I Feel Pretty Stupid lol
 

So when I decided to get a BRZ, I knew the radio was not anything special, and to some sounded like crap. I was more concerned with how the car drove, how I fit in the car (I'm 6'2"), so when I test drove it and it passed these two criteria, I purchased my 2013 a couple weeks ago happily.

On the drive home, I plugged my iPod in to listen to some music, and the radio sounded tinny. Figured it was not great with the highway noise, and I'd adjust the EQ settings when I got home. Arrived home, and was appalled at the sound quality, thinking "I knew it's wasn't gonna be great, but didn't think it was gonna be this bad", and decided not to really listen to music in it as this is my first manual car and it would be a distraction.

Fast forward to today and I play music again, and think something has to be wrong with my radio, as people on this forum talk about how the bass rattles the interior, and no matter how much I adjust the eq settings I can barely get any bass. I open the door and put my ear up to the door speaker: nothing.

The fuse to the amp in the trunk was blown this whole time I've had the car and it took me almost 3 weeks to notice lol

Now the radio sounds decent and I'm even happier with the car than I was before :thumbup:

Do you know why it blew?

He put this on repeat:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk"]Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass - YouTube[/ame]

Not sure, besides the answer from above lol. The entire sound system is still stock from the previous owner, if this replacement fuse blows soon then I'll know I have a bigger problem. I don't blare my music or listen to much wubwubstep so hopefully it won't

Good job on diagnosing the issue on your own!

Better version that really is all about that bass:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTTX6Wlf1Y"]All About That [Upright] Bass - Meghan Trainor Cover - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Kate Davis - YouTube[/ame]

I got the same issue when i got my brz. I drove home and and noticed that there was no sound on the door speakers, went back to the dealer and they fixed it the next day... And it was the amp fuse too.

That could be it, in lieu of a better explanation.
I blew an internal fuse in an amp once by simply plugging in a MD player (yeah, long time ago...) A loud crack followed by utter silence.
I've since adapted the practice of turning everything off before connecting stuff up.

Perhaps the previous owner did some mods to the stereo and blew it?


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The stock stereo sounds so bad at high levels, I can't see how anyone would ever turn it up high enough to blow a fuse.

I have abosolutely hated this radio since day one. The only thing I like about it is that is connects via bluetooth. Thats about it. I hate the sound quality of it. I hate the controls. I hate the radio signal and really dislike the "HD" setting for the radio and basically will just cause way more static and other crap. Ipod connectivity is alright but when I try to charge my phone with it, it's god awful. It will not charge my phone at all. Really dissapointed with the radio for this car and I will be making a custom setup including headunit and speakers. Not to mention the door rattles when "bass" hits and makes it sound like you have a blown bass speaker.

Car drives AMAZING tho :thumbsup:

Get new speakers and a sub. Made my car bump

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#totalled.

Someone had to say it... :thumbup: