened, but I pressed the power button once more and got a white screen. Afraid I had fried it, I killed the power once more. The next time I pressed the button, the screen came up, and I could see the display just fine. It worked for the rest of the night, my buddy and I were able to go for a short drive and play with the new setup.

The next day I tried to turn it on on my way to work, and it was dead again. All i can get are flashes of the screen, but it won't stay on. I have checked the cabeling. I'm getting a steady 12v on both the power and ACC line. Both ground wires were tested for continuity, so I know all of the cabeling is correct.

The only thing I can think of is that I got a bad unit.

Anyone have any ideas on what I can check to see if I have done something wrong (though I can't imagine that i did) Or should I just wait for Armen to get back to me for a replacement?

I am getting ready to go on a long trip next weekend, and I really want this up and running before that trip, so if I can get this thing going before then, I will be one happy geek

Thanks again for all of the invaluable info contained in these forums, it made my install up until now very smooth, and has given me some great ideas for the next steps to take.

Maybe I can post some pics of my install once I get the screen working