Help with possible headunit short

[IMXELITE 10+ year member]

Okay I have a kenwood 7017 double din, and a week ago while I was listening to a song the unit just shut off. I thought it was fried and was about to trash it, when I was searching online and someone told me to reset the unit. Well I did this and the unit came on but is in standby mode. I can use all the features but whenever I try to use the tuner or read a cd the unit shuts off. Then I'm force to have to reset it again. I don't know where to go from here I don't want to pay kenwood 300 odd dollars to fix a hopefully simple problem. Any help is welcomed.

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[solidcrowd 10+ year member]

same thing sorta happened to me with the cd player shutting off and on, i pulled it out checked the wires n then pulled the fuse out n just cleaned it off n put it back it, mb that will work for you

 

[IMXELITE 10+ year member]

Tried that no luck

 

[MarineCarAudio]

Well try taking the whole unit out and checking your crimp on each wire, if all look like they are a good connection; try buying a bottle of canned air and cleaning the unit around the wire harness and connections area. Make sure its grounded, too!

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[IMXELITE 10+ year member]

Okay I'll try this in the morning. Quick note: Weird think happend the unit will play DVD's but without sound. So whenever I select a feature to include sound the unit shuts off. I'm starting to think it's not the unit itself it might be a amp. Would the unit shutting off have anything to do with that it's on a circuit breaker?