No Sound from Lidl Stereo

randombar

Hi Lads,
So I got the latest lidl radio last week and installed it yesterday into my 98 Peugeot 106. The cables matched at the back, iso standards and what not, powered up and tuned in a radio station no problem, looks like sound is being output as there's graphic equalizer stuff going on. The problem is there's no sound coming out of any of the speakers, I thought the wiring might be different in the iso plug so I cut a few and swapped them around but still nothin, not a crackle. I was just wondering if anyone knew off the top of their heads what could the problem be? I saw another girl on here had the same problem, got a replacement and still has the same problem. So is there just a glaring fault with them or am I doing something wrong??
Thanks
Gary

JohnThomas09

GaryCocs wrote: »

I got the latest lidl radio

sorry to be blunt but theres your problem,I dont buy anything from them.

randombar

To be fair I've bought a lot of stuff from Lidl and this is the first problem I have had!

plastic-man

JohnThomas09 wrote: »

sorry to be blunt but theres your problem,I dont buy anything from them.

That's nonsense, don't listen to this. Lidl are well-renowned for their electronics, mainly harddrives and car stereos. I got the radio and had a similar problem, but I rewired the back and that solved it straight away.

irisheddie85

did you already have an aftermarket headunit or was it the original one.

If it was original may need some rewiring even if connections look the same.

Check all the settings on the radio. I had a problem before where someone turned all the equalizer settings down and i had no sound thankfully it was an easy fix

randombar

It was the original one, have the wiring sheet for it too and it looks to match. Will check it with the multimeter if I can find the bloody thing!

Just plugged a hifi speaker into the back of the radio and sound is coming out, so it looks like

1) all the speakers are bust
2) a major wire fault somewhere
3) the connection is wired incorrectly.

Thanks
Gary

Sids Not

Did you hit the "mute" button by mistake.................:D


Just kiddin...sounds like the block is wired different to your one...you can easily get the pins out with a jewllers screwdriver, ya know the ones like needles...push in the front and bend down the retaining tab..better than cut and solder...;)

mondeo

I bought a lidl radio last february and it's still going fine, however the sound quality is not great from them. I dont know what kind of sound processor they use but it must be dirt cheap one... Still it's functional..

randombar

Sids Not wrote: »

Did you hit the "mute" button by mistake.................:D

Just kiddin...sounds like the block is wired different to your one...you can easily get the pins out with a jewllers screwdriver, ya know the ones like needles...push in the front and bend down the retaining tab..better than cut and solder...;)

How can I tell which set is for which?? I joined a hifi speaker out to a few pins and rotated the other one and still nothing out.

By the fuse box there are these fuse cubes kinda things, only way I can describe them, the two middle ones are missing, would the speakers be going through anything else or are they wired direct??

Big Nasty

Turn it up a lidl bit and it will be grand!



















Sorry!

randombar

Jaysus!!!!




Ya whacked it way up still not a peep, I thought there would even be a crackle if there was a bit of a connection??

eightyfish

From Lidl I have bought a car CD player that wouldn't play CDs and a fish tank that wouldn't hold water.

Bring it back, they will refund with no questions.

randombar

Ya I don't think there's anything wrong with it though, if I just touch a hifi speaker off two output connections at the back of the radio I get sound out!

dobsdave

Can you wire the old one back in, and then if it works you will know if you have a speaker/cable integrity problem.

randombar

Ya don't have the code for the old black one, one of the reasons I bought the new radio

bcmf

I bought an Aldi one a few years back and its still going no prob. CD's/USB/mp3 input and memory card.It has been swapped between 3 cars.
I do recall at the time that the speaker wiring was a mystery set up.
I presume your old stereo worked before that.

randombar

I can't test the old one that was in the car cause I don't have the code for it

crosstownk

It could be that the amplifier section of your new stereo is faulty. The spectrum analysis (graphic equaliser) display is probably fed by a line level signal.

If it's an ISO connection then the brown (middle) connector is the one that handles the sound output to the speakers. Are you sure it's properly connected? Double check if you need to be sure.

randombar

Well there is sound out of it if I test a random hifi speaker on the back?? It's just there's no sound out of either speaker.

There's no brown middle one either, well I don't think there is?? there's 8 cables on iso2, yellow, green, red and white.

crosstownk

ISO car stereo connections usually consist of a black connector (power, remote, etc) and a brown for amplified audio. Each connector is an 8 pin rectangular female plug. Sometimes they come in a single 16 pin block.

16 pin block

randombar

Yup this has the black and the brownish one, the clip in different positions for either one of them. The brownish one is for the speakers has the 8 wires coming in.

Pete67

Check the fader control is not all the way to rear with no rear speakers connected? or vice versa!

randombar

Ah ya checked that all right!!

crosstownk

Sounds like a faulty stereo. See what happens with a replacement

randombar

Ya so I found the code for the original radio (written on the sticker) and the sound isn't working there either, so now I know it's either the cabling or the speakers!

ChristyCent

Sids Not wrote: »

Did you hit the "mute" button by mistake.................:D)

I was actually on the verge of reinstalling xp a few years ago because i thought it was broke. Turns out it was just muted :mad:

randombar

Hahaha ya it's like spending an hour wondering why the mouse isn't working and it's plugged out!!

So now the decision is, to drill out the speakers and check if they're working.

Any other suggestions??

ChristyCent

Could ya not get a lend of a stereo of someone from their car and try it?

fade2che

I bought the lidl one with bluetooth today and installed it no probs.
One thing I noticed tho was that while I had two ISO connectors connecting into the previous radio, the cables were in fact wired different to the diagram on the back of the lidl radio.
Do you have the colours of the wires you have rigged up to you two iso connectors. I can take a look tomorrow and let you know the colours running to my setup if you need.

From what I remember
Connector A
4 yellow
5 blue/white
7 red
8 black

Connector B
(4 pairs of + and -)
1 grey
2 grey/black
3 ?
4 ?
5 ?
6 ?
7 green
8 green/black
The remaining ones are white, white black, purple and purple/black.

Im not sure if this helps at all but if it does I can check more details or take a few pics tomorrow.

randombar

Ya that's the same as mine I think, I've had a look at the peugot cable layout and the lidl ones at they compare the same. I even found the code for the old radio put that back in and still no sound out of it.

From peoples experience do you think the speakers are knackered or would it be the cabling??

Thanks for the help anyway lads!

Harcrid

Well the fact it does not work with your old radio does seem to rule out the stereo. Have you a seperate amp in your car?