Thread: Few questions here?

Ok so first of all let me say my radio is not working, and I'm not sure why. This is the second radio that has stopped working in my car, not sure why. If I put another radio in it, it will most likely work for a couple of weeks and stop. That seems to be the pattern anyhow. It possible I've just gotton 2 bad radios, they were both used when I got them but in good condition. Anyhow, where would I start looking for problems? How would I diagnose this. Now that that's out of the way. I went to few yard sales today and picked up a few things. I found a Sony EXCD-3RF 10 disc CD changer. I was wondering if there was even a way to hook it up in my car? Are these designed to work with any head unit or do you have to have certain HU for it? If I can't use it I'm only out $3 so It's no biggie. Also I found a complete set of speakers from about a 2010 Dodge Ram. It appeared to have the premium audio. There were 8 speakers, 4 tweeters, 1 subwoofer with box, and the factory Chrysler amp. I'm not going to use the tweeters or the amp. I have an MTX sub and amp also that I plan to hook up as soon as I get my radio working again. All the speakers I bought are in excellent condition, we paid $3 for all of it, so I'm hoping to upgrade a bit. I was wondering if there is anyway to add speakers to the rear doors in my 2000 Grand Prix, and maybe even add a couple in the trunk itself. I believe they are 6x9 and they have the plug ins for the Chrysler wiring harness but I'm sure I can get them hooked up some how. I plan to use at most 4 speakers, and the subwoofer, if I can find a place where the Chrysler box kinda fits. So the biggest issue is trying to mount everything. I can modify the door panels in the rear a little, but I'm not sure if there is room in the door itself for a speaker? Any suggestions?

I'd check for a blown fuse for your radio. Open the glove box and pull out the little side storage thing and you'll see your fuse panel there. Look for the radio fuse and see if it's blown. Do the lights and time show up on the radio too, or is it all dead?

Originally Posted by 01Grand PrixGT

I'd check for a blown fuse for your radio. Open the glove box and pull out the little side storage thing and you'll see your fuse panel there. Look for the radio fuse and see if it's blown. Do the lights and time show up on the radio too, or is it all dead?

I checked the fuse when my first radio went dead and it was fine, however I will check it again just to make sure. When this radio(2nd one) started to go out it would just lose sound but a light tap on the dash and the sound would be restored, but all lights still worked, however it did eventually just go black and I've had nothing since. However, sometimes I would push the face plate disconnect button and the radio would work again, but that was when I was just losing sound.

Good news everyone! My radio fuse was good, but my radio amp fuse was bad! Replaced the fuse and my radio works good as new... man my front speakers are terrible, lol. Anyhow I would greatly appreciate any info on the speaker upgrades I asked about earlier!