BigUziLinc
LVC Member
94 mark viii with JBL +phone + cd changer
Hi everyone, after having my stock headunit say "BAD" on it and not having it work, I replaced it with a newer single din and also replaced all the 6x8 speakers in the meantime and not touching the tweeters. The outcome is that I get no sound whatsoever and if I crank the volume up up then I will start to hear loud crackling and static come from the speaker that matches the song beat/tempo. Thinking the amplifier had gone I replaced it with a an amp that was working (with sound only on passenger side) prior to removal. The result was the exact same as the other amp.
What gives? Are both amps just broken in the exact same way? I'm trying to keep the stock amp in place as I just wanted some somewhat cheap tunes and nothing too special until both the amps blew and I would pay up or spend a weekend rewiring it all.
Here's some more info about the install and troubleshooting I did after the headunit said "BAD"
-Prior to the headunit going bad I only had sound from the passenger side and I could hear the driver rear speaker thump/vibrate at bassy music bits at higher volume, replaced the amp but same result. Then few months after the headunit died.
-Change all the 6x8 speakers with new infinity reference ones using metra 72-5512
- Install the headunit to the original harness with the Metra 70 5510, the rca cables that lead to the 8 pin connections were garbage and didn't fit properly so I spliced the +/- ends into their wiring respectively
-Test the new system with amp#2 that was in place already - static, crackling at high volume and nothing at low volume on passenger side of car with the rear driver speaker having a slight thump from the music at higher sounds. Amp#2 was in the car prior to everything and I still only had sound on one side before the headunit pooped itself.
-Use electric contact cleaner and clean the amp contacts/ headunnit contacts
-Replace amp#2 with amp#1 which was the original amp with the car and prior to removal worked fine but I still only had sound on the passenger side, hence the removal and trying to fix with amp#2 that the previous owner had provided with the car sale. - same result as amp #2
- That leads to now where I put back amp#2 in the car and cleaned off the amp connections and unplugged the cd changer in the back and still the same crackling and static.
-With both of the amps in place I did change the position of where the RCAs were plugged in and all it changed was the EQ and its adjustment with the same absolute no sound from drivers side, crackle and popping at higher volumes from passenger side
Hi everyone, after having my stock headunit say "BAD" on it and not having it work, I replaced it with a newer single din and also replaced all the 6x8 speakers in the meantime and not touching the tweeters. The outcome is that I get no sound whatsoever and if I crank the volume up up then I will start to hear loud crackling and static come from the speaker that matches the song beat/tempo. Thinking the amplifier had gone I replaced it with a an amp that was working (with sound only on passenger side) prior to removal. The result was the exact same as the other amp.
What gives? Are both amps just broken in the exact same way? I'm trying to keep the stock amp in place as I just wanted some somewhat cheap tunes and nothing too special until both the amps blew and I would pay up or spend a weekend rewiring it all.
Here's some more info about the install and troubleshooting I did after the headunit said "BAD"
-Prior to the headunit going bad I only had sound from the passenger side and I could hear the driver rear speaker thump/vibrate at bassy music bits at higher volume, replaced the amp but same result. Then few months after the headunit died.
-Change all the 6x8 speakers with new infinity reference ones using metra 72-5512
- Install the headunit to the original harness with the Metra 70 5510, the rca cables that lead to the 8 pin connections were garbage and didn't fit properly so I spliced the +/- ends into their wiring respectively
-Test the new system with amp#2 that was in place already - static, crackling at high volume and nothing at low volume on passenger side of car with the rear driver speaker having a slight thump from the music at higher sounds. Amp#2 was in the car prior to everything and I still only had sound on one side before the headunit pooped itself.
-Use electric contact cleaner and clean the amp contacts/ headunnit contacts
-Replace amp#2 with amp#1 which was the original amp with the car and prior to removal worked fine but I still only had sound on the passenger side, hence the removal and trying to fix with amp#2 that the previous owner had provided with the car sale. - same result as amp #2
- That leads to now where I put back amp#2 in the car and cleaned off the amp connections and unplugged the cd changer in the back and still the same crackling and static.
-With both of the amps in place I did change the position of where the RCAs were plugged in and all it changed was the EQ and its adjustment with the same absolute no sound from drivers side, crackle and popping at higher volumes from passenger side