Gaz5535 · Monday at 15:02

I'm having problems with my stereo system (not the LR O/E unit). It won't play anywhere near full volume and is crackling, along with the unit getting hot.
I thought perhaps that it might be a bad earth so I ran a separate earth to from the unit to earth with no change.
I have tried two unit's, one was unused, any idea's?

Pawl · Monday at 23:30

Is it wired to play through the OE amplifier (if fitted to yours) & someone forgot to add the wire from the aftermarket unit to switch the amplifier on ?

Gaz5535 · Wednesday at 13:00

Pawl said:
Is it wired to play through the OE amplifier (if fitted to yours) & someone forgot to add the wire from the aftermarket unit to switch the amplifier on ?

Is odd that the original head unit (not OE) worked fine for a couple of year's until it started doing the same thing as the current replacement. Why is it getting hot and crackling with low volume? Also do you think that there is a problem with the amp then, if so where is that situated?

Andy Warren · Wednesday at 18:48

Gaz5535 said:
Is odd that the original head unit (not OE) worked fine for a couple of year's until it started doing the same thing as the current replacement. Why is it getting hot and crackling with low volume? Also do you think that there is a problem with the amp then, if so where is that situated?

Hi, the amp is under the front passenger seat (& some had a 6 disc cd changer under the drivers seat).

Gaz5535 · Wednesday at 18:51

Ok, so would you think that this is symptomatic of the problems that I'm having?

Pawl · Wednesday at 21:17

If you've had to turn up the head unit a lot to make it loud enough to hear, the head unit internal amplifiers could be working very hard - which might explain why it's getting hot.
What % of max volume are you having to use ?
As said, if fitted, the LR amplifier is located under the front passenger seat. It's approx the same size as a typical head unit, so you can't miss it !

Gaz5535 · 2024-06-28T17:04:01+0100

Pawl said:
If you've had to turn up the head unit a lot to make it loud enough to hear, the head unit internal amplifiers could be working very hard - which might explain why it's getting hot.
What % of max volume are you having to use ?
As said, if fitted, the LR amplifier is located under the front passenger seat. It's approx the same size as a typical head unit, so you can't miss it !

It's rubbish, you can hardly hear it at full volume and it sound's scratchy, like all the speakers have blown. There doesn't seen to be anything under either seat, see photo's.

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