.:HSTuners::

06-02-2002, 10:00 PM

I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the 12v/security system forum. If it needs to be moved, move it.

A few weeks ago someone broke into my car (again) and tried to steal my stereo.. only they didn't. When I put the face back on everything would turn on and the unit would beep but no sound would come out of the speakers. I brought it to my sound guy and he checked all the wire connections and said everything was fine. While he was with me I turned to unit on and it worked. On my way home I lost the sound again. I left the unit off overnight went back and it worked fine. Now about 3 weeks later the sound cut out on me again.

Does anyone have any clue why this is happening or what I can do to fix it?

06-02-2002, 10:03 PM

Oh and BTW today when the sound cut out, this HORRIBLE smell filled the car and even outside around it.. sorta like an electrical burn and rubber burning. Which I never had before.

ebpda9 · 06-02-2002, 11:03 PM

maybe they messed up the plug inside the headunit. i know my brother has problems like this. i took apart the unit and soldered the pins again

Accord Man · 06-02-2002, 11:07 PM

humm, i'd like to give you an answer, but you dont have much info..

Did you notice any physical damage anywhere?

I doubt its a power short or anything like that.. My guess would be that the concerened component was messed up.. your HU perhaps?

06-03-2002, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Accord Man
humm, i'd like to give you an answer, but you dont have much info..

Did you notice any physical damage anywhere?

No physical damage.. the inexperienced theives (obviously) tried yanking the unit out and in doing so they pulled the "holding pins" inward so it kinda locked the unit from coming completely out. I started the car today.. didn't work, went driving around, went over a bump, the sound came on.. downshifted, sound went off again.

Someone please help me this is driving me NUTS!!!

slowEJ6 · 06-04-2002, 11:55 PM

sounds to me like the power wire perhaps is losing its connection on occasion and sparks when it touches again and probably melts a bit of whatever rubber is on it wherever its messed up at.
or perhaps the ground wire. there has to be a way to get the HU out, id do that if i were you, by all means.

black95gs-t · 06-05-2002, 04:56 AM

just outta curiosity, what brand HU is it?
J

06-05-2002, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by black95gs-t
just outta curiosity, what brand HU is it?
J

JVC

06-06-2002, 01:31 AM

This is kinda far fetched but did they go for you speakers? a whil i ago i had a similr problem with mine it turned out that i took a short cut puttin new speakers in I reinstalled then and BAM perfection ever sense.

06-06-2002, 02:51 AM

no my speakers were not touched.. when they locked the clips in, the unit could not be pushed in or pulled out at all. So I took it to my sound guy (who I bought it from and installed it) and he checked it all and said everything was ok.

I think the unit itself is ok.. maybe I need a new wire harness. If I start the car and the sound is not coming out.. anything that will make the car shake (hit a bump, close the door or trunk hard) will trigger the sound to come back on. If the music is working downshifting usually messes it up.

slowEJ6 · 06-06-2002, 09:30 PM

the same thing happened to me.....and it was the problem i stated above.............................

blind34_1 · 06-06-2002, 11:56 PM

Well, being that they were theives they probably just tried to strong arm it....that means that they would've pulled on it as hard as they could...probably messing with all the wiring in the back. I'd say take your whole unit out and inspect the connectors. Make sure they are not bent or fried. Then check the harness to. Make sure every wire is nice and secure. If just one of them is loose, that could account for your occasional burning smell and loss of signal.

If they didnt go for anything else besides the deck, then dont worry about the speaker connection, battery to amp line, etc. Its all in your center console. Get a flashlight and look for burn marks on plastic and rubber (in your car.)

Be very observant. Its always the slightest thing.

Grip72 · 06-10-2002, 07:04 PM

I had the exact same problem in my car when i first installed my deck. And if you know anything about stereos, you will know that these "sound guys" don't usually know that much more than you do. They just check stuff over quickly. I've leraned through lots of experience and agony that some installs/checkups are better done by the owner of the vehicle. ANyways, that was just my 2 cents worth. With my car the deck would cut out, come back in, cut out and come back in with bumps or with a little bit of acceleration. It turned out to just be the power connection. you might even want to check your positive connection from your stereo battery on your battery terminal (if that's where it goes to) because it may be hitting some corrosion or yucky crap and causes it to blank out. So just check EVERY connection like grounds, - and + connections and all taht. Don't skip ANY wires and i'm sure you'll get it all figured out.

Grip72 · 06-10-2002, 07:05 PM

You might even want to check fuses..maybe your fuses is screwed but sometimes it works..hmm

06-11-2002, 01:08 AM

To get you guys updated.. I did my mom a favor and went food shopping. As I loaded the groceries into my car I noticed that my rear speakers were not even. Looking more closely I realized one of the speakers with touching this metal harness-type thing that holds it. So rather than me f--- it up more I brought it to this new sound guy I met and he said it was shorting out my speakers. YAY! Problem solved.. it had nothing to do with my stereo. When those basterds put my speakers in they messed up and I felt the results a couple months later.

THANKS FOR EVERYONES HELP!!

Grip72 · 06-11-2002, 11:22 AM

Now now..don't u feel a little dumb for not checking EVERY connection? hmm..Do you feel lucky..punk?

black95gs-t · 06-18-2002, 03:57 PM

happy it worked for you.
J

Grip72 · 06-18-2002, 07:58 PM

Congrats man..i know you owe it all to me. Just email me and i'll tell you where to send the signed blank cheque..Thanks

06-19-2002, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Accord17
Congrats man..i know you owe it all to me. Just email me and i'll tell you where to send the signed blank cheque..Thanks

You called me man!!!! You get nothing!

Grip72 · 06-19-2002, 03:36 AM

Are you a girl? Cuz if you are..i am very sorry. My bad.

06-19-2002, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Accord17
Are you a girl? Cuz if you are..i am very sorry. My bad.

FeelMyRide = Julie (a guuuurl)

and dont worry, she gets it all the time.

j/k julie!

Grip72 · 06-19-2002, 07:58 PM

I'm very very sorry ma'am. But you can still send me that cheque anyways, just out of the goodness of your heart. That'd be GRRRRRRREAT!!
p.s. julie is a good name..i like that name

black95gs-t · 06-19-2002, 11:59 PM

dang man. you want a soda to wash that foot down with?
J

06-20-2002, 12:06 AM

Now now.. lets play nice~!
Thanks for likin my name accord i kinda like it too

Grip72 · 06-20-2002, 01:56 PM

Hahaha...good times at hondastyle..

06-02-2002, 10:00 PM	#1
FeelMyRide Posts: n/a	Sound cuts out of stereo I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the 12v/security system forum. If it needs to be moved, move it. A few weeks ago someone broke into my car (again) and tried to steal my stereo.. only they didn't. When I put the face back on everything would turn on and the unit would beep but no sound would come out of the speakers. I brought it to my sound guy and he checked all the wire connections and said everything was fine. While he was with me I turned to unit on and it worked. On my way home I lost the sound again. I left the unit off overnight went back and it worked fine. Now about 3 weeks later the sound cut out on me again. Does anyone have any clue why this is happening or what I can do to fix it?

06-02-2002, 11:03 PM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	maybe they messed up the plug inside the headunit. i know my brother has problems like this. i took apart the unit and soldered the pins again __________________

06-02-2002, 11:07 PM	#4
Accord Man THE GENERAL Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth (usually) Age: 42 Posts: 5,698	humm, i'd like to give you an answer, but you dont have much info.. Did you notice any physical damage anywhere? I doubt its a power short or anything like that.. My guess would be that the concerened component was messed up.. your HU perhaps? __________________ HondaStyle.com Babysitter's Club Member #0 Soon to be >Dr Max Immuh<

06-05-2002, 04:56 AM	#7
black95gs-t Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Southern Cali Age: 42 Posts: 728	just outta curiosity, what brand HU is it? J __________________ LOONEY TUNES!!!! "Hearts and minds gents.... And if that doesn't work, two in the heart and one in the mind." "Life sucks.....so drop your pants and let the good times roll!" Mycivicjust8u

06-10-2002, 07:04 PM	#13
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	I had the same problem I had the exact same problem in my car when i first installed my deck. And if you know anything about stereos, you will know that these "sound guys" don't usually know that much more than you do. They just check stuff over quickly. I've leraned through lots of experience and agony that some installs/checkups are better done by the owner of the vehicle. ANyways, that was just my 2 cents worth. With my car the deck would cut out, come back in, cut out and come back in with bumps or with a little bit of acceleration. It turned out to just be the power connection. you might even want to check your positive connection from your stereo battery on your battery terminal (if that's where it goes to) because it may be hitting some corrosion or yucky crap and causes it to blank out. So just check EVERY connection like grounds, - and + connections and all taht. Don't skip ANY wires and i'm sure you'll get it all figured out.

06-02-2002, 10:03 PM	#2
FeelMyRide Posts: n/a	Oh and BTW today when the sound cut out, this HORRIBLE smell filled the car and even outside around it.. sorta like an electrical burn and rubber burning. Which I never had before.

06-04-2002, 11:55 PM	#6
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	sounds to me like the power wire perhaps is losing its connection on occasion and sparks when it touches again and probably melts a bit of whatever rubber is on it wherever its messed up at. or perhaps the ground wire. there has to be a way to get the HU out, id do that if i were you, by all means.

06-06-2002, 01:31 AM	#9
tightteg52 Posts: n/a	This is kinda far fetched but did they go for you speakers? a whil i ago i had a similr problem with mine it turned out that i took a short cut puttin new speakers in I reinstalled then and BAM perfection ever sense.

06-06-2002, 02:51 AM	#10
FeelMyRide Posts: n/a	no my speakers were not touched.. when they locked the clips in, the unit could not be pushed in or pulled out at all. So I took it to my sound guy (who I bought it from and installed it) and he checked it all and said everything was ok. I think the unit itself is ok.. maybe I need a new wire harness. If I start the car and the sound is not coming out.. anything that will make the car shake (hit a bump, close the door or trunk hard) will trigger the sound to come back on. If the music is working downshifting usually messes it up.

06-06-2002, 09:30 PM	#11
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	the same thing happened to me.....and it was the problem i stated above.............................

06-06-2002, 11:56 PM	#12
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	Well, being that they were theives they probably just tried to strong arm it....that means that they would've pulled on it as hard as they could...probably messing with all the wiring in the back. I'd say take your whole unit out and inspect the connectors. Make sure they are not bent or fried. Then check the harness to. Make sure every wire is nice and secure. If just one of them is loose, that could account for your occasional burning smell and loss of signal. If they didnt go for anything else besides the deck, then dont worry about the speaker connection, battery to amp line, etc. Its all in your center console. Get a flashlight and look for burn marks on plastic and rubber (in your car.) Be very observant. Its always the slightest thing.

06-10-2002, 07:05 PM	#14
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	You might even want to check fuses..maybe your fuses is screwed but sometimes it works..hmm

06-11-2002, 01:08 AM	#15
FeelMyRide Posts: n/a	To get you guys updated.. I did my mom a favor and went food shopping. As I loaded the groceries into my car I noticed that my rear speakers were not even. Looking more closely I realized one of the speakers with touching this metal harness-type thing that holds it. So rather than me f--- it up more I brought it to this new sound guy I met and he said it was shorting out my speakers. YAY! Problem solved.. it had nothing to do with my stereo. When those basterds put my speakers in they messed up and I felt the results a couple months later. THANKS FOR EVERYONES HELP!!

06-11-2002, 11:22 AM	#16
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	Now now..don't u feel a little dumb for not checking EVERY connection? hmm..Do you feel lucky..punk?

06-18-2002, 03:57 PM	#17
black95gs-t Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Southern Cali Age: 42 Posts: 728	happy it worked for you. J __________________ LOONEY TUNES!!!! "Hearts and minds gents.... And if that doesn't work, two in the heart and one in the mind." "Life sucks.....so drop your pants and let the good times roll!" Mycivicjust8u

06-18-2002, 07:58 PM	#18
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	Congrats man..i know you owe it all to me. Just email me and i'll tell you where to send the signed blank cheque..Thanks

06-19-2002, 03:36 AM	#20
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	Are you a girl? Cuz if you are..i am very sorry. My bad.

06-19-2002, 07:58 PM	#22
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	I'm very very sorry ma'am. But you can still send me that cheque anyways, just out of the goodness of your heart. That'd be GRRRRRRREAT!! p.s. julie is a good name..i like that name

06-19-2002, 11:59 PM	#23
black95gs-t Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Southern Cali Age: 42 Posts: 728	dang man. you want a soda to wash that foot down with? J __________________ LOONEY TUNES!!!! "Hearts and minds gents.... And if that doesn't work, two in the heart and one in the mind." "Life sucks.....so drop your pants and let the good times roll!" Mycivicjust8u

06-20-2002, 12:06 AM	#24
FeelMyRide Posts: n/a	Now now.. lets play nice~! Thanks for likin my name accord i kinda like it too

06-20-2002, 01:56 PM	#25
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 40 Posts: 2,962	Hahaha...good times at hondastyle..

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