after all this i dno why you would wanna put the strain of not whacking it to yourself
but on topic...i used to have an avic N2 also. did well for the most part. then one day i started my car, and the unit opened, but no display. basically the same deal yours is doing, but i could still hear music and whatnot. i remembered where the touch buttons were so i could sorta navigate through the menus, but it pissed me off too. i sold it and went back to normal cd players for a while. 3rd tv i've had and all 3 had problems