Help please with a sv8 screen fault

Help please with a sv8 screen fault

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f430hunter

Original Poster:

337 posts

204 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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guys have just bought a nice tidy sv8 with low miles but the front screen has suddenly frozen and wont take any commands from touch at all,the screen changes to camera and the pixels for heat change when adjusted by switches but not touch,if you keep hitting the sat nav word after maybe 30 hits the screen will bleep but that's about it,please help as im worried sick its going to need new screen and the wife will kill me at £1800 any help would be appreciated,have tried reboot no joy.

thx simon

fatboy b

9,492 posts

215 months

Sunday 9th November 2014
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Disconnect the battery for 10 minutes, and retry.

f430hunter

Original Poster:

337 posts

204 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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thx tried that one no difference.

fatboy b

9,492 posts

215 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Looks like a dealer then. Maybe a last resort, come on over to www.jaginfo.org and ask the same question. Can't promise anything, but a bit more specialist than PH.

burpface

121 posts

154 months

Sunday 16th November 2014
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All the XF models use a fair bit of power as there are a lot of electric gizmos in play. Its quite common for electrical gremlins like this to occur. Usually sorted by a new battery. You may still be on its original battery which would be 5-8 years old so a new one is due.

f430hunter

Original Poster:

337 posts

204 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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thx guys all sorted now had to have new screen and a m cable what ever that is,all spot on now except my wallet.

cheers simon