I recently had my car in the shop for an engine rebuild. $3000 later, when my car was returned to me, the radio is not working properly (it was working just fine when it went in). The sound is very low and very static-y. They told me that the amplifier probably "went bad" and that since they didn't work on it they can't do anything about fixing it. I know that the technician drove the car around after the rebuild. If he had the music on loud, could that screw up the amplifier? Also, could it be the speakers instead?
2007-03-15 05:54:26 · 4 answers · asked by reality 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
The one thing that comes to mind for your situation is this. The shop messed up the ground. By removing the engine, they also had to remove the ground to chassis, and many other connections along the way.
Do you have an external amp, or just the one inside the head unit (stereo)? I would also try to make a new grond for the head unit, the stock grounds can be worthless at times.
You can probably just ignore what the tech said, they are mechanical technicians and usually don't understand audio electronics.
2007-03-15 08:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an amplifier is truthfully what the call recommend's. it takes the indicators from the music, and amplifies them with a view to boost sound besides as high quality. while you're putting subs in, you will prefer an amp or extra that would experience the rms of the sub. you do no longer prefer to bypass over, yet once you cant discover any the splendid length, that's alright to bypass a touch bigger and purely save the convenience down.
2016-12-14 19:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by mckinzie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, im gonna guess that when they reinstalled the battery, or when they hooked the battery back up, they did not connect the ground first, chances are its not the speakers, even blown speakers dont get quiter, they just muffle realy bad, if i was you i would strongly suggest meating one of the managers at the store, and feed him a line of crap about it all worked when you dropped it off, and your lawyer said if they dont wanna replace it you have a strong case to file a lawsuit, but i would seriously guess that it is the amp and it prolly got grounded out through the positive, i have had this happen to me , the hole lawyer gig worked
2007-03-22 18:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by patrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radio sound low and staticy. Do you have a tape or CD player along with the radio? If so, how do they sound? If they sound ok then I doubt amp or speakers. If they sound bad then someone screwed up and isn't owning up to it. However if you only have radio or if the tape/CD sounds ok then I would suspect antenna or antenna lead is your problem.
2007-03-15 06:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋