first of all, my setup is only a pioneer cd player 50 X 4, stock doors, two 6 X 9's. i had a similar problem like this before where i couldnt turn the volume up above 21 or the sound would just cut completely out until i turned it off and then back on. that problem went away when i pulled the cd player out the dash and stuck it back in. yesterday i wired up an rsx type s 5" sub(just speaker without the 100w amp). i didnt think it was a good idea but i just spliced into the power and ground wires going to one of my 6 X 9's and now when i turn it up to around 26 the music will starting cutting out. it gets even worse when the car is running. i have pulled the cd player and checked all wiring. i unhooked the sub with no change. anyone have any ideas what could be my problem?

 

so ur stereo works but if u turn it up it turns off? and u have to turn the power off and bak on for it to work again? .... if so, u have a bad connection. check if ur speakers wires are plugged positive to positive and negative to negative.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lovey408 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> if so, u have a bad connection. </TD></TR></TABLE> Actually it's more likely a short on one of the speaker leads or at the speaker itself, a minor short on a speaker lead will cause those exact symptomes, HU cuts out at higher volumes, will start working again once turned off and on again, it is the HUs internal amps protection circuits doing their job. 94

 

thanks for the reply. ill do some more investigating tomorrow

 

well, i unhooked both 6 X 9's and it actually got worse. it would start breaking up at even lower volumes. im not having the problem where i have to cut the cd player off and back on anymore(i know my post was kinda hard to understand). the music will start breaking up at high volumes, but when i turn it back down it stops.

 

do this... disconnect all ur speaker wires from the actual speaker. plug it in 1 at a time and put volume up, if it doesnt break out, move onto the next speaker. if u it starts to mess up switch the way u wired it. it shuld solve ur problem

 

i have done this with the three that i have installed. the doors are stock. it actually worked fine on my way home today, kinda weird

 

If you have not already, and you should have, run a 10ga-12ga fused power lead from the batt. to behind the HU and connect the HUs constant power, [yellow] to it, kind of like running power to an amp, then again that is what you are doing.

Also run a ground strap from the HUs chassis to the cars chassis, any good ground], depending on the MMY of the car you have, [let me guess, an Integra sedan?] a metal "L" bracket off the back of the HU to the stock rear radio support makes a very good ground, [another thing you should be doing just for the support] BTW leave the HUs ground connected to the stock radio ground, and don't forget to cap off the stock radio constant power, [the one the yellow was connected to]. 94

It is possible the HU is just not getting the current it needs, "beefing up" the HUs power and ground will solve that problem.

 

lol, i just did that yesterday and yes it did fix the problem. thanks everyone for the relpys. and its a prelude vtec