GenX Retread
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Canada
- Car(s)
- 2021 GTI Autobahn
Yesterday for the 4th time, my stereo just decided to quit making sound. Every time this happens it's the same routine: I've been playing music at high volume for a while, and then the sound just dies. I'm half deaf, and some bands are not to be enjoyed at tepid volumes.
It doesn't matter what input source I'm using, from AM radio to CarPlay (though always I've been playing through CarPlay, but after the sound dies, changing input does nothing - none of them work).
I've resolved this by shutting off the ignition, holding the power button on the head unit until it does a full reboot cycle, and waiting for it to reinitialize... but not yesterday. I did the above twice before saying fuckit and pouting in silence until I got home. This morning everything worked fine.
Does this Fender system have some kind of relay or capacitor that overloads after long periods of high volume output or something? WTF.
Anybody else?
It doesn't matter what input source I'm using, from AM radio to CarPlay (though always I've been playing through CarPlay, but after the sound dies, changing input does nothing - none of them work).
I've resolved this by shutting off the ignition, holding the power button on the head unit until it does a full reboot cycle, and waiting for it to reinitialize... but not yesterday. I did the above twice before saying fuckit and pouting in silence until I got home. This morning everything worked fine.
Does this Fender system have some kind of relay or capacitor that overloads after long periods of high volume output or something? WTF.
Anybody else?