NorthWestv2
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Evening all,
Hoping someone with more knowledge than I have on car audio/electricals can tell me how they would troubleshoot my issue, but some backstory first:
Like many, I needed more from the stock car audio so followed Dellmassives stage 2 upgrade:
Everything ICE related in my T6.1 startline was stock at this point, wasn’t concerned about blowing stock speakers if it happened.
Stock head unit with Nav just like this one but without USB connection on the face:
Fitted the Vibe micro amp 65.4 with the plug and play wiring harness I bought separately, bizarrely had no issues with room for the amp and harness behind the unit which seemed a common issue.
Much more power and better quality from the speakers with HPF turned to low/off on the amp.
Then I noticed a few days later the passenger front speaker was quiet, shifted the fader on the head unit to full passenger side and volume up it’s barely audible.
Thought maybe I’d blown the speaker so ordered some Vibe speakers which was the plan all along and today I swapped the stock speaker I thought was blown for one of the new Vibe speakers..
New speaker is also very quiet so clearly old speaker wasn’t blown but thinking bad wiring harness, bad amp or blown fuse.
So my questions are how can I find out (without buying a second amp or a second wiring harness) if my issue is with either of those?
Also on the fuse side, I’ll look to replace them tomorrow too just in case, does anyone know where and which fuses to change?
Thanks in advance!
Hoping someone with more knowledge than I have on car audio/electricals can tell me how they would troubleshoot my issue, but some backstory first:
Like many, I needed more from the stock car audio so followed Dellmassives stage 2 upgrade:
Audio Upgrade Stage-2 - Vibe Micro Amplifier Plug & Play - How I Done It -
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Everything ICE related in my T6.1 startline was stock at this point, wasn’t concerned about blowing stock speakers if it happened.
Stock head unit with Nav just like this one but without USB connection on the face:
6.5" Original Head Unit With CarPlay Android Auto Radio For VW Golf Mk7.5 Transporter T6.1
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Fitted the Vibe micro amp 65.4 with the plug and play wiring harness I bought separately, bizarrely had no issues with room for the amp and harness behind the unit which seemed a common issue.
Much more power and better quality from the speakers with HPF turned to low/off on the amp.
Then I noticed a few days later the passenger front speaker was quiet, shifted the fader on the head unit to full passenger side and volume up it’s barely audible.
Thought maybe I’d blown the speaker so ordered some Vibe speakers which was the plan all along and today I swapped the stock speaker I thought was blown for one of the new Vibe speakers..
New speaker is also very quiet so clearly old speaker wasn’t blown but thinking bad wiring harness, bad amp or blown fuse.
So my questions are how can I find out (without buying a second amp or a second wiring harness) if my issue is with either of those?
Also on the fuse side, I’ll look to replace them tomorrow too just in case, does anyone know where and which fuses to change?
Thanks in advance!