Why does my stereo shut itself off at higher volumes? I installed a pair of Kicker KS693 6"x9" 3-way car speakers on the back and now every time i higher the volume to the 20's ( mid volume) the stereo will turn of and immediately turn back on . Why does my speakers shut off when radio volume is to high? The speaker amp also goes into protection mode. 300 bodies in a tight room will generate a lot of heat, apparently. I have disconnected each speaker … everything is fine until i raise the volume, or when a song with bass is being played. By replacing your stereo with an after market head unit, sometimes you can up the power of the amplifier a little bit and prevent the distortion. I had a similar problem later on in life with my last one (an older 5.1 Tascam). Follow these steps to try to resolve this issue: Turn off the Audio/Video (A/V) stereo receiver. My sub and sub amp seem to be fine however when I turn the volume on my headunit up above 14 the subwoofer will continue to bump and the speakers will just cut out and skip. I currently have a Sony Xplod CDX-GT510 on my Honda CRX . If I run a lower volume… Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Or your gain could be set too high, or a bad ground. It would get hot enough that it was someone's job to keep surrounding the amp with bags of ice, otherwise it would cut out. It worked fine for about a week at all volume levels when it started to going out the volume was high enough to muffler the engine sound but now it goes out at low volume. i have a kenwood cd player in my car with 4 speakers-works fine but if i turn the volume up to loud it will cut out,then come back on and repeats this till i turn the volume down..why is this? If the audio sound is intermittent through one or more of your speakers when playing your stereo, there may be a problem with the connection or a problem with the speakers. One has to do with the car stereo turning on and working just fine, but the music intermittently cuts out, or the stereo randomly shuts itself off. When a car stereo only works sometimes, there are two main types of faults that can be in play. Why does my car stereo go off if i turn the volume up too loud? Does sound cut-out completely or only for a specific channel... ie, front/back/left/right. The other has to do with the car stereo seeming to turn on, but no sound ever comes out. Stereo fails at high volume July 15, 2010 7:50 AM Subscribe. The problem is whenever I turn it up to moderately high volume (not ear-splitting, but say t-tops off at highway speed volume), the woofers and subwoofer cut out. Steps: 1) turn the gain down on your amp (especially bass boost, that stuff KILLS subs) 2) blare the volume PAST where the sub normally cuts out, if it's still alive, congrats, your gain was too high, you're done. Speakers cut out at high volume honda accord. so it could be your amp going into protect mode to prevent it from over heating. your speakers cutting out sounds lile a problem with clipping. try looking at the amp the next time your speakers cut off and see if that is what's happening. Static on speakers as volume increases in car The new receiver initially said "Check SP Wire" - … car stereo sound keeps cutting out Reply to Thread. 3) if the sub still cuts out try steps 1 and 2 again Will i blow my speakers if i have an amp with a much higher wattage rating than my speakers? when you have your amp's gains turned up too high it will clip the music signal which is bad for amplifiers and speakers alike. 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