I was trying to program my radio with my favorite stations and as the station info was scrolling by so that i could capture the station name and number, ie Power 96.5. The display started to flash continually since then i can't get my cd out of the player and my radio doesn't work, it just flashes. [Blaupunkt radio for an '03 Focus, on the side of the unit it has Bp231035486343 and 3S4T-18C869-AF, FORD MP3 US

Shawn Sandstrom, April 2006

I instIlled my head unit blaupunkt and plugged everything up right but it won't even power on is this a security issue or what.2003 focus zx3

rob, April 2011

This worked perfectly. Thank you!

C, January 2010

I had the exact same problem. This procedure worked perfectly except I put the CD in after putting all the cables back in. We pushed the button to add a station to a used Ford 2003 Focus with a Blaupunkt Stereo. The thing started flashing on and off with the audio going on and off. I'm glad the volume wasn't way up. The dam thing wouldn't stop even when the car was off. I had to pull it out and find the model number which led me here. Hopefully google will index this for other people. What a piece of junk the Blaupunkt is.

dmairq, June 2007

I had this same issue, Ford wanted $400 to replace the unit, said nothing could be done about it. Blaupunkt said it was a lost cause--get it replaced. The Ford owners manual mentions this, but it fails to mention step 2 below--without step 2, it wont work! :)

1. insert a cd into the stereo
2. disconnect power (pull the fuse)
3. connect power
--the stereo will begin to read the cd and will stop it from cycling off and on
4. use the menu buttons to select default reset.

That's it... Hope this gets to you in time!

iambarefooted, November 2006

Disconnect power from radio for a few minutes and try again

pat, April 2006