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06-12-2007, 03:19 PM
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Boat Stereo ?
I have a Sony Head Unit and when I turn it up more than half way it shuts off! I have run all new speaker wires, I have unplugged the Subs, and tried un plugging one speaker at a time and three work fine but as soon as you put all four on it shuts off. When I mean shut's off it still has power just now sound.
06-12-2007, 03:24 PM
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Are you running a amp to said speakers that shut off or are they run off head unit? Also how old is the install? Have you ever had this problem before now ?
06-12-2007, 03:26 PM
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I have a Sony Head Unit and when I turn it up more than half way it shuts off! I have run all new speaker wires, I have unplugged the Subs, and tried un plugging one speaker at a time and three work fine but as soon as you put all four on it shuts off. When I mean shut's off it still has power just now sound.
Your last speaker your connecting may be shorted. Try and conect the speakers in a different order to check. I had one that did the same thing in a car it was a sony too. You could have more than one bad speaker also. Im sure you have the polarity of the speakers correct?
06-12-2007, 07:22 PM
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Ohm meter the speakers! Should be 4 ohms. Sony amp sections are real picky and shut off quick to shorts. Put a multimeter on it and I'm sure you will find a bad speaker or a short. If they all meter 4 ohms at the radio plug then its the radio but again I'm sure you will find it in the speakers or the wire.
06-13-2007, 05:23 AM
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Okay
-No amp on speakers, just an amp for subs. When I by pass the Subs it still shuts off
-All the speakers are working when I check them individually. I can run any combination of three without an issue, but when I hook up the fourth no matter what order it will shut down.
-Hunster am I checking them right on the posts where I am connecting the speaker wire? Also are they 4ohms all the time or only at a certain sound level?
-Prostreeter you are right, I swapped out the head unit with a totally diff. head unit with the same wiring harness and it shut off....
-No amp on speakers, just an amp for subs. When I by pass the Subs it still shuts off
-All the speakers are working when I check them individually. I can run any combination of three without an issue, but when I hook up the fourth no matter what order it will shut down.
-Hunster am I checking them right on the posts where I am connecting the speaker wire? Also are they 4ohms all the time or only at a certain sound level?
-Prostreeter you are right, I swapped out the head unit with a totally diff. head unit with the same wiring harness and it shut off....
