2012 Main screen hardly working

[Maas]

My 2012 Malibu VLX, the main screen was flickering the past few times I was out, and now today it went dark, not completely dark, looks like the brightness was turned way down.  As though it was almost to zero.  The right screen still works fine, however the main one was almost unable to be seen.  

 

Has anyone experienced this?  i'm wondering if a factory reset may help or if I need to get a new screen

 

Thanks

[saxton15]

Have you checked the connections in the back?  My centre screen has flickered once or twice, but usually related to low battery voltage.  

[Maas]

Yeah, checked the connections, they seem good, maybe the screen is at it's life end

 

[TheIceman]

I'm having the same issue, just started yesterday (intermittently).  I'm not at the cabin anymore, so I cannot try this till next weekend, but has anyone tried to leave the old screen & button panel in place, and try to hook the video RCA line that connects to the center screen to a independent screen (I.E. and old car DVD player screen)?  I'd have a hard time believing that that signal is anything but a standard analog video signal.  If it works, might help you get by until you can fix or replace the original screen.  I'm going to test it out when I get back to the cabin on Saturday.  Otherwise I'll be running without it this weekend...

[csleaver]

1 hour ago, TheIceman said:

I'm not at the cabin anymore, so I cannot try this till next weekend, but has anyone tried to leave the old screen & button panel in place, and try to hook the video RCA line that connects to the center screen to a independent screen (I.E. and old car DVD player screen)?  

I have done exactly what you described with an old iPod 30 classic and a video adaptor cable to test the Malivue screen and viper video output.

[oldjeep]

My center screen glitches occasionally, it I smack it, it straightens up.  I'm assuming a loose connection inside the unit since it is not the vid cable.

[csleaver]

If the connectors on the power plug and the video cable are in good shape, then it could be a loose connection inside the Malivue.  I have never taken one apart yet.

[justgary]

1 hour ago, oldjeep said:

My center screen glitches occasionally, it I smack it, it straightens up.  I'm assuming a loose connection inside the unit since it is not the vid cable.

That used to work well with an old TV.  Knock the crud off of the tube sockets and it worked fine again.