i have a kenwood stereo (not shure of the model), yesterday it stopped working, it has never given me problems, i checked the fuse from the fuse box and also the 10 amp stereo fuse and it is not burnt, i checked the wires, everything is intacked, i know it has power because i can put cd's in, but the face wont light up, there is no light and sound....please, can someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Did you check both fuse boxes in the car?? And by "check", I mean verified the fuses were good with a meter?

 

Did you check the fuse on the back of the radio if it has one? And did you use a meter to test the wires?

 

theres two power wires to a radio. yellow ( 12V+ contant) and red (12v+ switched). both have fuses. since its taking cds that means it has constant. so the easiest way to test it to tap the red wire into the yellow wire ( hook the switched power into the constant power). if that doesnt do it theres one of two things. first off take a multimeter and make sure that its getting a good power supply. if a cd player is getting less than 11 volts, they typically wont power up.

if thats not it then its a bad radio.

 

thank you guys for helping...wierd thing is that i unplugged the stereo and tested it on my friends car just to see if it was my stereo that was messed up, ok so we plugged it in and thank go it still worked....so i plugged it in my car again, and it worked...what's the deal?

 

It could be a loose connection on the radio harness. I would check all the connections. And make sure there are tight.

 

Unit was "latched up" needed to be reset, there may even be a "reset switch", [pin-switch button] on the front of the HU face or behind face plate.

What is the model number? 94