XDA II car kit prob - sound fades out to nothing in 20 secs

[Conor]

Have a new car kit for my xda II - worked fine with my Pioneer CD-MP3 player for a while.

But now after 20 seconds into a call, incoming and outgoing, the sound fades out and then disappears completely.

I'd be glad of any advice if someone knows what's going on and how to fix it!

Many thanks

Conor

[shawnthecableguy]

I had the same problem, check your ground wire.

[Conor]

Thanks mate!

Except I'm already out of my depth there - don't know what a ground wire is! Guess I should just take it to the technicians!

Did it resolve your problem, by the way?

Thanks

Conor

[shawnthecableguy]

I thought it did solve the problem.... but I found it to be in the rj45 connector going to the cradle. It seems really loose... I wiggled it last tim the sound faded away and it came back ... I'll keep you posted as to what happens.

[edsub]

Finally more people with this issue.
i posted it some times allready without any answers.
I found that the problem raises after the carkit is wired for approx one month (could be coincidence).
My workaround is to take the carkit off the 12v for some secs (by taking out the connector with power in it). After that it works again.
Could very well be that with the pulling out/putting back in the ground wire gets seated again . . .
Will investigate this weekend!!!!

[Conor]

Yes, mine worked fine for about a month too! Now it's useless. Cuts out after 20 seconds. Had it at a car electronics specialist's today and he reckons it's because the guy who installed it made it use my car's speakers rather than the little speaker that comes with it. He said to bring in the xda speaker box tomorrow and he'll work it from that. He reckons the carkit doesn't like to use the car's speakers.

Does that make sense to any of you guys? It's all greek to me!

Cheers

Conor

[Conor]

PS - How exactly do you disconnect the power from the kit?

:oops:

[edsub]

by pulling (and pressing in the latch that prevents it from falling out) out the connector that has the thick red-wire and the thick black-wire in it from the blackbox

BTW:
the thick black one is Ground
the thick red one is permanent 12V (be sure it supplies enough power/current, I asked my garage to get me a wire that supplies enough power)
the thin red one is switched 12V (you can choose to connect this one to permanent 12V to keep the carkit 'always on' or to connect it to a switched 12V car-wire to make the carkit switch off when the engine is off.

Which reminds me: The booklet of the carkit says the carkit will be powered 1 hour after switchingoff the engine. My carkit is off as soon as the engine is off (whether I am in a call or not . . .)

[Conor]

Thanks a mill mate!

I'll let you know tomorrow how I get on with the technicians.

Cheers!

[edsub]

At the moment my carkit now works flawlessly for about 6 weeks.
It must have been a coincidence then that the issue happened two times after about 1 month of operation.

So . . .I guess it isnt a circuitry reset but just a bad connection (to ground I guess) which probably will be solved when disconnecting & connecting the plug.