David has created a movie to demonstrate how the capacitor is applied to the display board to fix the fluctuating dimmer problem. A 10nF capacitor is used.

The QuickTime movie can be found at:

http://www.empeg.com/DimmerFix.mov

WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS A SIMPLE USER FIX

If you suffer from this problem and are not electronics expert, please contact carsupport@sonicblue.com and we will arrange to fix your player for you.

Rob