Questioni do NOT have the amp hooked up.
just the radio head unit.
and i dont kno what i should do.
if i took it in to HONDA or a car eletronics place would they charge me?
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i have checked my fuses and it was one if the fuses in side the hood.
everytime i changed the 7.5 it kept blowin til i got to the last one. the autozone guy and i check all my wires to the radio and everything and it he said it might of been a short. so i re wired all the wires to my aftermarket radio and i put tat last fuse in. the clock and radio turn on buh dere was no music coming out. i then turned off the car and turned it back on and guess wat. it blew tat fuse. i dunno wat to do anymore.
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thanks for the help.
ill check my fuses
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me and my friends where being dumbasses and decided to hook up a 2000watt amp to one of the back speakers on a 2001 honda crv. we saw sparks and herd a big BOOM and i told my friend to go turn off the car. yes the car was on and music was playin too. we herd the music stop buh it started rite back up as we pull the wires away from the speaker. so he turns off the car and we hear the music slowly go away. after 5 mins or so we try to start it back up and my radio didnt turn on and my clock light wasnt on. my car started up buh noting in the middle of the dash board was working. (lights on heat knobs, clock, radio ect.)
did i short the system? this is an after market radio
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You blew it good!
What you should have done: Turn everything off in the car. Disconnect the battery so there is no power in the car at all. Then, check the wiring twenty times to make sure you have it going where it is supposed to go before you power up the battery again.
For an amplifier of this brute strength you need a connection directly to the battery; you cannot tap it off the other circuits.
You probably wiped out a fuse or two. On the Honda there are two fuse boxes. One under the hood near the battery compartment. Check them all and replace any bad ones.
The other box is inside the car under the dash between the steering column and the drivers door. Check them closely.
There was probably a fuse in the line with the amp that may be gone, too, so check it.
The amp should have come with detailed instructions on how to wire it up. Follow their procedure, also.
It should work with the motor off. If you run it long on the battery, don't expect the battery to stay charged very long with a load like this on it. But when you start the motor up it may put too big a drain on the alternator and shut down.
Let me know if you need more.
Cleggsan
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I hope that is all there is. Should be back in business, but if you don't fire up after fuse check, let me know.
Cleggsan
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Okey: If the fuse is okey WITHOUT the amp hooked up then you know you haven't done any damege to the car electrical system. That is good.
BUT: If the fuse blows as soon as you hook up the head unit and/or amp and turn it on that is bad.
SO: Here is what I would do. Disconnect the big amp - pull the power wires at the amp so there is no juice going to it whatsoever. Then try just the head unit.
IF: The head unit blows you must pull it out and bench test it. If it works outside the car, then you still have wiring problems. If it does not work on the bench you will have to replace it or have it fixed.
THEN: Go to the big amp and check it by adding just one power wire at a time, etc.
Go at it methodically, one thing at a time so you know where the troube is or isn't. Trial and error will lead you along the way. Another pack of fuses is cheap if when compared to the cost of burning up your car. (BTW: I think you can buy the fuses at the dollar store much cheaper than you can at a regular store).
Good Luck,
Cleggsan
AnswerIf the amp is not connected and the head unit is causing fuse blowing, disconnect it and make sure that is not the cause.
Then you must pull out the head unit and bench test it.
Bench test is done by pulling it completely out of the car, put it on the bench or on the ground powered with a separate battery or run long leads from the car's battery to the unit. With a separate speaker hooked to one of the outputs, check it for normal operation. If the head unit plays normally outside the car then you know it is good and there are wiring problems inside the car somewhere.
You really need a voltmeter so you an check the voltages on the wires that you are using. The best place is at Walmart electrical department where they have a little vom (volt ohm multimeter) for $9.83 which is perfect for car work. Then make voltage checks on the wires you are using to make sure they are the ones that should be connected.
There should be two 12v wires going to the radio head unit. One is 12v all the time. The other is the turn-on power which comes from the ignition swithing and is 12v only when the ignition is on (or on hold over).
If you are stumped, get it into a car install/repair shop where they can fix it up quickly. Yes, they will charge for it, but I don't think it will be so expensive.
Do not take the car to the automobile dealer; they know nothing about these things and will charge you a very big fee and will not be able to fix it anyway.
Good Luck,
Cleggsan
