Deck shuts off when volume is high...Suggestions?

FlyHighSupra · Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2012 Posts: 22

I have 4 tower speakers that are not hooked up, 1-12" sub. and 4 speakers in the boat itself. So a total of only 5 speakers actually hooked up. Whenever I turn the volume up the deck shuts down. Anybody ever been through this?

Brit Rider · Posted: Feb 08, 2012 8:55 am Post subject:

It will be either a short or less likely a lack of power.

I assume you have an amp? What speakers are run from the deck and what from the amp?

An easy way to find a short is to runt he stereo each time in turn without a speaker hooked up. If it doe sit when a particular speaker is hooked up then that speaker has a short somewhere.

Hope that helps,

MIke

skye120 · Criminal Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 74 City: Knoxville

I had the same problem with my Supra it was a lack of power i installed a dual battery setup and now it works like a charm. Mine would shut off at high volume and then kick right back on. Dual battery is the way to go

jediknight737 · Newbie Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 8 City: Saratoga Springs

Loose ground did the same for mine. Check the back panels.

Poison · Newbie Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 27 City: Haughton

I had this problem in my Moomba and it wound up being a bad speaker. A min or so after turning up the volume to boarding levels, the deck would shut down and it game some error on the screen. Found the bad speaker and replaced it and haven't had problems since.

JoLo_Si · Criminal Joined: 24 May 2011 Posts: 87 City: Orlando

Amp went bad in my head unit and did the same thing cuz it would over heat in a minute.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I had this problem a few weeks ago. I re-routed the ground from the stereo to a better ground post and that cleared it up. Sounds like it could be a lot of issues...

CincyVLX · Criminal Joined: 18 Jan 2012 Posts: 85 City: Cincinnati

I agree with Brad, it could be a lot of issues.

Lets start with the easy stuff:

1. Is this a new issue? What has changed since it started?
2. Ground- Make sure it is a good ground and is as close to the amp as possible.
3. Amp Placement- Is your amp in an environment where it is getting air to where it won't overheat?

After that, it can get tricky/expensive. If all of these things are good, I would recommend looking into a dual battery setup.

Liquid Indy USA · Newbie Joined: 12 May 2012 Posts: 9

My stereo would cut out along with my Perfect Pass speed control when I ran my engine blower. I was guessing it was a faulty ground. I checked and tightened up all my ground fittings and that took care of it. When I upgrade to a new stereo and amp setup I think I'm going to have to go with a dual battery setup.