Intermittent speaker problem

[t0s]

The right channel of my standard audio system (06 V8V) is intermittent. I suddenly cuts out when listening to the radio of CD. Jiggling with the volume or turning off/on can get it back but not always. Anyone else had this - any tips on checking for loose connections etc.? Thanks

[LC23]

I have the same problem as well but have not investigated further as it is very infrequent on mine. Would be interested to know as well if there is any simple fix for this.

[Paralight]

1.) Have you got Bluetooth.

2.) When it happens, sit in the passenger seat and stamp your feet on the angled plate covering the fusebox.

If the sound comes back, it is a problem with the bluetooth switcher box in the passenger CEM. The contacts in the relay get dirty and cause one channel to stop working. The original Aston part has now been superseded by a better design.

Kind Regards,

James@Paralight

[LC23]

Paralight said:

1.) Have you got Bluetooth.

2.) When it happens, sit in the passenger seat and stamp your feet on the angled plate covering the fusebox.

If the sound comes back, it is a problem with the bluetooth switcher box in the passenger CEM. The contacts in the relay get dirty and cause one channel to stop working. The original Aston part has now been superseded by a better design.

Kind Regards,

James@Paralight

Ah thanks James. I have got bluetooth and I remember the Dealer mentioned it may have something to do with the interaction between the two. Will give the fuse box a good stamp next time to see!

[Paralight]

LC23 said:

Paralight said:

1.) Have you got Bluetooth.

2.) When it happens, sit in the passenger seat and stamp your feet on the angled plate covering the fusebox.

If the sound comes back, it is a problem with the bluetooth switcher box in the passenger CEM. The contacts in the relay get dirty and cause one channel to stop working. The original Aston part has now been superseded by a better design.

Kind Regards,

James@Paralight

Ah thanks James. I have got bluetooth and I remember the Dealer mentioned it may have something to do with the interaction between the two. Will give the fuse box a good stamp next time to see!

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[t0s]

Unfortunately don't have blutooth. Any other possibilities/sources for loose contacts? Interesting thing in mine is that fiddling with volume, or switching from FM to CD resolves it - until it happens again.

[Henry M]

I have what may be a related problem on my 2007 V8 Vantage with bluetooth and premium sound. After the car has been sitting for a while in the cold weather, when I drive the car and turn on the sound system the right door speaker doesn't work. Once the car warms up and if I turn up the volume quite loud the speaker will work again. This has happend to me only two times, once after winter storage and again this December when I took the car in for service after a nasty cold spell. While at the dealer I asked about this and they have another customer car with a similar problem and have replaced the speaker and amp but the problem has reoccured. Sounds like it may be worthwhile to investigate the bluetooth connection.

Henry

[Paralight]

t0s said:

Unfortunately don't have blutooth. Any other possibilities/sources for loose contacts? Interesting thing in mine is that fiddling with volume, or switching from FM to CD resolves it - until it happens again.

Sounds like the amplifier on this one. However if one of the speakers was going intermittently short circuit, this would cause the amp to go to protection mode and shut down. How often is it happening?

[t0s]

Thanks for the responses so far.

Happens almost every time I drive. I usually just sharply raise the volume up and back down and it resolves itself.

[eelton]

I have this problem, but it's the left channel that cuts out. It's a U.S. left-hand drive car--I assume the Bluetooth uses the left side.

Since the Bluetooth is useless anyway (too noisy), can I just pull the fuse (or the relay) to disable it, or will that affect something else?

Thanks.

Edited by eelton on Tuesday 26th July 22:13

[johnnnnnnyy]

I also have this on my passenger speaker. Tweaking the volume up and down clears it.

[Paralight]

I've also had a speaker wire trapped in the door causing problems, that was on a new DB9. Worth a check. Only caused problems when the door was shut and put pressure on the cable.