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88accord2se
10-01-2003, 03:38 PM
I hooked up a 91 honda prelude deck and it worked but the volume was really low. does anyone know what's up? I had to turn up the deck all the way just to here wispers of sound.:werd:
RustyHo88
10-01-2003, 04:54 PM
well... it could literally be a million things. are you sure all your wires were hooked up right? i fixed a similar problem when my brother incorrectly installed a stereo in his old datsun (he put the positve wire to the positive terminal, and ground the negative directly to the chassis, plus he spliced a bunch of wires together... didnt bother to find out what or why). anyway, it could also be the deck itself. since its from an old prelude, ill assume its used. did it work ok before you installed it? if it did, then youve either got some stereo lines crossed, or you dont have enough power to the unit itself.
catalin
10-01-2003, 09:30 PM
Originally posted by 88accord2se
I hooked up a 91 honda prelude deck and it worked but the volume was really low. does anyone know what's up? I had to turn up the deck all the way just to here wispers of sound.:werd:

Are you sure it's a Honda stereo?? Sounds like it's a pre-amp only output deck... Definately a problem with the deck.
POS carb
10-02-2003, 11:15 AM
either the radio is bad or you have a short in the wires
catalin
10-02-2003, 01:22 PM
Or it could be a Honda Bose head unit that's a pre-amp only.
Vinny
10-02-2003, 01:32 PM
Usually don't preamp only radios use RCA's????? It definitely sounds like wires grounding out or an internal problem like a bad output IC
accordlxi2.0
10-02-2003, 04:55 PM
nope from the sound of it , since it's from a prelude. which they porbaly all have amps.
you more than likely gotten a radio the is preamped only.
catalin
10-06-2003, 10:50 PM
Originally posted by My Cousin Vinny
Usually don't preamp only radios use RCA's????? It definitely sounds like wires grounding out or an internal problem like a bad output IC

I have never in my 10 years+ of installing professionaly encounter a stock/factory head unit have RCA pre-outs.
catalin
10-06-2003, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by accordlxi2.0
nope from the sound of it , since it's from a prelude. which they porbaly all have amps.
you more than likely gotten a radio the is preamped only.

The newer 98 plus Preludes have an amp to the rear speakers... the only ones I know that have some sort of an amplifier.

Since 88Accord2SE is not responding at all, we'll never know what he has, for sure.
NOAHS88accord
10-06-2003, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by catalin
I have never in my 10 years+ of installing professionaly encounter a stock/factory head unit have RCA pre-outs.

my friends explorer had preouts, and its a 1994.
HostileJava
10-07-2003, 12:47 PM
another vote for preamp outs.
Vinny
10-07-2003, 12:51 PM
And I thought I'd been smoking too much crack,
I dunno of any other way to run preamp except RCA's, and the old style DIN connectors. Could have just been me though
HostileJava
10-07-2003, 01:02 PM
preamps can be run using regular wires, it's just another way for the oem to make things tougher to tamper with.
catalin
10-07-2003, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by NOAHS88accord
my friends explorer had preouts, and its a 1994.

I'm sure they were'nt RCA preouts, unless someone has wired them in without you knowing.
iamvandemon
10-07-2003, 10:26 PM
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