Can Someone Help Me Out?
 

Hey guys new to the forum and I got a more then likely stupid question. I put a new deck in my girlfriend's car and if she tries to turn it up all the speakers cut out, now before I go out and get her all new speakers, if I run the current speakers off an amp, will that help? Sorry if I sound like a tool but I'm new to the audio game.
Thanks Alot,
Shawner

What car is it year, make and model. And what HU did you install. Depending on how its wired it may be putting to much load on the internal amp.

What does turn it up mean? like 35/35 (or whatever the scale goes to) or 50% volume, 70? does it do it right away, like you get in the car turn it up, and they cut out, or does it take some time, like the internal amp is getting too hot?

regards, Mark

It happens when you turn the deck up to about 50% and it happens no matter what, like if it's first thing when you get in the car, or 20 minutes after running them or 3 hours of running them. I also i know the speakers can carry the load because with her old deck you could turn it up no problem. Also it's a Pioneer deck and I've heard that this has happened to other people with them. And thanks alot for the help guys

Also when everything cuts out the deck stays on, and if u turn down the volume and detach then re-attach the faceplate the sound comes back on

Well we still need more info car and hu info. Its not the speakers that carry a load. Its the deck that has to be able to handle the load. What was the old HU and the new one. Model numbers please. Just because an old deck ran with that load does not mean the new one will. For example if you have dash and door speakers that are 4 ohms each and the are paralleled together that creates a 2 ohm load. And like i said if the old deck handled this the new one may not. So the more info you can provide the better to help you.

sounds like a problem with the deck

can you take it back?

Mark

Third one we've gotten

K I have no clue what an HU is but everything i know is it's a 1995 Dodge Neon 4-Door(Ya I know,LOL). And the deck is a Pioneer DEH-P3800MP.

if it's the third one you've had installed, then I'd take it to a shop and get it looked at.

It could be a bad install, possible a short somewhere, or a short in the speaker wiring out to one or more doors.

Mark

HU=Head Unit :)

Well i'm not sure its the installation, because we had another deck in the car and it worked fine for a while, then this started so we got another deck, same thing, so then we got this one.

LOl still means nothing to me like whats a head unit? lol like I said I have no clue when it comes to audio

don't know what to tell you then. the problem has to start somewhere. if the problem started with the previous deck/HU, and you got a new one and the problem is still there, then isn't it possible it's something other than the deck? I'd check the wiring for the deck, and to all the speakers for any problems.

Mark

Well its a Neon so you should only have the one set of speakers in the door and rear deck and unless you have them running on only 2 of the 4 channels that HU has, then you either have a bad speaker, a short or a power problem that causes the deck to go silent once there is a certin amount of draw. If I were you I would run it into a shop nearby where an expert can figure out whats up before you have any larger issues.

HU = deck

Mark

LOL ok sorry Head unit = deck (I try not to call them decks anymore as they dont play tape cassettes :) )

3 times same problem coupled with a admitted lack of car audio knowledge = recipe for disaster. Take the vehicle into a shop and get the install looked at and troubleshot.

Sounds to me like it's time for you to take the car to a shop and have them check out your wiring. Somewhere in there is a wire that is not connected as it should be, and a tech with a meter and some diagnostic skills should be able to figure it out in short order. The money you have spent already is gone, no point in buying another deck (or amp, for that matter) until you get it sorted out.

HTH

So I geuss it's time to stop by Chase Audio then thanks alot guys

And a lesson learned for me.....when 5 members are viewing and replying to a thread, there is bound to be some repetition and typing faster would help.....:dunno: :laugh: :laugh: