Hey everyone, I just replaced my bose factory system with a kenwood (kdc-319) cd player. I also replaced the rear deck speakers with kenwood 6x9's and the door speakers with 4" pioneers. My real question is; When the car is in ACC and i turn the volume up to about 3/4 of the way, the cd player will just shut off then come back on. It will keep doing this til i turn down the volume. When the car is running, I haven't had this happen at all. I thought maybe i've got a short somewhere, but i figured if it did, it would do that while the car is running too. Plus there is really nowhere that the wires could be shorting at. All my wires are ran clean. I ran all wires for the cd player from the trunk along the drivers side trim. This includes my power, remote, ground, and memory wires. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this model of cd player. I thought maybe it has some sort of protection mode to keep it from draining the battery or something. Any help would be apprieciated.

Thanks

I just hate to think that my 4 hours of work went for nothing, and that i need to pull it all back out...That would suck!!!!!

If it's only happening in the ACC position, it sounds like your head unit is putting a drain on the current from the battery. The CD player detects the drop and shuts off because it has to be able to spin at a certain RPM.

There are a couple of car stereo gurus on here, maybe they know what you should do about it. I dunno if a capacitor would help with this or not.

That's all just a guess.

bump..i need some help

Are you running an amp?
Stock battery?
Stock alternator?
How loud? (can you speak and someone else hear you in the car)
Does it cut out when the bass hits or just in general?
Check you battery volts when it cuts off

So far your description makes me think that Elvis is probably right.
Please answer the JJHomer's questions for a better analysis.

How long does it take to turn on again?


If it is only with the car on ACC, then most probably you are draining the battery. Do as JJHomer suggests, and check the voltage when cutting.
Try using another battery.
If that does not solve it you have to re - check your wiring, starting with the battery terminals (I'm not kidding, make sure they are clean and tight)
A capacitor is useless here.
The alternator plays no role if your engine is off.

So far your description makes me think that Elvis is probably right.
Please answer the JJHomer's questions for a better analysis.

How long does it take to turn on again?


If it is only with the car on ACC, then most probably you are draining the battery. Do as JJHomer suggests, and check the voltage when cutting.
Try using another battery.
If that does not solve it you have to re - check your wiring, starting with the battery terminals (I'm not kidding, make sure they are clean and tight)
A capacitor is useless here.
The alternator plays no role if your engine is off.
thanks its early right now and im stuck at work not thinking that clearly thanks for being more precise with your queston.


Dirty Bird keep us posted bro

Thanks anyway guys...I found my problem. I had been advised to check my grounds by folks at SoundDomain.com. When i was doing this, I realized that about 12 inches from the GM harness in the trunk the power (constant wire) wire had a big gash in it and it was sparking something fierce. I disconnected the wire and heavily taped it up. Then i just ran my constant wire straight to the battery (fused of course) and have had no problem since. Thanks anyways for the help though.

yeah that happend to me in my eldo, the ground wire from the amp had been broken so i just had to replace that and clean it up and i was fine