My Ford 6000 cd rds eon displays "phone" all the time. There is a hands free kit attached but it is never used. I now can not use the CD or the radio. When I put my phone into the kit then it does not charge.

simon, May 2006

Following on from Terry, it sounds like it could be something simple like a short on the phone mute lead (and/or other leads) on the radio? during installation of phone kits and the likes, it can happen that the mute lead (or others) become damaged when the radio is seated back in to the chassis. This could cause the damaged wire/s to be earthed off a metal part somewhere behind the radio which causes the mute line to be "energised", causing the radio to believe that the phone is in use which invokes the "phone" function on the radio.

To check for the above, visually inspect all wires going in to the back of the radio, particularly the phone mute lead, and repair any damaged wires with insulating tape. Be carefull when you re-seat the radio back in to the dash.

TEflOn, June 2006

You need to get to the hands free kit control box behind the dash and the plug that goes into the radio. (There are usually two plugs in the back of the radio one is speakers the other is everything else.) You will find that one wire goes from the Hands free to the radio plug. It is called Radio Mute. For a diagram try http://web.onetel.com/~uncletony/in_car.htm

Terry, June 2006