No sound

[fuzzy77]

I have a pioneer cd player in my 97 Saturn. A few weeks ago, the sound came and went for a few days, then there was no sound at all. I took it out and rewired the player, but still no sound. The system still works. I didn't think that all four of my speakers would go at once. Any suggestions?

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

sounds like the head unit. are the speakers amped or off the deck?

 

[fuzzy77]

they are the factory installed speakers.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

the decks amplifier could be blown.

 

[fuzzy77]

Does that require buying a whole new deck?

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

not sure how much it would cost to fix, never done it. but probably. before trashing it though make sure wiring is right again. it does power on. what model is it?

 

[fuzzy77]

It does power on. It is a pioneer DEH-P330. It is an older model.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i ask because some decks have the option to turn off the internal amplifier if all your speakers are amped and not ran off the deck.

 

[fuzzy77]

Ok. I don't know. Is there a way to tell. I do not have the owner's manual. I might be able to get it off of the website.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

yeah, i don't know that deck. i would assume it doesn't. if it's still hooked up play with it for a minute if it has a menu of some kind. any mute buttons on the front and so on.

 

[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

A problem with one speaker or speaker wire can kill the sound to all speakers. The head unit's amplifier goes into a protect mode. The best way to find out is to disconnect all the speakers, then connect them one at a time. If individual speakers work, then you can find the one that's causing the problem. If no speaker works, then your head unit is the problem.

 

[coolahan 10+ year member]

A problem with one speaker or speaker wire can kill the sound to all speakers. The head unit's amplifier goes into a protect mode. The best way to find out is to disconnect all the speakers, then connect them one at a time. If individual speakers work, then you can find the one that's causing the problem. If no speaker works, then your head unit is the problem.

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