Another Audio Tech question- Help
yeah go get one for 10 dollars. do you have the factory infinity system in your car? if you are getting pop when you turn on the radio and no sound is comming out you can try disconnection constant power to the radio as a hard reset if you are still having an issue then you probably have a bad radio. Take the radio and harness out and bring it to Best Buy and have them do a bench check cost is 24.99 atleast if the radio is ok you didnt just spend the money on a new one for no reason and its bad then atleast you will know.
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Alpine XM head unit. Boston speakers.
The head unit still gets power and displays everything. There is no sound however.
As soon as the unit gets power(whether its replacing the face plate or turning the car on with the face plate already attached) there is a mild almost pop or slight short crackleish noise from only the driver side rear speaker. No sound coming from the speakers but everything else appears to work.
.... Update:
The hissy cd track change sound comes when the last source is Disc and the faceplate is replaced , and the pop noise comes when XM is the source and its replaced
The head unit still gets power and displays everything. There is no sound however.
As soon as the unit gets power(whether its replacing the face plate or turning the car on with the face plate already attached) there is a mild almost pop or slight short crackleish noise from only the driver side rear speaker. No sound coming from the speakers but everything else appears to work.
.... Update:
The hissy cd track change sound comes when the last source is Disc and the faceplate is replaced , and the pop noise comes when XM is the source and its replaced
swap it out and see if it works!!
It does seem like the deck might be bad.
Another thing you can try, but it's a huge pain in the ace, is disconnect the alpine harness from the adapter harness. Expose the wiring for each speaker on the adapter side. Take a double A battery (any 1.5v battery would work, just don't use a 9v) and hold one speaker wire to the negative side of the battery and tap the other speaker wire to the positive and you should hear static/popping out the respective speaker. If one pair of wires doesn't work, that would be your suspect faulty wiring/speaker.
It does seem like the deck might be bad. Another thing you can try, but it's a huge pain in the ace, is disconnect the alpine harness from the adapter harness. Expose the wiring for each speaker on the adapter side. Take a double A battery (any 1.5v battery would work, just don't use a 9v) and hold one speaker wire to the negative side of the battery and tap the other speaker wire to the positive and you should hear static/popping out the respective speaker. If one pair of wires doesn't work, that would be your suspect faulty wiring/speaker.
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PROBLEM SOLVED
Thanks to everyone who helped.
I had to look REALLLLLY close, but upon inspection after pulling covers and speakers, one wire sheath was broken through by the plate the speaker sits in to mount in the speaker location..
A simple ground out...my car audio addict friend instructed on the recrimp and protecting against it happening again with these awesome thin plastic sleeves..
Now for you alpine guys,
My speakers are black(+) and white(-) wired. The vehicle wiring has a purple and a black on right rear... and a green and and a black on left rear(driver)
what goes to what, im rocking 2 (WORKING!!!) speakers..
Thanks again to everyone who helped
Thanks to everyone who helped.
I had to look REALLLLLY close, but upon inspection after pulling covers and speakers, one wire sheath was broken through by the plate the speaker sits in to mount in the speaker location..
A simple ground out...my car audio addict friend instructed on the recrimp and protecting against it happening again with these awesome thin plastic sleeves..
Now for you alpine guys,
My speakers are black(+) and white(-) wired. The vehicle wiring has a purple and a black on right rear... and a green and and a black on left rear(driver)
what goes to what, im rocking 2 (WORKING!!!) speakers..
Thanks again to everyone who helped