Alright you audio buffs, I replaced the front speakers about a year ago and all was great for about 6 months. Since then when trying to play a cd, the LH front speakers cut out.


Everything works fine with tape & radio just cd that cuts out. It is not skipping as the RH side sound quality is perfect. I have checked the connections/cleaned and reseated and everything seems to be tight. I've printed the schematic and it looks as though the audio path is the same for all modes of operation.


Thoughts??

 

That's a good one. Left hand front (lhf) works ok with tape or radio. Left rear works perfectly all inputs.

There's only a left right feed from d to a converter in cd player. Had to think out loud, I cannot think of what is causing this for cd only.

John

 

Hopefully someone else knows for real. But as I read your post my first thought was wondering if it's possible that (since it works in the other modes) the separate audio settings for the CD player function have flaked out somehow?

I seem to recall that on my '97 Radio, Cassette, & CD modes each have their own separate sound profile settings profiles stored (bass, treble, etc.).

You have probably already tried adjusting the fade & balance while playing a CD but maybe try an electrical hard reset of the entire car? (If you haven't already...)

It would be a big long shot but it's fairly easy to try.

 

Red - to clarify - it works occasionally but then just cuts out - sometimes going over a bump, sometimes when on a smooth as glass road surface then may or may not come back before I reach my destination

 

My bet is on the radio itself and nothing to do with the speakers, its wires, or the connections.

 

radio and tape player work fine though. It is only when trying to listen to cd's while driving

 

On my 2001 the CD player goes straight to the power amp, not via the head unit. Is the premium sound on the 2000 car different?

It does sound like a loose connection somewhere or a faulty CD player. Maybe now is the time to splice into the CD player cables to add an input for a MP3 player/iPhone etc and that way find out if its the CD player at fault.

 

good point dibbit - I've actually have an ip-jagcd ipod adapter installed for when my daughter was around. Guess it's time to get an ipod myself since she is living across the country