I have been reading about many Jensen JRV212T radio system failures for a while now, but so far our 2013 ACE 30.1 Jensen radio has been working OK (knocking on wood now). It would be interesting to know what the actual failure mechanism(s) are that cause the various described problems. Is it high dash temps; power system spikes; manufacturing defects (like a hair line crack in a circuit board ; poor quality components; cold solder joints); or a combo of all of the above? Since screen issues seem to be common I keep the clock optioned to off when our radio is turned off (but DC power is on) and we installed the Progressive Industries surge protection and voltage monitoring system within a year of buying the coach. Not sure if doing these things has made a difference or not for protecting our Jensen radio in various campground or storm situations over the years. It would also be interesting to know if anyone has had a JVR212T checked out or repaired by a non-Jensen electronics tech to determine if these units have a common defect that might allow owners to pro-actively prevent the failure from ever occurring (if possible). Repair without the Jensen schematics would likely be a very difficult task, unless there were obvious issues (burned replaceable components; visible cracks etc). If we suffer a future failure in our 212T (which sounds inevitable), I will definitely be checking into the guts of the unit...... (electronics and EEngineering background) since I doubt ASA will be doing any warranty exchanges with our old system.
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