The steering wheel mounted remote for the stock Jenson radio used to work occasionally and now it does not work at all. Yes, it has new batteries (which is what made it work in the first place). All the buttons work solidly and seem quite clean.
I'm curious if anyone here has experienced and solved this before.
I believe this is a Winnebago add and not standard Freightliner but could be wrong.
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If it works like the one for my magnadyne it's infrared. What's on the "dangling" PCB in the bottom photo? If it's IR LED's then there's an IR "receiver" somewhere in proximity to the steering wheel. Mine looks like a small panel mount indicator light that never lights up. That then gets connected to an IR remote input to the radio. IR remote testers are inexpensive if you care to isolate the trouble.
It is IR and that dangling bottom piece has a "bulb" in it. With it unscrewed, I can aim it at the radio face and voila it works perfectly. When it is attached as it should be, it doesn't work. I'm devising a mirror relay system in my head... lol.
Or a light pipe. Long way around the block to solve the problem though. First thing that comes to mind is there is a selection of IR repeaters and extenders out there. Put one end close to your remote and the other by the face of the radio and that might do the trick.
There is an IR Receiver directly under the that control box on the panel covering the steering column. That receiver is wired to back of radio. It is either out of alignment to pick up signal, or has shorted out.
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