COMMAND - no sound
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COMMAND - no sound
My son is on the way to Florida in this car with no sound, so he's listening to his I-Pod. The other day, his COMMAND went dead. Searched, found out how to pull it out to get to the fuse.
Blown fuse.
Background - he recently bought the car, the PO never used to CD changer, and one of the holders was stuck, and the magazine would not eject. In trying to get it to eject, the COMMAND went dead.
Replaced fuse, radio, in-unit CD, and Nav all worked. Didn't even need to enter a code to get it to work. Then he tried to, against my advice, to get the CD player to work. Popped The fuse again.
Pulled it all again (first time, about 1/2 hour to figure out, the last time, not even two minutes!). Replaced the fuse. Pulled the CD unit out, took it apart, got the magazine slide back in, and reassembled. Again, he insisted on trying the cd out. Something popped, sound went away. COMMAND still on, but no sound.
Took it all apart, its fuse was ok, as are 64 in the engine compartment fuse box and I believe it was 25 in the left side dash fuse box.
We now have the power removed (unplugged) from the CD changer and no sound. The radio portion finds all the local stations, the NAVI works, but no sound.
Any ideas what he can check once he gets down to Riviera Beach? Where is the amp for this thing? Is it the unit under the removable floor panel right behind the rear seat? I did not find a fuse on that unit.
Thanks!
Blown fuse.
Background - he recently bought the car, the PO never used to CD changer, and one of the holders was stuck, and the magazine would not eject. In trying to get it to eject, the COMMAND went dead.
Replaced fuse, radio, in-unit CD, and Nav all worked. Didn't even need to enter a code to get it to work. Then he tried to, against my advice, to get the CD player to work. Popped The fuse again.
Pulled it all again (first time, about 1/2 hour to figure out, the last time, not even two minutes!). Replaced the fuse. Pulled the CD unit out, took it apart, got the magazine slide back in, and reassembled. Again, he insisted on trying the cd out. Something popped, sound went away. COMMAND still on, but no sound.
Took it all apart, its fuse was ok, as are 64 in the engine compartment fuse box and I believe it was 25 in the left side dash fuse box.
We now have the power removed (unplugged) from the CD changer and no sound. The radio portion finds all the local stations, the NAVI works, but no sound.
Any ideas what he can check once he gets down to Riviera Beach? Where is the amp for this thing? Is it the unit under the removable floor panel right behind the rear seat? I did not find a fuse on that unit.
Thanks!
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2005 S500 4-Matic, 1978 450SL
You didn't say what model or year your son's car is, which makes a definitive answer difficult. However, he can find the amp by looking at the phone bulletin for the car at http://home.earthlink.net/~phdwebsit..._bulletins.htm - the '00s in most cases will be like the '01s, and in many (not all) cases the '05s and '06s are the same as well.
