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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2004Odyssey, radio works, speakers dont; engine causes buzz in speakers when lights on
Greetings, I have a 1997 Odyssey. Three days ago the speakers to the radio stopped working. The radio, itself, works -- the LCD lights up, you can switch stations, switch to CD, etc. -- you just can't hear it. The speakers are silent. At least they were silent until last night when I was driving with the lights on. Then there was engine interference -- a whining buzz directly linked to the speed of the engine. The faster the engine was spinning (OK, the engine wasn't spinning, but the parts inside it were) the higher the buzz. The interference is only present when the lights are on -- it goes away when the lights are off. Also, now I cannot turn my parking lights off. I a confident all these events are linked, and I leave it to some clever diagnostician to give me some insight. Thanks in advance for your help. Frank > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Frank How do you know the radio works if you can't hear anything? Do you mean it lights up or the display works?  Signature"All my friends can't be wrong!" Remember, stupidity runs in herds. >> Greetings, >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > How do you know the radio works if you can't hear anything? Do you > mean it lights up or the display works? Yes. The LCD display lights up enabling me to switch stations, scan tracks on the CD, etc. The amp section of your radio is out. There is no getting around it. You might want to check all the radio fuses. Don't know about the 97 but the 99 on the same fuse feeds the accessory sockets and the audio unit. Do your accessory sockets work? >>> Greetings, >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Yes. The LCD display lights up enabling me to switch stations, scan > tracks on the CD, etc. > The amp section of your radio is out. There is no getting around it. > You might want to check all the radio fuses. Don't know about the 97 [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> Yes. The LCD display lights up enabling me to switch stations, scan >> tracks on the CD, etc. Thanks for the info. Do you mean that the radio is kaput and need to be replaced? I will check the radio, fuses, and sockets. I don't understand why I am getting interference from the engine now when I never did when the radio worked. Does the amp offer some kind of shielding? I discovered that banging on the steering wheel affects the whinning buzz -- it might make it softer or louder. It's all very interesting. Ted > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I a confident all these events are linked, and I leave it to some clever > diagnostician to give me some insight. The stereo is connected to the parking lights so that the display may dim when you turn on your lights. Your now faulty stereo is probably back-feeding power onto the parking lights wire, thus you can not turn the parking lights off. The real question is which of your kids emptied a vanilla Coke inside the stereo? Regardless, I think your stereo is toast. >> Greetings, >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > the parking lights off. The real question is which of your kids > emptied a vanilla Coke inside the stereo? My 2-year old. And I don't think it was vanilla. Frank > Regardless, I think your stereo is toast. >>> Greetings, >>> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> Regardless, I think your stereo is toast. It wasn't Coke, and it wasn't Sprite. It was $0.31 -- three dimes and a penny. I figured out how to remove the car's radio panel/cover. I took out the radio, and it jingled. I took the top off the CD player and shook out four coins. I thought maybe the coins had permanently shorted out the CD player, but I plugged it back in, and it worked just fine. So that's the story in case anyone is actually interested > >>> Greetings, > >>> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > So that's the story in case anyone is actually interested You forgot the crucial piece of information: you have small children and allow them to play in the car. That would have cut the diagnostic time down to about two seconds. |
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