Okay, when I put a radar detector or my ipod charger into the cigarette lighter, the radio cuts off, what is going on?

Thanks guys, (not very good with audio!)

 

Does the cig lighter work? Maybe a wiring problem as that is all wired to the same fuse? If it doesn't work check the fuse.

 

Sounds to me like something is grounding out. Your radio and cig. lighter both share a common accessory, or should atleast. I guess you could check to make sure that there is no wire exposed and its not touching any metal.

 

Thanks guys, will try and figure it out, just FYI, if I unplug the charger out of the cigarette lighter, after a while the radio will turn back on.

As far as the fuse, either its good or bad, so if the stereo and lighter continue to work I would have to assume that the fuse is still good, and as you said shorting out somewhere.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arsenal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks guys, will try and figure it out, just FYI, if I unplug the charger out of the cigarette lighter, after a while the radio will turn back on.

As far as the fuse, either its good or bad, so if the stereo and lighter continue to work I would have to assume that the fuse is still good, and as you said shorting out somewhere.</TD></TR></TABLE>The fuse may look good, but be defective, the fuse filament may be broken where it connects to the "legs" and as soon as you put too much load on it, it brakes contact, or the fuse may be loose in it's holder, [try "wiggling" the fuse in it's holder, when the charger is plugged in and see if the HU cuts in] if that does not do anything then I would check the grounds for the HU and the lighter, BTW once you unplug the charger or radar det. and the HU starts to work again, is the clock still at the right time and are the radio pre-sets still there? 94

 

Yes, the presets are still there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The fuse may look good, but be defective, </TD></TR></TABLE>

I've run into this soo many times with AGU fuses. They look fine, but if you measure the "output" side of the fuse holder you get a whopping 3 volts. Like FCM said this may be the case. Your radio may pull the most of it's current off of the constant wire, and the accessory is only used to switch a transistor or relay on. When you plug an item into the cig lighter, it's going to put more of a demand on the accessory circuit.. and with a bad fuse this could cause the voltage to drop.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arsenal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes, the presets are still there.</TD></TR></TABLE> Then the problem is the acc. circuit so I would check the fuse and its holder first. 94

 

I'll check the fuse again.

BTW what does 94 mean?