Speakers not Working!

[Cris L]

Hey guys, great website, have been on this before looking for help but cannot find exactly what I'm looking fo this time!

Seat Leon, Mk1. Fittied with the original Aura stereo. There is no sound from the speakers. I thought it was a lose wire or a short, as sometimes is came back on and then faded after a while - it seemed as though everytime the car had a knock, or hit a bump, it was knocking something out of place.
Anyway, checked the Head Unit wiring was intact and it was. So before i went to check the speakers, I took it to the dealer and he said, "The amp in the HU is gone, you'll need a new one. I was sceptical at first, but he wanted €300+ to fix it. So off i popped to Halfords last weekend, got a new JVC r301 HU. Wired it up no problem, it's working fine, except there is still no sound!!!!

I'm pretty sure I wired correctly, it came with an iso adaptor it was very simple. So now i'm back to square one and thinking that the promlem is lying with the speakers!

Does anybody know how i go about checking this?


P.S if the answer to this question is up here already, please point me towards it! Cheers

 

[LEE69]

Be strange that all 4 speakers have gone also the tweaters.

 

[Cris L]

Be strange that all 4 speakers have gone also the tweaters.

Yeah! When it started off going like this, when i turned the car on, the radio would come on and everthin would be fine. But then it would just go off. Sometimes when the door slammed or when i hit a pothole. But no there is no sound at all!

 

[LEE69]

Definitely a dodgy connection somewhere but after the iso behind the radio, i don't think there is anything till the speakers in the doors.

 

[mt audio]

check your permanent and earth,one of them isnt allowing a strong enough current,ignition feed just turns the radio on

 

[Cris L]

check your permanent and earth,one of them isnt allowing a strong enough current,ignition feed just turns the radio on

How do i do that?

 

[LEE69]

With a multi meter or see if them wires are not secure.

 

[Cris L]

With a multi meter or see if them wires are not secure.

Can the speakers be pryed out with a butter knife? Dont really want to have to take out the door panels

 

[LEE69]

No the connection behind the stereo where the iso is, that's where you need to check.

 

[Cris L]

No the connection behind the stereo where the iso is, that's where you need to check.

Ahhhh very good! and when i find which wires ave no power, say, the front left - then do i go talking of the door panel? is there anyway to doube check first?

 

[LEE69]

No your missing the point

check your permanent and earth,one of them isnt allowing a strong enough current,ignition feed just turns the radio on

These are the wires that leave the car loom.

 

[Cris L]

No your missing the point


These are the wires that leave the car loom.

Yup, one will be coloured and the other will be coloured&black (negative), is that right?

 

[LEE69]

Yeah red or yellow i think the red is permanent, and black is negative just check all 3.

 

[Cris L]

Yeah red or yellow i think the red is permanent, and black is negative just check all 3.

then what do i do when i find one has no current going through it?

 

[LEE69]

Post back not sure if they have a separate fuse or not, you could check that.
But seeing as it is intermittent it does point to a faulty connection.

 

[Cris L]

But seeing as it is intermittent it does point to a faulty connection.

Yup! I just wanna get this all sorted before i can't bring the new HU back to halfords! haha


Erm.... so ehat if they all have some current passing through. . . .

 

[LEE69]

Pass.

 

[Cris L]

Anyone else?

 

[Cris L]

Anyone?

 

[LEE69]

Have you tried the wiring yet?