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[bdu]

Got a battery jump on Sunday that killed my car stereo, had it working again by this afternoon. The culprits? One dead 20A fuse under the hood and a protection diode in the stereo's power supply that gave it's life to save everything else. Saving $150+ replacing the head unit? Go, go, gadget electronics skills.

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[mopalia]

Awesome. My car radio now cuts in and out at irregular intervals. It gives a certain surreal quality to NPR, as if it weren't surreal enough already. You rock.

[bdu]

More "minimally competent" than "awesome" :)

The radio cuts out, is it all at once, or only certain speakers? Does the radio display/lighting change at all when it happens? Does it cut to static or silence?

[mopalia]

"Minimally competent" beats "woefully inept." I'll have to try to monitor the lights, but they're hard to see. Cuts out all at once, whole system goes down. The speakers are in terrible condition, so I'm not sure I can actually tell what's working and what's not. It sounds more like what happens when the antenna loses the signal completely, then gets it back. No static, though. Just an on and off.

[lil_m_moses]

Mine does that occasionally because the removable face plate is not as securely attached as it could/should be, and the contacts lose contact momentarily. I find that taking it off and making sure the contacts are as clean as possible and any poky bits on either side of the connection are as poky-outy as possible helps stop it for a good while.