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Stereo volume goes up itself

While driving the car stereo system went mental. The volume reached to its maximum, and i even didn't touch the volume, tried to slower down but it was not even going low... I switched off thee engine and after 3 4 minutes later turned it back, and apparently it was back to normal volume. This is really annoying please help me with this problem.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    what kind of radio?

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Funny huh? Actually, some aftermarket radios like Pioneer have a setting where it senses cabin volume and ups the radio volume itself to overcome cabin noise. I doubt this is your problem and belive the unit is really "mental" and needs repair/replace...

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When the word PROTECT appears on this display, this means the unit has detected a critical fault which could potentially cause harm to your stereo system.

The most common cause is a short circuit somewhere - something even as simple as loose speaker wiring could cause a short, triggering the Protect message.

You will need to determine if there is a possible short somewhere, so I recommend you start by firstly turning power OFF, disconnecting all speaker wires, then turn unit back ON.

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