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Sometimes while driving my head unit will just turn off then turn right back on. I made sure the harness was fine and everything was connected correctly. What other things should I look for? It's pretty annoying to be listening to a song and have the HU just shut off then start back up.

Any ideas? Thanks.

 

perhaps a loose speaker wire someplace

 

It's the HU's power, not a speaker wire problem.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's the HU's power, not a speaker wire problem.</TD></TR></TABLE> Does the power go off on HU, or just the sound?

If it is just the sound, a speaker or speaker wire shorting out will shut off the HUs amp.

If it is the acc. power on the HU,[ no lights, nothing but it keeps memory presets and clock] its the red acc. wire connection or in the HU.

If it also loses memory its the yellow constant power wire, or in the HU, also check the fuses, with HU on wiggle the fuses in there sockets.

hope this helps. 94

 

Use a voltimeter and check for unstable current in the +/- wires.

Also, pull on each wire in the harness and make sure each one is secure in the harness

 

If its not the harness... could it be anything else?

It's the power to the HU... its not losing memory or presets or anything... so I'm not sure if its the harness.

 

Maybe there's a loose connection inside the HU.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If its not the harness... could it be anything else?

It's the power to the HU... its not losing memory or presets or anything... so I'm not sure if its the harness.</TD></TR></TABLE> It has to be the acc.,[red wire] pull HU out of dash check all the connections on the red wire, wiggle plug in back of HU [ with radio playing] also the adpt. plug to oem radio plug, use butt end of screwdriver and tap all over top,sides,back, and bottom of HU. 94

 

could be fues chech them out and if they are ok then it could be a speaker short

 

Sometimes, blown speakers will short the radio to turn off. Bumps in the road may cause exposed speaker terminals, such as those in the front doors, to touch the metal and cause the radio to short and momentarily turn off or cut off sound.

 

Shorting speaker will not cause your head unit to shut off, it will cause the IC chip inside your deck to fry, at which point you will no longer hear sound coming from your deck. From the sounds of it, you have a detachable faced unit. What happens is, when the contact between the face and deck get corroded, the contact is lose momentarily. This cause the deck to think you have just detached the face and turns your deck off. Clean the contacts behind the face of your unit with a pencil eraser. It should fix the problem.

 

i had the same problem

the custom constant +12v i ran to the fuse box was a bit loose.

make sure your wires are not loose.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IVI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had the same problem

the custom constant +12v i ran to the fuse box was a bit loose.

make sure your wires are not loose.

</TD></TR></TABLE> Not the same problem, he does not lose preset memory or clock, as you would if yellow ,[ constant ] got disconnected. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Not the same problem, he does not lose preset memory or clock, as you would if yellow ,[ constant ] got disconnected. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

sometimes it would make my headunit just shut off and then turn right back on automatically

sometimes it would reset everything

it was usually everytime i hit the clutch because my clutch foot would snag the wire at the tip and move it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IVI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

sometimes it would make my headunit just shut off and then turn right back on automatically

sometimes it would reset everything

it was usually everytime i hit the clutch because my clutch foot would snag the wire at the tip and move it.

</TD></TR></TABLE> Like I said not the same problem, your problem is just a getto install lol 94