Carbon~IS
01-21-2006, 09:46 PM
I had my kenwood kdc-x889 for about 3 months(bought brand new). Worked perfectly and since I'm getting a double din for my new car decided to give the cd/mp3 player to my cousin.
I finished the install, checked, works perfectly... Next day he comes over and he tells me it stoped working. Of course I was like wtf did you do, and he told me he wanted the unit further in, so he messed with the screw holes. I check the head unit and it turned on fine, but once you try to go to cd mode or radio mode, it shuts off (basically as soon as sound is about to come out).
So~ I check where he put the screw into, and it didn't touch anything. Next, I double checked my wiring, nothing wrong. Fuses, all working. Plus since I had another wiring harness on hand, we switched it to check if there was a problem with the kenwood wiring harness, and nothing...
Finally I was playing around with the menu, and turned the internal amp off, and it allowed me to go to the cd/radio menu, but no sound. Thinking maybe his wiring might have gotten damaged, I hooked a speaker straight from the kenwood wiring harness to see if there is any response, and of course there was nothing.
My only guess to make this work right now is to get an external amp and run the speakers off of them. Someone hit my car 4 days ago and it's in a tow-yard, and therefore I couldn't check if that will work...
Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I finished the install, checked, works perfectly... Next day he comes over and he tells me it stoped working. Of course I was like wtf did you do, and he told me he wanted the unit further in, so he messed with the screw holes. I check the head unit and it turned on fine, but once you try to go to cd mode or radio mode, it shuts off (basically as soon as sound is about to come out).
So~ I check where he put the screw into, and it didn't touch anything. Next, I double checked my wiring, nothing wrong. Fuses, all working. Plus since I had another wiring harness on hand, we switched it to check if there was a problem with the kenwood wiring harness, and nothing...
Finally I was playing around with the menu, and turned the internal amp off, and it allowed me to go to the cd/radio menu, but no sound. Thinking maybe his wiring might have gotten damaged, I hooked a speaker straight from the kenwood wiring harness to see if there is any response, and of course there was nothing.
My only guess to make this work right now is to get an external amp and run the speakers off of them. Someone hit my car 4 days ago and it's in a tow-yard, and therefore I couldn't check if that will work...
Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.