headunit losing power?

[l33th3tr33]

Basically the problem is I'll be playing music and the volume just drops and the sound goes to s**t. Any ideas?

I have a small sub and amp too, I've changed the sub and amp over and it's a bit better but still does it after a while.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Battery fucked?

 

[l33th3tr33]

Battery f**ked?

I was thinking it might have something to do with it, I'll try giving it a charge and see if it does anything.

Am I right in thinking that power caps don't actually do anything?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I honestly don't know mate. I'm sure someone who knows will be along with some advice soon enough.

I had similar issues on my R5 gt turbo years ago and a new battery sorted it.

 

[Dink]

are you listening to it loud ? as it might be going into a temp shutdown mode

and no power caps do nothing tbh

 

[James28]

Is this with the engine running or not?

 

[l33th3tr33]

are you listening to it loud ? as it might be going into a temp shutdown mode

and no power caps do nothing tbh

Not massively loud, no. I've seen bigger subs and amps perform fine at way louder volumes so I don't know what it could be.

Is this with the engine running or not?

Running.

 

[Dink]

you said head unit?

 

[James28]

Car still run as fine when sound dies?

 

[l33th3tr33]

you said head unit?

Yeah, what I meant was I have seen much more powerful stuff run without problems. Didn't mean to cause confusion.

Car still run as fine when sound dies?

yeah runs exactly the same.

 

[Dink]

i'm not confused lol

you said head unit was losing power. so i asked if you listen to is loud.

the head unit with have thermal protection and some have awful ways of doing it


the power of your stuff has nothing to do with it. it's all how it's setup

 

[l33th3tr33]

i'm not confused lol

you said head unit was losing power. so i asked if you listen to is loud.

the head unit with have thermal protection and some have awful ways of doing it


the power of your stuff has nothing to do with it. it's all how it's setup

Ok I get you, the headunit is a kenwood, KDC - 6047u if that makes any difference.

I just changed it for another that came with the car, went for a drive and it's fine, no problems. That really annoys me as it's horrible to use, and basic as basic gets.

 

[viperjsy]

check cables are in tight I had my sony cut out and back on it was the conectors were not tight