Thread: Radio not working-fuses are good!

This is on a 2000 Sentra SE 2.0

I was cleaning the interior and had the radio on but at a low volume (probably like 2-3) then all of a sudden I hear a pop (sounded like a blown fuse) and the radio shuts off. No biggie, I've dealt with blown fuses tons of times so I checked the fuse under the hood but that one wasn't blown. I checked the two marked "electronic parts" inside the car and those two were fine too. WTF! I then basically checked every single fuse in the engine bay and in the cabin and everything is good. I checked the fuse on the back of the head unit too but that was good also.

I checked the power light on my amps and those aren't on either. I'm thinking if it's not a fuse it has a be a relay that sends power to the stock wiring. Has anyone been through this before? I didn't have my voltmeter with me so I didn't get to check for power at the wires but I'll do that in the morning.

The only other thing I noticed is that the auxillary power socket (by the ebrake handle) isn't getting power either and I know it worked before because I always charge my phone on that socket. The fuse for the cig lighter and power socket are good also.

Is there a fuse on the back of your radio?

yup, and it was good. I even replaced the radio related fuses with new ones just to make sure and still no dice.

take out the radion and just connect your positive and negative wires just to see if you didnt burn your stereo.

Thanks for the help! I got it working again.

Apparently there is a fuse in the cabin labeled "ACC". I could have sworn I check them all but maybe I missed that one because it didn't seem to be related to the audio. I think I was assuming it had something to do with A/C (LOL). Anyway I guess it stands for ACCESSORY because the fuse was blown. Once I replaced it everything works again and thank god I didn't fry my headunit!

whenever you hear a pop while working on electrical it's always scary haha! you always feel like you fried something or shorted the crap out of it. glad to see it was only a fuse and nothing major =D