wierd stereo problem!! Please help!!?

Question

Okay, so my stereo is doing the wierdest thing; when it turns on, it plays fine and everything, you can see the cd track time advancing as normal, except there is no sound coming out of my speakers! When I go over bumps, sometimes i can hear a few seconds, and then it goes away. So then i swapped out the cd player with a different one, and it does the same exact thing!

It is NOT a problem with my speakers or the wiring to my speakers. I checked that already, and plus why would both speakers stop/start working at the same exact time because of the wiring to them. It's very unlikely.

So my question is, which wire could possibly deplete your sound with a bad connection (other than the obvious speaker wires)?

i don't think it's a short, because the whole time that no sound is coming out, the cd player is still on and counting seconds (which proves it's playing the song).

i don't think it's a short, because the whole time that no sound is coming out, the cd player is still on and counting seconds (which proves it's playing the song).

also, i have only two speakers and they're in the front, (the balance and fade is normal on cd player), i have no amp.

it is not a stock deck, my two speakers are MTX, my car is a 1987 Mazda 323 and the speakers are mounted on the dash, not the doors. I cut out the stock harness more than a year ago and connected the wires directly (with the necessary fuses of course). I'm sure it's a loose wire somewhere, but i can't find it. I've messed with all of them, and they all seem to be connected well.

This piece of information may or may not be useful: My problem started happening about a week ago when I replaced the cigarette lighter (the one that was in there didn't work). If i touched the voltage and ground wires for the lighter, would that have shorted anything out?

Answer 1

here's the deal.........when the speaker or speakers actually short out it will not shut the stereo off, the display will keep doing what it is supposed too, but when a speaker shorts out, the internal amplifier is what is shutting down. like most aplifires for the car it has a safety built right in, the manuf. makes them like this for such problems. i could write a list of things to check and specify what types of cars are worse for this than others, i will give you an example.........dodge neons, the factory clip in the rear speakers (both sides) are garbage, they are weak and end up rubbing the metal of the basket on the speaker........thus, shorting the stereo out, but in most cases for the neon the factory deck has no safety built in and it smokes the deck. i think you need to look at the obvious first, are the speakers stock? if so, are they shorting from water damage? (water gets into the doors of cars- hondas are real bad for that) if the speakers are aftermarket are the terminals of the speaker possible touching the metal around the door where they are mounted, and if they have been in there a while they may suffer from water damage too. is all the speaker wire stock? if not trace it back and look for trouble spots. is the deck stock? (you didn't specify) i assume it's not, so is the install done correct? are ALL the wires being used? are they all taped up correctly? the wires you didn't use.....are they taped up? make sure all the wires are taped-very important.
i can't think of anything else that comes to mind. but i hope i could help you out

Answer 2

Assuming it does the comparable element with the radio because of the fact the CD participant (they're seperate even however they're interior the comparable unit)Your subject is that the two a million) you're dropping floor on your audio device or 2) a quick interior the wiring or audio device shutting down the amplifier interior the radio. (the undeniable fact that the demonstrate is working would not propose that the amplifier part of the radio is working). a number of the time this could blow a fuse yet some radio's will close the amp interior the radio down. verify the floor from the radio to the speaker with an ohmmeter. it extremely is greater effective than possibly a trouble-free floor and not a floating floor and it extremely is open (no longer shorted) and that's the reason they're the two reducing out and drawing close once you hit a bump. merely run a clean floor cord from the radio case to the speaker in case you do no longer understand the thank you to apply an ohmmeter. the explanation that i'm telling you to run a clean cord is by technique of the fact the subject could desire to be on the backside of the connector the place it plugs in to the radio and that's the reason you're having a demanding time looking it. If that's a dull short, disconnect the audio device and the radio from the harness and hint it down with an ohmmeter. it extremely is truly the terrific thank you to do it because of the fact it removes guessing. in case you do no longer understand the difference, an open could be a broken cord or connection, and a quick could be 2 wires touching or a cord grounding out on the motor vehicle someplace. human beings in many situations confuse the two words and speak to an open a quick. in case you're helpful the two radios artwork and you have the comparable subject with the two certainly one of them, then you definately've a variety of two problems. If the radio works, the audio device artwork, and the wiring is right then it has to artwork----era.

Answer 3

I dont know if you said but are you using a wire harness?

if you are get rid of it and run the system without the harness that would be a good step.

try a test speaker, take the player out and connect a speaker directly to the cd wires and see?

Answer 4

if you have an aftermarket stereo, have you checked the wiring harness that adapts your stock harness to the aftermarket player? if its loosely connected or something, it could lose the connection and would explain why it momentarily works when you go over a bump.

Answer 5

just like hunter said you need to check the wiring harness, and what i whould do is just replace the old wiring and put a new one in.

Answer 6

coulb be a short.. Are you also running a amplifier? Could be a bad rca connection..