Blown Fuse
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=48987
Printed Date: May 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Topic: Blown Fuse
Posted By: goshred025
Subject: Blown Fuse
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 10:46 PM
After reading and what not i decided to hook up the illumination orange wires together from deck to harness, they were previously insulated so i twised them and caped them together. When i tryed to turn on the deck it just sounded like the speakers turned on then off. Couse i have caused a blowen fuse? I have many fuses and i dont know how to check if their good or not. My car is hooked up with an amp so could i have blown the fuze on the amp? or is their a fuze in the deck? i know theirs 2 inside the engine bay. So is their any other possibilitys? what could be wrong. Ive cut the cap off so its 2 free wires like how it was in the begining but it still dont turn on. Does free extra wires Have to be caped?
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Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 10:58 PM
i usually tape them to prevent shorts. anywyas, sounds like a blown fuse. get a flashlight and start searching. most likely it is the radio fuse which your car will have a map/diagram telling you where it is in the "fusebox thingy"
Posted By: goshred025
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:09 PM
If it is a blown fuse what would it generally look like? new and blown so i could tell the diffrence
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:13 PM
Usually you'll see black soot inside the blown fuse, or the filament will look black in a spot. If it doesn't look like an un-blown fuse, it's blown. ------------- ~WAYLAND
Posted By: goshred025
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:21 PM
Is their also fuses inside of the Head unit itself? because ive checked the all the possible fuses and non seem to be blow. their all clean
Posted By: wheelerdr
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:24 PM
some decks have fuses in the back of the deck near the antenna wire.
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Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:25 PM
check all the possible fuses for the deck with a dmm. sometimes it is hard to tell. if thats not the case check all the wires that supply power and ground. actually, do the latter first. if none of the above, you might have fried the deck and you should take it to a shop to get it checked out
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:38 PM
Most head units have a RESET button hidden somewhere..... Try hitting that a few times
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~WAYLAND
Posted By: goshred025
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 12:07 AM
Thanks guys for suggestions, unfortunetly none have worked. Taking it to a car audio store for trouble shooting is my last option it cost around 100 to trouble shoot so i rather have a new Head unit, its time for change. Buf if their is anything else i could do to try touble shoot it myself that would be appreciated. If not what HU are good? I currently have an ALPINE CDA-7893, and i was thinking of buying a clarion DXZ745MP, is their other good units out their?
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 12:11 AM
Jeez....what car audio store are you bringing it to?
If there's a Tweeter Etc. around there, ask them if they can bench it for you. Usually they're nice enough to do it for free....if you ask them...
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~WAYLAND
Posted By: goshred025
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 12:17 AM
When yous ay bench it. your refering to them hooking the deck up and checking the currents etc.? when id i havent asked them about it but, ill try ask them about it. thanks guys you've been great help.
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