drivers side of polo not giving sound?
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hi ive just got an 03 polo which works fine apart from the fact that the all the speakers on the right hand side of the car emit little or no sound it's got an aftermarket stereo fitted and adjusting the balance to the right to compensate makes no difference. even when i put the balance all the way to the right very little sound comes from the speakers on the right hand side of the car. could anyone give me an idea as to what might be wrong?
If just the front one(s) then it could be a blown speaker(s), the wiring or the ISO lead not connected in properly.
Your first port of call should be to check the ISO plug as when they are getting connected and disconnected a lot or with force, rather than love, they can get damaged and you end up pulling a pin out just enough so it no longer makes contact but on first glance looks ok.
Next check the wires have not be spliced by the previous owners to fit an aftermarket stereo the cheap way. If its a dodgy job then ussually its the wires coming loose from the selotape they used.
After this check it on another head-unit that you know works as yours could be up the duff.
After this check the speaker isn't blown on a connection that you know works...if this shows nothing then you might have to go the hog of checking the wires all the way from the headunit to the speakers has not been damaged somewhere along.
By the way, the above can obviously be checked in any order but I kind of put them in the order of "most probably and less of a ball ache to sort out" to "very rare and a complete headache"
Your first port of call should be to check the ISO plug as when they are getting connected and disconnected a lot or with force, rather than love, they can get damaged and you end up pulling a pin out just enough so it no longer makes contact but on first glance looks ok.
Next check the wires have not be spliced by the previous owners to fit an aftermarket stereo the cheap way. If its a dodgy job then ussually its the wires coming loose from the selotape they used.
After this check it on another head-unit that you know works as yours could be up the duff.
After this check the speaker isn't blown on a connection that you know works...if this shows nothing then you might have to go the hog of checking the wires all the way from the headunit to the speakers has not been damaged somewhere along.
By the way, the above can obviously be checked in any order but I kind of put them in the order of "most probably and less of a ball ache to sort out" to "very rare and a complete headache"
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