Dead Radio

willbaker13

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Last week the radio was fine, today wouldn't even turn on. I checked connections, fuses, etc. The controls at the helm and swim deck also do not have power. Everything else on boat works fine. Any thoughts on what else to check.

It's the original Clarion that came with the boat from 2013 but don't know the model number.
 

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Doc

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With the remote controls and the radio dead is has to be the main power or ground wire. Some radios are run direct to the battery, did you check for a loose wire there? I would suspect loose ground more than power just because that is what I've normally found on mine.
If all that looks good you will need a meter to see where you have power and where you don't. Good luck.
 

willbaker13

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Thanks, I did not check the battery. I'm going to try and get back to the boat in the next couple days to take a look.
 
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willbaker13

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So I grabbed a few min from work and ran up to the boat. There is nothing that I can see wired to the battery. The back of the radio has three fuses. 1 purple on a yellow wire. 1 blue on a yellow wire. 1 black on a red wire. If I pull the blue fuse and plug back in I can hear power getting to the unit as it sounds like it's spinning (has a cd player behind faceplate) but still won't turn on. I did this a second time and the unit powered on but none of the buttons worked and had to pull the fuse to get it to shut off. All subsequent times putting the fuse in I still hear the noise but no power. Same if I unplug the wiring harness on the back of the radio and plug back in, noise but no power.

I'm leaning toward the unit is the issue but would like to hear others thoughts.
 

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Doc

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Before I saw that you were leaning to the unit being bad, that is what I was thinking as I read your description.
 

willbaker13

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Out with the old and in with the new. Was pretty much plug and play with the exception of some of the wires were to short to reach the back of the new radio, but luckily there was some slack that I was able to gain by unscrewing the wire bundles from the wall. Going back tomorrow with a drill to reattach the bundles in a different location.
 

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Out with the old and in with the new. Was pretty much plug and play with the exception of some of the wires were to short to reach the back of the new radio, but luckily there was some slack that I was able to gain by unscrewing the wire bundles from the wall. Going back tomorrow with a drill to reattach the bundles in a different location.
That was going to be my suggestion.
 
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willbaker13

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All nice and neat now.
 

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