What do you guys use to clean off all the smudges and stuff? What's safe to use? A damp towel? Thanks.
Posted Jun 30, 2008 · 22:45 UTC#1
Cleaning the Screen
Posted Jun 30, 2008 · 23:16 UTC#2
A damp microfiber towel gets my vote unless you want to spend some money.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 02:52 UTC#3
Any cheap/home remedies? Anyone??
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 03:12 UTC#4
A soft damp cotton towel will also work.Make sure the towel is soft.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 03:34 UTC#5
1100 dollar head unit and the guy wants to be cheap about taking care of it?? ok, it is late, I didnt mean to flame.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 03:43 UTC#6
1100 dollar head unit and the guy wants to be cheap about taking care of it?? ok, it is late, I didnt mean to flame.
shame on you 
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 14:25 UTC#7
Any cheap/home remedies? Anyone??
Sandpaper (any grit) and rubbing alcohol seem to work great for me. For stubborn marks, I can usually just stab at the screen with a pen or pencil until I can't see the mark anymore.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 15:11 UTC#8
All right in all seriousness what do you guys use (cheap or not)? Just trying to get an idea of what's popular.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 15:16 UTC#9
jus go buy the right cleaner. if you dont wanna spend the extra money after spending hundreds on the unit, then i recommend HiFiSi's method.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 15:29 UTC#10
Just go to a Sunglass Hut or similar optics boutique type place (If you have a mall near you, there's probably like 10 of these places in it) and buy a sunglass cleaning kit. It's a small spray bottle of cleaner and a microfiber cleaning cloth that come in a little bag.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 18:12 UTC#11
Just go to a Sunglass Hut or similar optics boutique type place (If you have a mall near you, there's probably like 10 of these places in it) and buy a sunglass cleaning kit. It's a small spray bottle of cleaner and a microfiber cleaning cloth that come in a little bag.
I just tried your previous way to clean and it has my screen all messed up man! I cant beleive it didnt mess up your screen. Maybe I used to heavy of a grit of sand paper. I used 80 grit and now I can bearly make out what my screen says. And when I jabbed it with a pen it left like dented marks. Maybe I did something wrong.? Can you help me?
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 20:03 UTC#12
Works fine on my unit, as well as on my old D3... Maybe your unit came with a faulty LCD display? I'd say return it to Pioneer for repair as it should still be under warranty.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 20:46 UTC#13
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 22:09 UTC#14
The sandpaper worked for me.Your rubbing technique is wrong.
Posted Jul 01, 2008 · 22:24 UTC#15
Don't use glass cleaner, this will mess up the LCD screen. The best thing I've found to use is a soft damp cloth. Don't use anything with chemicals in it.
The following is from the Pioneer D3 owners manual:
• When removing dust from the LCD screen or
cleaning the LCD screen, first turn the system
power off, then wipe with a soft dry cloth.
• When wiping the LCD screen, take care not to
scratch the surface. Do not use harsh or abrasive
chemical cleaners.
Posted Jul 02, 2008 · 00:58 UTC#16
^ don't use AMMONIA based glass cleaner, like Windex and the like.
The stuff I suggested before from the sunglass cleaning kits is almost always ammonia free, because most sunglasses nowadays have some variation of plastic as the lens material, which you cannot use ammonia on.
But just plain old water will work fine as well.
Posted Jul 02, 2008 · 04:07 UTC#17
Another vote for the damp microfiber cloth. I actually clean my entire dash with that and never use any cleaner.
Posted Jul 02, 2008 · 05:33 UTC#18
Plexus can be used on LCD screens. Works great, I use it for all my tinted windows, car emblems, Plasma tv screen. Check it out.