install help, no sound :(

[Pushpin]

I recently had my stereo and speaker box stolen out of my truck. They left the amp and the two door speakers. I have an extra stereo that I am trying to install it without much success. I want to put in the new unit and run it with the two remaining door speakers. I hooked up the two power wires,the ground, the antenea, and the two speakers. The unit turns on and looks normal, but no sound. Since the amp is still installed do I need to do anything to it for i the sound to work? I was leaving it alone because it just powered the "now stolen" base tube that was behind the bench seat. I'm a bit of a newb so any help would be thankful.

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[traksta15 10+ year member]

are you wanting to run the door speakers off the head unit? If so, just connect the power, ground, etc etc and the door speaker's wires to the h/u and that should be it. If you're not using the amp you could just unhook it

 

[Pushpin]

Yes, that is what I did so far. But for some reason the speakers are not putting out any sound. I tested them on a home system so I do know they work. I guess the head unit must be bad??

 

[Skatin Houston 10+ year member]

you didn't get the remote turn-on/ ant. wires mixed up did you? I had the same problem on my buddies Kenwood I installed.

 

[kross 10+ year member]

Did the door speakers used to be powered by the amp? If so, the factory speaker wires are most likely disconnected, and new speaker wire was run from the amp to the speakers. The speaker wires at the HU aren't attached to anything any more.

Your original post was a little light on details, so I might be completely off base here...