YACT: my radio got fuct

[rh71]

Brought the car in to the mechanic for a timing belt job... all went well... brought the car back and I snap the radio faceplate back on. No juice. Try to insert a CD into the single slot... won't accept it. It's an aftermarket Sony that I had put in back in '97.

Anyway, I brought it back to the mech and they checked all the fuses and they were all good. Any idea why the radio won't turn on after a job like that ? They said the only thing they disconnected when doing the job was the negative on the battery.

What should I be looking for here ?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: rh71
Brought it in to the mechanic for a timing belt job... all went well... brought the car back and I snap the radio faceplate back on. No juice. Try to insert a CD into the single slot... won't accept it.

I brought it back to them and they checked all the fuses and they were all good. Any idea why the radio won't turn on after a job like that ? They said the only thing they disconnected when doing the job was the negative on the battery.

What should I be looking for here ?

Who installed the radio? Where is the fuse for the radio? My guess is that when the radio was installed it was not properly grounded or fused, etc, and when they disconnected the battery, it sent a surge and blew out the radio. I would open up the head unit and see if there is a fuse in there.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: rh71
What should I be looking for here ?

I think J. Alba snuck in there.

Seriously though, lots of installers run a seperate power lead to the battery for the stereo, particularly aftermarket, have you checked that?

1st step in most repairs is to pull the battery cable, they may have messed up the leads

 

[rh71]

Before I handed the car over, I took off the faceplate. Could the unit (not the faceplate) still have "blown" ? The fuse is with the rest of the fuses in the panel and they were all checked ok.

My dad put it in for me back in '97.. not sure how he had the wiring (if it was a separate lead or what) but I've brought it into shops before with the whole thing intact and got it back with no problems but reset radio stations. This was the first time I took the faceplate with me (it's been indoors and untouched).

 

[NutBucket]

There could be a fuse behind the dash on the harness coming off the radio. You'd likely have to pull the radio to get to it.

 

[Pepsi90919]

my pioneer has a fuse on the back of the head unit

 

[rh71]

thx... will look for that. This also gives me an excuse to buy a new deck if it really is blown (and not a fuse). Still it wouldn't do me any good if I'm not getting any juice to the box..

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: rh71
thx... will look for that. This also gives me an excuse to buy a new deck if it really is blown (and not a fuse). Still it wouldn't do me any good if I'm not getting any juice to the box..

I heartily recommend a unit that plays mp3s.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: rh71
thx... will look for that. This also gives me an excuse to buy a new deck if it really is blown (and not a fuse). Still it wouldn't do me any good if I'm not getting any juice to the box..

I heartily recommend a unit that plays mp3s.

Yup, had another thread going about that a few weeks back.