Head Unit died?

[jayson_waltz]

Ok, so coming back here to college today i had my stereo turned up to a moderate volume, just bumpin a lil, and all of a sudden i hear a little pop sound and all the speakers just stop having sound coming out of them. none whatsoever front, rear, or tweets. But, my subs still work fine connected to the rear pre-amp output on the HU. What could have went wrong that made all sound for my speakers just stop, but the preamps still work? Is it fixable, or am i screwed? i have had this HU for 5 years so its kinda old-ish. Pioneer DEH-P3700 or somehting like that.

[Ttop191]

I have no idea what your problem is but i could sell you one thats slightly used lol!
It's an Alpine CDE-102 if you are interested haha, sorry for crapping, but thought i'de offer :P

[Gr1m]

you might have blown the fuse on the HU for your highs

[heineck]

x2 check the fuses on the HU and the amp

[jayson_waltz]

a fuse inside the HU? cause i have no amp for my regular speakers, they run right off the HU. and i thought if the one fuse showing on the HU blew the whole thing wouldn't work, it still turns on and all functions right just no sound.

[Gr1m]

some headunits have fuses on the back of them, i believe i had one with 2 fuses on the back of it, just another thing you can check

[Ryan from Ohio]

Theres a few for the actual HU, either on the back of it or on the wiring harness itself.

Theres also a fuse in the fuse panel of the car for the HU.

If the preouts for the rears are working and the cabin speakers be driven off the deck are not working, then you may have a paperweight HU now.

Does your car use a factory amp? If so that may have died. If not chances are high your deck is dead.

[jayson_waltz]

crap, just spent money on snowmobile stuff didn't expect my HU to go out. I'll pull it out this afternoon and check all fuses, but unless there are some inside the HU itself for the cabin speakers, i'm screwed. cause like i said the rest of the HU operates normal, including the preamps, so it is getting power just fine. which means its not the fuse in the fuse panel or the one plugged into the back of the HU, but i am going to check them anyways.

btw, no factory amp.

[Ryan from Ohio]

There may be an internal fuse... Open her up.

You may be ebtter off buying a cheap amp to power the speakers?

[jayson_waltz]

ok, i opened the whole HU up, even took the circuit board out and looked on the bottom, no fuses or anything easily replaceable. I'm sure a transistor or something could be replaced to fix it, but i don't know how to do that and to have someone else do it would cost more than the radio is worth seeing that i only bought it for $130 new on a clearance sale on crutchfield.

So, its a paperweight for me. anybody want it for the faceplate or use an amp for the speakers cause the preamps work? highly doubt it but its yours if you do. I'm not gonna hook up more amps just for my cabin speakers.

So i guess i buy a new HU. Anybody have one that they really love for options?

[A57]

try www.sounddomain.com

you might find a good HU there...and cheap...

[jayson_waltz]

Just bought a Kenwood (yea yea, i know) KDC-HD942U. Pretty darn nice HU for the price, and built in HD radio and iPod controls. All i usually listen to in my car is my ipod so that'll be good.

[Ttop191]

I coulda sold u mine lol, has ipod connection and everything, o well

[jayson_waltz]

eh, i wanted something a lil higher end with more features. i had a base model type last time around.

[Ttop191]

meh, I liked it

[A57]

Originally Posted by jayson_waltz

Just bought a Kenwood (yea yea, i know) KDC-HD942U. Pretty darn nice HU for the price, and built in HD radio and iPod controls. All i usually listen to in my car is my ipod so that'll be good.

Kool ive all ways like kenwoods...HU's and other kenwood stuff..

[JLw7123]

yep i am looking kenwood touch screen radios right now. But I do like my alpine.