jvc hdr50 faceplate won't lock in

[redick4ulous]

hey, I'm new to these forums so I'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread or not, but I recently had my faceplate stolen from my car because I'm an idiot and didn't take it off. I bought another one off of ebay and when I attach the faceplate to the unit it works perfectly fine, but it doesn't stay locked in, I have to hold it or it will pop off. I'm guessing the guy who ripped it out didn't eject it properly and broke some sort of latch that held it in. I've been looking everywhere trying to get pictures of the unit itself without the faceplate to see what part is missing but I can't find anything. The piece i'm missing must be very small. I thought I knew how it locked in and tried to fix it, but it didn't work. any suggestions on how to fix it or any ideas on how to keep it locked in?

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[DaveVT 10+ year member]

any suggestions on how to fix it or any ideas on how to keep it locked in?

They gotta get the face plate off to steal it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[redick4ulous]

lol yea I have gorilla glue, but I kinda only wanna do that as a last resort. I know it'll work, but I don't want a thief smashing my window again because he sees the faceplate. even if he can't get it off I'd still have to pay for a new window again.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

lol yea I have gorilla glue, but I kinda only wanna do that as a last resort. I know it'll work, but I don't want a thief smashing my window again because he sees the faceplate. even if he can't get it off I'd still have to pay for a new window again.

or your insurance company would

 

[redick4ulous]

they don't pay for all of it, and its just a hassle. I just don't want to go thru replacing it again.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

why wouldn't they have stolen the whole HU??

sorry i have no advice as for the attaching of said face

 

[redick4ulous]

i'm not sure, maybe they didn't know what they were doing.

so is gluing it in the only option?

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

yes because either part of the latch on your deck is broke or part of the latch on the face is broke. Your options are:

try another face

try another main unit of the same type and see if it locks in

glue it

replace the whole thing.

 

[redick4ulous]

I've actually tried 2 faces already and they both don't stay in, so I'm assuming its the unit itself.

i'm probably just gonna glue it.