kyle0k Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 ok,i was driving with my dad and i turned off the music . An hour after we got home i took out the car power on the stero and i cant hear anything! No static nothing! i turn the volume fully up and i can HARDLY hear the music. and this is with cd's raio and everything. I know its not the speakers b\c they all play if u put ure ear to them on highest volume. What can this be!?!?!?!?!1 i ahve a 1996 lexus es300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1995_ES300 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I would check the amplifier connections...they are either very loose, or the amplifier may be broken...use a multimeter to see what the wattage is into the amp, and then out of the amp. this will tell you if it is your source unit or the amp. i am not sure what the wattage is supposed to be for the system as i just got my first lexus, but that is about all i can help u with..hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jragosta Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I would check the amplifier connections...they are either very loose, or the amplifier may be broken...use a multimeter to see what the wattage is into the amp, and then out of the amp. this will tell you if it is your source unit or the amp. i am not sure what the wattage is supposed to be for the system as i just got my first lexus, but that is about all i can help u with..hope that helps. ← Sounds like the radio is OK and he has a problem with the amp. It would be nice if he simply has a loose connection. Unfortunately, if it is the amp, that's almost as bad as the radio. Even if there's a line out which would allow him to connect to a new external amp, Lexus speakers are odd impedance and he'll have to be careful to get an amp that works with the speakers - and an installer who knows what he's doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1995_ES300 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 i do not supose there is an actual "mute button" on the radio itself that may have been accidentally pressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviej Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 i do not supose there is an actual "mute button" on the radio itself that may have been accidentally pressed? ← I can tell you the 02+ ones do. steviej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle0k Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 yea i guess ill have to check the amp. but i just dont see how it can break. i dont play the music past the middle, ad it cant overheat in winter weather,lol. maybe b\c of the coldness one of the wores went bad or something,i guess ill have to check it out. the amp is under the passengers seat....right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcv10guy Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Yup, well at least my amp is under my passenger seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle0k Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 ok an update. yesterday i turn on my car, and everythign works PERFECTLY fine! plays normally! then later that day after going into a store for about 15 minutes i come back to my car,start it. and again i cant hear anything unless i turn it up all the way. what could this be??! i mean if the amp broke it wouldnt be turning back on all of a sudden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxl4729 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Sound like you amp is on the way out. One of the solder joints of the transistors that supply the rail voltage would do something like that. Can you get to the amp. If you could I would see about opening it and then reconnecting it. When it is not working taking some caned air turning it up side down and spraying the parts. this will cool them and the amp may start working again. if it does then you would be sure that it is the amp. Then start looking on ebay for a used one. You do not have to play music loud to fry an amp. Electronic equipment that generates heat like that can fail for no reason. Normal manufacturing defects in electronic parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle0k Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 oh ok gatchya. yea it started working out of no where again. what i was wondering is i have another amp that was laying around and its not like a subwoofer amp its a speaker amp,will it do. its a : rockwood detanator. MOSFET CLASS "A" CIRCUIT 0.05 power output 50WX2 (2 channel) model no amp225 HIGH POWER 100 watts car amplifier ok thats what it says what do u guys think?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drnkaa Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I have the exact same problem as you do with my '93 Lexus ES300. Have you confimed that the problem is the amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle0k Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 sory cant help you,im here to confirm that it again started wokring lik a day after and hast gave me a problem yet. it must of been some wiring froze or something from the coldness. Everything works great again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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