Audiovox 990 manual Troubleshooting

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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TROUBLESHOOTING

 

PROBLEM

PROBABLE CAUSE

CHECK FOLLOWING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange/White stripe wire to +12V

 

Unit completely inoperative no

Incorrect power connection

ACC. and Green/White stripe wire

 

lights, no sound

 

 

to +12V battery

 

 

 

Blown fuse

Check fuses in wires listed above

 

 

 

 

and check car fuse block

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit will not keep time or Radio

Incorrect power connection

Green/White Stripe wire is not con-

 

station memory

 

 

nected to a "live" +12V battery

 

(Electronic Tuning Radios Only)

 

 

source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blown fuse

Check fuse in Green/White stripe

 

 

 

 

wire and at car's fuse block

 

 

Noise on both radio and tape

Poor ground

Check Black/White stripe wire for

 

 

 

 

proper grounding

 

 

 

Dirty or corroded battery posts

Clean and tighten connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If problem also existed with previ-

Consult your local garage me-

 

 

 

ous radio you removed

chanic-car may need tune-up or

 

 

 

 

noise filter

 

Noise on radio only

Antenna

Check that antenna base is

 

 

 

 

grounded. Test with antenna dis-

 

 

 

 

connected. If noise goes away,

 

 

 

 

replace antenna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor FM reception and almost no

Antenna

Replace antenna and antenna

 

AM reception

 

 

cable

 

Poor FM reception and Good AM

FM Local-Distant switch

Check if unit has a Local-Distant

 

reception

 

 

switch and set to "Distant" position

 

 

No sound on one speaker

Wiring

Check speaker wiring

 

(both radio and tape)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

Test with good speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radio Operation

Check balance and fader controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor sound on tape only (after

Dirty tape mechanism

Clean tape head and mechanism

 

one month or more of tape usage)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor sound-new unit

For radios with 40 watts or more

Check rating of speakers for suffi-

 

 

output power

 

cient power capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Check that speakers are in good

 

 

 

 

condition

 

 

 

 

 

Check that Violet and Green

 

 

 

 

speaker wires are not grounded

 

 

Wiring

Check speaker wiring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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