CD/Tuner Dead?

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CD/Tuner Dead?

Postby JBT » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:23 pm

So, I'm driving along and all of a sudden the radio goes dead. Still indicates it is receiving all the presets but no sound :( . I stop and realise that the volume output is very low even though the volume control is in the normal place. So I turn it up and it sounds a bit better but not a \"full\" sound....a bit \"tinny\". Hmmmmm........put in a CD............almost have a heart attack when it starts playing because volume setting is still high :shock: .

So, the volume control is OK with a CD but cr@p with the tuner. It's a Sony head unit about 8(?) years old, no external amplifier and just feeds to two door speakers.

Is the HU dead inside somewhere?
Get a new one that will also play MP3?
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Postby Ralphff » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:44 pm

Check the settings first. Dose the HU have an ATT button? or maybe the LOC station mode is on. Try disconecting the battery and resting the the HU.
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Postby JBT » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:17 pm

I'll check it out, no manual for the thing. It was working fine........like it has for the last 3 years I've had the car..........and without doing anything the dumb thing just went to some half mute mode.
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Postby Ralphff » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:22 pm

You can usaly find a manual online if you google the modle number.
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Postby jules » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:31 am

Is that like a moodle number :mrgreen:

Miata, what advice would you give JBT in regards to his radio?


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Postby JBT » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:39 am

Well I tried to Google the modle, the moodle and the model and found a manual for the CD/Tuner which, as it turns out, is a CDX-4800X. At least I know how to work the thing now :mrgreen: Reset, pulled it out, looked hard at it, tried the technical tap, put it back in and everything but could not fix the problem. :roll: .

Looks like I'll have to look around for a similar newbie.....with MP3 this time. Thanks for the help Ralphff.
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Postby RaYmO » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:01 pm

Get the JVC AVX2 8)

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Postby DCMau » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:19 pm

JBT wrote:Reset, pulled it out, looked hard at it, tried the technical tap, put it back in


:lol: Maybe you didn't look at it in the correct way, or the tap was in the wrong direction. :shock:

If you get a new one then maybe you will be lucky with the cradle and wiring harness still being the same.
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Postby JBT » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:30 pm

DCMau wrote: :lol: Maybe you didn't look at it in the correct way, or the tap was in the wrong direction. :shock:

I'm sure I did it right.......maybe I shouldn'ta orta sworn at it :shock:

DCMau wrote: If you get a new one then maybe you will be lucky with the cradle and wiring harness still being the same.

Yeah, that's why I'm thinking another Sony 8)
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Postby jules » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:59 pm

RaYmO wrote:Get the JVC AVX2 8)

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Oh. I can sooo see "Ye Old Bloke" with that headunit.


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Postby JBT » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:34 pm

Oh, silly me, I thought that was a TV :oops: . It looks bigger than the car :shock:
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Postby RaYmO » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:33 pm

JBT wrote:Oh, silly me, I thought that was a TV :oops: . It looks bigger than the car :shock:


Believe it or not it fits in a single DIN slot 8)
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Postby JBT » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:06 pm

But howya supposed to work it without knobs mate :?: :shock:
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Postby Bevan » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:14 pm

JBT wrote:But howya supposed to work it without knobs mate :?: :shock:
This is the female version JBT. You gotta push the right buttons. :wink: :mrgreen: 8)
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Postby JBT » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:25 pm

ooooOOOOOoooo......I see what you mean there Bevan.........naa.....too many distractions :)
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