Can't work it out
 

Hello all,

So I am pretty stumped, problem first....

Mondeo 2003 facelift
6000 CD stereo facelift one with the volume in the middle

Essentially, I had to get a radio code as the battery had run flat before I picked it up. That done I attempted to use the stereo unit, but the sound is barely audible, like seriously quiet.

So I thought speaker issues or amp issues (has one built into a 6000cd i think? Got like a heatsink thinkg on the unit)

Did the speaker test thing, holding 6 then pressing 3 and you get a tone that alternates through all the speakers, everything is fine with this and the volume is absolutely fine, so for me it cannot be speakers or the amp. There are two fuses listed for the radio on the fuse diagram thingy but again for the same reason I figure it cannot be this (but I hasvent checked.

So it can play loud noises
It does play CD's and radio but very quietly

Any ideas or experience?

Thanks in advance

Is it the Sony one or the standard ford one? If its the ford one just buy another as it will work out a lot cheaper.

Just make sure that it's from a Mondeo as the transit one and focus ones have a different angle on the front face (not sure about the galaxy one though)

Its the Ford one, I dont know if its the unit itself, because that speaker test thing (hold 6 and 3) can put loud volume through all the speakers its obviously still capable.

as you have the code why dont you try disconnecting it and then reconnecting it.

I did that, took the car upto a dude today. He just said the unit itself is broken and its a common fault, so he says.

Just seems strange that it can make loud noises but doesnt for music, so I am going to buy a random stereo and be done with it i guess

thanks for the replies

you need a different spacer/blanking plate for the facelifted cars than the earlier ones :)