Before I tell you the problem Ill tell you what "used" to work,

I had a Pioneer DEH-1200 stereo with two infinity rear 6'1/2s and two pioneer subs running off a targa 700w hexfet.

So I went to pop my trunk open to grab my backpack and watched in agony as my left speakers wiring came loose while the car was on. It swung and hit my amps positive terminal to one of my subs. I saw a large spark and everything shut off except the subs which had a hissing noise and sounded like crap. My amp and radios fuses are ok and my radio still works. But i have no sound. I even tried hooking up a new speaker and that didnt even work at all. Whats the problem? Did I kill all of my speakers and what do i have to do to fix it?

 

Did you check the amp wiring kit fuse connected to the car battery?

 

Yeah its fine, so are the two fuses inside the amp itself. What worries me tho is that my radio still works but none of my speakers do. I tried hooking up and extra speaker that was barely ever used and it still didn't work either, So could there be a short in a wire somewhere?

 

Yeah, sounds like a short. Time to break out the test light.

 

Final Destination 35: death has it out for your audio system!

(sorry, sparking wires flying around reminded me of one of those half dozen movies)

 

NOT FUNNY! I wish it was just my speakers that died (cause then i could just replace them) but i dont have any tools to find a short in a wire so how do i solve my problem??

 

^Can you just grab a small bulb and start testing your wires? If nothing else, you should be able to localize the problem this way

 

So I brought it to 6th ave and they told me it would be a 3 hour job @ $60 and hour to fix the problem. Went to best buy and they said they'd have to charge $25 bucks every 15 minutes. Finally I went to PC Richards and the guy there didnt charge me a single penny and checked every inch of my car for a whole hour YAY PC RICHARDS AND SON!

So after checking my wiring and two of my speakers he told me that my head unit was dead even tho it turns on. It emmits no sound transfer. He also said my speakers should be fine since hooking them to a power source causes them to make a pop noise.

Hopefully that means my subs are ok too! but what head units do you guys suggest?

 

thats how we do i also work as an installer for pc in connecticut. they are all really cool guys that work for this company. i agree with him also sounds like you blew the amp on the radio. All we ask remember who took care of you when you make a future purchase!

 

o and pc does free install on radios bought there over 129. alpine or pioneer are good choices

 

don't forget JVC, they have a nice selection too

 

best buy is $19.99 per 15 something like that should have taken about 15 min or so to find out. I work there as an autotech 7 years in you see things like this all the time. Im new to this forum i just bought a black 2011 and white 2011 lancer sweet cars! anyone with audio questions feel free to hit me up for some free help lol.

 

I need your help =P. So i got a new stereo and my speakers finally work again but ill be replacing my rear ones soon. But my sub does not even make a sound.

Theres 6 total rca ports in the back of my stereo and ive tried them all but no sound comes out at all. The remote, power, and ground are all connected and my amp kicks on but what could the problem be?

 

Take an iPod or something like it and connect a headphone jack to it with the other side being RCA, now connect it up to your 2ch or mono amp and see if the subs start hitting.

 

What he means is a RCA to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter, which you can plug into your amplifier and then into your phone/ipod/mp3 player that has a headphone jack (3.5mm)