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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Victor Picciotto on January 16, 2012, 04:06:18 PM
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Alladin returning crazy info. Found box above drivers seat. Looking for reset, black box, no reset appears on the box. 2003 Monterey.
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My Alladin reset button looks like this, in the cabinet above and to the left of the driving chair. Have you got anything that looks like it?
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Alladin reset on my 03 Monterey is accessible and visible, (you might need a mirror) thru the vents at the front of the tv box above the driver. No id of any kind, just a reset button. Good luck
P.S. If no tv in box, or Tv swings away, you may be able to get at it from the inside of the box. Just look towards the vent grille and it should be in that vicinity.
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Nothing like that
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In cabinet left of driver. multiple cables and wires. no sign of anything that looks like a reset.
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our 2003 has a switch labeled something totally unrelated to Alladin. The tech at Beaver motorcoaches in Bend told us that the manfacturer put left over switches for the reset so yours could be labeled anything.
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I realize that ours is a different coach model but our reset is in the cabinet behind the passengers seat containing the television control and home theater equipment. The point here is - look around in other places, not just above the driver where an Alladin box is. I have at least 5 boxes just like the one in your photograph located all over the coach and none of them have anything at all to do with the reset switch which isn't located anywhere near any of them.
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Have looked in the tv vent with inspection mirror nothing. Also looked behind the unit, cannot find any sort of reset or on off switch.
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The Alladin reset button on my 2003 Montery is accessed though the cabinet above the drivers side window, but it is not in that cabinet but forward of it. To get to the button I must remove the forward panel inside the referenced cabinet.
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My switch was in the same location as Marc,s. After finding the switch I drilled a hole and mounted it in the panel I removed before reinstalling the panel. Now I can reset the addalin by just opening the cabinet door and turn it off and back on.
Jim
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I considered doing the same, but since I have only needed to access it once in the 9 years I have had my coach, I haven't bothered.
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Thanks for trying to help. However could not find.
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To reset the Aladdin, you may try disconnection the power to the Aladdin, and then reconnect, to determine if resetting the unit solves the problem. If it solves the problem, you may need to find the switch next time. If it does not solve the problem, finding the switch is a moot point. Look elsewhere for a solution.
Larry
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Thanks already tried power disconnect.
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Did you read this post by Paul Schwalen in a thread some time ago:
"I have been using the Alladin for 2+ years now and have experienced the same thing. I finally figured out that if I turn the Alladin on before the 8 seconds shutdown has completed (when you shut the engine down) that sometimes this xxxx business happens. To solve the issue I turn the Alladin off at the push button on the display then turn it back on and it usually is OK. (sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries) Also, I try not to turn the Alladin on before the 8 second shutdown and wait for the shutdown and then turn it back on if needed."
-Joel