Cd/ipod only play on two speakers

JC290 · May 2014

Ok everyone I will be the first to admit I know nothing on radios. so here's my problem/question when I play fm all 8 speakers work fine on our 2003 290FV when I change the radio to CD or Ipod only the two speakers in the cabin work. we have a sony cdx-m6oui a kenwood kac-64ss amp. Sony is no help tried them. here are some pictures of the mess the previous owner left. I have tried settings on radio nothing seems to work looking for a good place to start. thanks in advance for the help

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Babyboomer · May 2014

Your amp has gone bad

JC290 · May 2014

any way to check that? I noticed that only the front speaker wires from the radio are attached to any other wires. the wiring is quite a mess. not that I doubt you just searching for my knowledge

frenchship · May 2014

I don't see any pictures......

frenchship · May 2014

By the way where is the I pod plug in ?

JC290 · May 2014

usb plug on the radio even tried the jack in the front

aero3113 · May 2014

Try blowing out your plug on the IPod sometimes dust gets in there and prevents the plug from functioning correctly. This may not be the case since you said you tried both the USB and the Aux plug.

kneedeep · May 2014

When I plug my iPad into the aux plug at the helm, the music only plays through speakers on one side of the boat. When its plugged into the aux inside the cabin near the radio, all speakers work & when using the radio or the cd all speakers work. For me, It is definitely just one bad aux plug.

JC290 · May 2014

Even when I play a cd only cabin speakers play go back to fm radio all eight play . Calling a guy in town who does installs maybe he cant trouble shoot it thanks everyone

aero3113 · May 2014

It almost seems like a plug or connection isn't in all the way?

midweste · May 2014

Hmmm.... that sounds like your cd head unit may be bad, or your amp. I can't see any of your pictures.

JC290 · May 2014

Finally figured it out the previous owner had the amp wired wrong. They were using the wrong power lead. Thanks for all the help

midweste · May 2014

That makes perfect sense now. The two cabin speakers are powered by the head unit, and the other speakers are powered by an external amplifier. They probably had the Power Antenna remote turn-on lead switching the amp on, instead of the Power Amp remote turn-on lead. Glad you were able to figure it out and its working.