Hi there guys, newbie here, just bought my first car last year, a 2000 VW Jetta TDI with 373k miles on it. I'm going to clean out my intake manifold soon, so I might be back if anything goes wrong there, but until then, I have a quick(?) question. I just installed an aftermarket head unit and I'm not getting any audio.
I connected the positive and negative battery wires, as well as the ignition switch wire first, to test the head unit would power on (success). I then tried playing some music on the head unit while connecting the positive and negative wires for one of the speakers. No audio. Checked volumes, all up, tried the same speaker in another channel on the head unit. No luck. Tried a different speaker in a few different channels on the head unit. Still nothing.
Am I missing something stupid here? I've tried to find something, and the only post out there that seemed related was this:
This sounds like my situation, but if it is, what do I need to do to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help, I've already found a ton of great resources on here!
I connected the positive and negative battery wires, as well as the ignition switch wire first, to test the head unit would power on (success). I then tried playing some music on the head unit while connecting the positive and negative wires for one of the speakers. No audio. Checked volumes, all up, tried the same speaker in another channel on the head unit. No luck. Tried a different speaker in a few different channels on the head unit. Still nothing.
Am I missing something stupid here? I've tried to find something, and the only post out there that seemed related was this:
"Some of the early model MK4 VW's were Monsoon and had a factory amplifier which has to be turned on via a remote turn on lead in the harness (which is different from the 03+ VW's w/ Monsoon which were signal sensing - no remote turn on required).
From the facts I can assume 1. it has factory Monsoon, and 2. it's not being powered behind the radio."
From the facts I can assume 1. it has factory Monsoon, and 2. it's not being powered behind the radio."
This sounds like my situation, but if it is, what do I need to do to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help, I've already found a ton of great resources on here!