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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / April 2004

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Head Unit -- No Sound

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Sardo Numspa - 28 Apr 2004 03:57 GMT
Today, I started my car and got no sound out of my head unit
(Kenwood). The display lights up just fine, however. I have my sub
hooked up to a separate amp from my Polk separates, so I thought that
if one of the amps had gone bad, I'd still hear a signal from the
remaining good amp. However, there is no sound at all through the
speakers. The other day, I started the car, and had to wait for about
fifteen seconds longer than usual for the sound to come through the
speakers.

I don't have a lot of knowledge of car audio, but does this sound like
the head unit itself might have died?

If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks in
advance!

Sardo Numspa
Sardo Numspa - 29 Apr 2004 05:10 GMT
>Today, I started my car and got no sound out of my head unit
>(Kenwood). The display lights up just fine, however. I have my sub
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>Sardo Numspa

Update:

Add-on: Tonight I turned the radio off and then back on again. The
sound appeared for a couple of seconds, but as soon as I raised the
volume, the sound cut off again, so I'd guess it's not the receiver
itself. However, when the radio is on and the sound is out, I *do*
hear a faint sound coming from the back of the car where the amps are.
It's a cyclic high-pitched sound; it cycles about once a second. The
sound is akin to the sound made when stretching the neck of a balloon
really tight and letting air out of it. Sorry, but that's the closest
I can come to describing the sound.

Sardo Numspa
Spockie - 30 Apr 2004 09:30 GMT
disconnect the battery and check the wiring of the amp, namely the speakers
maybe you mixed them up

>>Today, I started my car and got no sound out of my head unit
>>(Kenwood). The display lights up just fine, however. I have my sub
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>
>>Sardo Numspa
Sardo Numspa - 30 Apr 2004 15:00 GMT
>disconnect the battery and check the wiring of the amp, namely the speakers
>maybe you mixed them up

Thanks, but I found the problem. The positive terminal to my car
battery was all crudded up, so I cleaned it up and replaced the
terminal clamp. Everything's fine now.

Sardo Numspa
 
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