I've been reading this group for months and decided to join this LS fraternity. Please help me with this thorn in my side.
I have a 2000 LS with the Alpine AudioPhile System. I had the Alpine stereo with cassette and changer in the glove compartment. One day when I was getting off the expressway the door speakers went very low out and never went back to full volume. The console
tweeters and subs were the only things I could hear. When I did the speaker test (#3 and #6) I heard the all the door speakers but one were just barely
playing. The other one didn't play at all.
I bought a new Alpine Audiophile 6-Disc In-Dash unit for a 2000-2002 LS (to preserve the original stock appearance), installed it and everything went back to sounding as it should...actually even better. All of a sudden the door speakers stopped playing loud again. But get this! When I unplug the harness from the back of the systems for a couple minutes and plug it back in it plays normal again. When I play it for a while at a little past mid-level they go low again.
What in the heck could be causing this? The speakers don't sound blowed when they play normally or during the test. This head unit can't be bad too. I also noticed that the right side of the head unit gets very hot. It's almost like when an amp overheats and shuts off but, these speakers never come back on until you unplug the main harness and plug it back in.
I know about the one main amp in the trunk for the subs/consoles but some other techs told me that some models had 3 amps total. One for the sub, one for the consoles and one for the doors. Is this true? And if so where is the amp that controls the doors?
More importantly what could be causing this and how can I fix it for minimal cost. The 6-Disc In-Dash wasn't cheap. I just want my sounds back to normal and this issue is driving me nuts.
I have a 2000 LS with the Alpine AudioPhile System. I had the Alpine stereo with cassette and changer in the glove compartment. One day when I was getting off the expressway the door speakers went very low out and never went back to full volume. The console
tweeters and subs were the only things I could hear. When I did the speaker test (#3 and #6) I heard the all the door speakers but one were just barely
playing. The other one didn't play at all.
I bought a new Alpine Audiophile 6-Disc In-Dash unit for a 2000-2002 LS (to preserve the original stock appearance), installed it and everything went back to sounding as it should...actually even better. All of a sudden the door speakers stopped playing loud again. But get this! When I unplug the harness from the back of the systems for a couple minutes and plug it back in it plays normal again. When I play it for a while at a little past mid-level they go low again.
What in the heck could be causing this? The speakers don't sound blowed when they play normally or during the test. This head unit can't be bad too. I also noticed that the right side of the head unit gets very hot. It's almost like when an amp overheats and shuts off but, these speakers never come back on until you unplug the main harness and plug it back in.
I know about the one main amp in the trunk for the subs/consoles but some other techs told me that some models had 3 amps total. One for the sub, one for the consoles and one for the doors. Is this true? And if so where is the amp that controls the doors?
More importantly what could be causing this and how can I fix it for minimal cost. The 6-Disc In-Dash wasn't cheap. I just want my sounds back to normal and this issue is driving me nuts.