No audio! HELP PLS

xWIREMANx

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@TeeJay
If you just replaced your front speakers and all of the sudden no sound from any then you do have a grounded speaker connection and it is most likely at the speaker terminal since you just put them in. If it was mounted a little off center the terminal could touch the door sheet metal and boom...no sound. This is a protection feature of aftermarket decks to keep it from messing up the deck.

@93Civicspeed
Your problem sounds like your front speakers are possibly blown, disconnected, or possible bad wiring to the speakers which could be behind the radio, in the door boots or at the speaker. In rare cases it could be the radio that is bad. Sometimes one of the amps inside the radio can go bad resulting in no sound. This usually comes in the form of two speakers not working whether it be the two front, two rear, two left or two right but never crossed such as front left and rear right. You can always pull speakers out and pop them with like a 9 volt battery or something to see if they move or test them with an ohm meter to see if they read 4 ohms at rest (both scenario's disconnected from the radio to prevent damage or misreading).

And to everyone, you do not need to replace your factory wiring if it is not damaged. Factory wiring can handle much mor than what just an aftermarket or factory deck will put out. It will also handle most common amplified setups with ease. The only time you should look at replacing factory wiring is if it has been damaged by a wreck or electrical fire or something of that sort. Factory wiring usually out lives the vehicle itself unless tampered with. And if you were to replace it you would definatley not need to do it with 12 gauge. That is a little excessive, I would say more like 16 gauge for amped setups. And the answer is no to if one speaker comes disconnected that all stop working. That would only happen if the disconnected wire is touching ground or all the speakers are wired in series which any normal factory setup is not. Hope all this info is helpfull to your problems. ;)
 

Deezy

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^^ Iv'e found your post's to be very informative...Your knowledge is something this site needs!!!
 


xWIREMANx

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Thanks, I just started posting on here and enjoy helping people out. I just like people to get the right info when asking questions so they don't go costing themselves more money and problems with bad information. I try to frequent the forum when I have time and answer what I can. It helps keep my knowledge fresh in my head since my job doesn't do so much anymore.
 

TeeJay

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Thanks a lot for the help guys, i know a couple of you guys said that the wires touched the metal of the door frame, and that was what happened. I just had to remove the deck and reset it by taking off the wires and putting them back. I put electrical tape on the tips for now. Thatll prevent it by getting messed up by touching the metal in the door frame right?
 


xeno71

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hey wire man,
i believe it was 12g i put in...it c ame with the kit otherwise i would have put 16g.
AAnd to clarify on my wire swap...i had to the kidz that owned this car before had basicly torn moost of it out and what was left was pretty damaged. so this is why i had to rewire for sound.
 

xWIREMANx

New Member
hey wire man,
i believe it was 12g i put in...it c ame with the kit otherwise i would have put 16g.
AAnd to clarify on my wire swap...i had to the kidz that owned this car before had basicly torn moost of it out and what was left was pretty damaged. so this is why i had to rewire for sound.
Yea, I understand when someone else has messed up the wiring. It happens all too often. I wasn't trying to say that you can't use 12 gauge wire but just that it is excessive and not needed. Plus if you were buying wire to replace then 12 gauge would be much more expensive and harder to run in the car.
 


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