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Car stereo in mono (fixed, cheers all)

The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
edited June 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
My car stereo output is in mono

This means it cuts out some important parts of certain songs

heeeeeelp meeeeeee

how do I fix it

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  • eternalbleternalbl Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Do both the right and left side speakers play the single channel? Is your stereo OEM?

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  • NaeblissNaebliss Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    If you can change the balance does it actually change the output?

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    eternalbl wrote: »
    Do both the right and left side speakers play the single channel? Is your stereo OEM?

    They both play yeah

    The stereo is aftermarket, though not anything fancy

    And yeah the balance changes the output

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    Is this a CD that you burned

    Did you burn it in mono

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Are you sure its wired up right?

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Is this a CD that you burned

    Did you burn it in mono

    Yeah, burnt them

    can't find the mono/stereo option though

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  • DaenrisDaenris Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The Black Hunter wrote: »
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Is this a CD that you burned

    Did you burn it in mono

    Yeah, burnt them

    can't find the mono/stereo option though

    Try playing the CD on a different CD player that definitely has stereo output, then you can confirm whether it's the disc or car stereo that is the problem.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    Usually when something is in mono it compresses both channels so that all of the L&R comes out both the L and R speakers. Unless your source is somehow ridiculous and only has the L channel and you're flipping that from side to side.

    When you balance all the way right, do you get the right channel stuff? Same Q with balancing left. If so, then your source material is probably okay. If not, then there's a good chance your source material is buggered. If you lose audio completely when you balance 100% in that direction, your speakers aren't hooked up or your deck is fucked.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    Now if you're saying you only get one channel when the balance is centered, but if you shift right or left you can hear those channels, then you're either confused and that's not actually the case or your deck is broken in the weirdest manner I have ever heard of.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Daenris wrote: »
    The Black Hunter wrote: »
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Is this a CD that you burned

    Did you burn it in mono

    Yeah, burnt them

    can't find the mono/stereo option though

    Try playing the CD on a different CD player that definitely has stereo output, then you can confirm whether it's the disc or car stereo that is the problem.

    Try playing normal radio on your radio too. Lets rule everything else out before we try to rewire it.

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