# Aftermarket CD deck randomly stopped working

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aftermarket-cd-deck-randomly-stopped-working/106491>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [May 12, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aftermarket-cd-deck-randomly-stopped-working/106491 "2007-05-12T13:48:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aftermarket-cd-deck-randomly-stopped-working/106491/1 "2007-05-12T13:48:36Z")

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Hey guys,

I was driving along and my CD deck randomly shut off on me. It’s kind of randomly done it in the past if I accellerate really hard, but it usually comes back on. This time however, it didn’t come back on, and I wasn’t accellerating really hard… It just shut off.

Now here’s the quirk, I think it was still getting power, but no display. I changed it for another CD deck known to work, and when I hit the eject button, the ejection motor comes on, but there’s no display, and no sound. Any ideas?

I know the deck is wired up correctly, and it was done with one of those harness kits.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![agent240sx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@agent240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/agent240sx)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aftermarket-cd-deck-randomly-stopped-working/106491/2 "2007-05-12T21:58:05Z")

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How is the deck grounded? to the harness? if so take it off the harness and attach it securely on a piece of metal either around the shifter or the metal brackets around the center console area. Could be just a bad/loose ground… has happened to me before turned out to be the ground.

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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aftermarket-cd-deck-randomly-stopped-working/106491/3 "2007-05-13T09:00:36Z")

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Fixed it, it was actually a bogus ignition power connection. I just re wired the whole deck directly. The only part that’s actually attached to any of the wires from the stereo harness are the speaker wires.