fuse blown on head unit

luvinfishin · Post by **luvinfishin** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:22 pm

I have a pioneer head unit with a sirius satellite receiver. Everything was working fine for about a month then all of a sudden the fuse on the back of the head unit blows. I have checked the wires briefly but I am not sure what to look for. For more of an idea, the sirius receiver was installed to go behind my head unit and plugs directly to my head unit. When i replace the fuse and try everything again, there is a static sound from some of the speakers and then the fuse blows. I want to try to see if it is a wiring problem but it could be the head unit itself. Any ideas...thank you

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:38 pm

When I had a system in past vehicles, the buzzing noise would be from placing the RCA cables directly next to the power and ground cables.

However, with you blowing the fuzes, I would check all the connections. Did you do the install? Did you use the crimp connectors or sawder, (sp?), the wire connections? It sounds like something worked loose with the connections.

Just my thoughts.

top_sgt · Post by **top_sgt** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:44 pm

WVHogRider wrote:When I had a system in past vehicles, the buzzing noise would be from placing the RCA cables directly next to the power and ground cables. However, with you blowing the fuzes, I would check all the connections. Did you do the install? Did you use the crimp connectors or sawder, (sp?), the wire connections? It sounds like something worked loose with the connections. Just my thoughts.

or there's a pinched wire!!!! thw pinched wire could be rubbing a bracket or something causing a short.........but that would blow the in line fuse. if you got the head unit from a stereo shop/circuit city/best buy/crutchfields.....give them a call for suggestions..

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:27 pm

Right along my line of thinking....Hence the question "Did you do the install"...."crimp or sawder"....Yes a rubbed through wire could definitely be it, and it all depends on which wire rubbed through for which fuse would blow. I always had a couple fuzes, as the my dad was a Navy aircraft mechanic.

Post by **Walt** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:49 pm

I agree. Definitelly check for pinched wires, both power and speaker wires.