My Head unit powers up in protect! Help!?

[S10DRVR 10+ year member]

I was putting in some speakers and a new batt, was all done and was connecting the batt to neg/pos when my wrench touched the alt...Spark.... now my head unit powers up but in protect.

Help?

Its a Kenwood KDC-X692

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[ctt0002 10+ year member]

i have the same one. U like urs?

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

I was putting in some speakers and a new batt, was all done and was connecting the batt to neg/pos when my wrench touched the alt...Spark.... now my head unit powers up but in protect.
Help?

Its a Kenwood KDC-X692

I didnt know HU's could go into protect. did you pull it and check the fuses? maybe just the fuse blown?

very well could just need to be reset. most HU's will have a reset button somewhere that you have to push in with a pin or something. try that.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

****.. never heard of that either.. how do you know its in protect if i might ask?

 

[S10DRVR 10+ year member]

I can't find the reset...

It flashes protect on the screen after i put in my code.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

weird.. pull the negative off the battery and see if it does the trick

 

[S10DRVR 10+ year member]

Foreal?..i'll try. brb

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

ya just to reset the power to it.. so let my get this straight.. you touched a wrench from the positive of the amp to the chassis of the vehicle? and thats all that happened? if so check the fuse on the back.. and reset it by disconnecting the neg and reconnecting

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

take the face off there should be a little pinhole with a button in it.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

take the face off there should be a little pinhole with a button in it.

or this.. idk your h/u and too lazy to google..

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

or this.. idk your h/u and too lazy to google..

looked up his manual.. people always forget, or are too lazy to check the manual

OP manual says if it says PROTECT to push the reset button.....

 

[lincolntc690 10+ year member]

do the kenwoods still have a code? with my old (first one's they came out with) "phantom " face excelon whenever the h/u was disconnected you had to put it in

 

[aircruiser 10+ year member]

yeah ive had this happen once before and i one of the RCA cables for my amp had come off and it said protect..but now its doin it again and the cables are all good..havent checked the fuse on the head unit but did dis-connect and re-connect the negative on the battery and no luck. ill reset it then check the fuse

edit: and no accidently grounding a wrench, sparks, nothin..it is just random when it happens

 

[S10DRVR 10+ year member]

The neg take off thing worked! yes! God i love you guys! LMAO... don't be getting ideas haha