Pioneer Premier car stereo fader stopped working

[Joe[_12_]]

All of the sudden I cannot shift the fader from the front to back. It
will work when I push the button to the front speakers but when I push
the button down to go to the rear speakers it stops at zero. It looks
like the back speakers are hooked up fine so I'm wondering if I
tripped some sort of locking mechanism on the stereo or some wire fell
out in the back. Any ideas?

[Joe[_12_]]

On Jun 14, 4:55 am, ruens > wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:15:08 -0700 (PDT), Joe >
> wrote:
>
> >All of the sudden I cannot shift the fader from the front to back. It
> >will work when I push the button to the front speakers but when I push
> >the button down to go to the rear speakers it stops at zero. It looks
> >like the back speakers are hooked up fine so I'm wondering if I
> >tripped some sort of locking mechanism on the stereo or some wire fell
> >out in the back. Any ideas?
>
> What model is this in reference to? In any regard, resetting your head
> unit may just be the solution to your problem

DEH P330 Supertuner III

How do I reset the head unit?

[Sharky]

If this model is similar to the Pioneer DEH-P3300 that I just removed from
my own car,
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Source/CD-Players/DEH-P3300,
which it looks like it is, it should have a feature that will let you use
the rear speaker output as either normal rear speakers or a subwoofer
output. Although I never tried this feature myself, when it is in the
subwoofer mode, it may not let you fade to the rear speakers because the
head unit thinks that you have a front speaker and subwoofer setup. To
check this, power off the head unit with the key turned to accessory, and
hold down the Function button for 4 seconds. A menu will display on the
screen and one of the options in this menu lets you switch between rear and
subwoofer mode. Changing it to Front/Rear should fix your problem.

Not sure that this is your problem, but worth checking out.
Sharky

[Joe[_12_]]

On Jun 14, 6:46 pm, "Sharky" > wrote:
> If this model is similar to the Pioneer DEH-P3300 that I just removed from
> my own car,http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Source/...,
> which it looks like it is, it should have a feature that will let you use
> the rear speaker output as either normal rear speakers or a subwoofer
> output. Although I never tried this feature myself, when it is in the
> subwoofer mode, it may not let you fade to the rear speakers because the
> head unit thinks that you have a front speaker and subwoofer setup. To
> check this, power off the head unit with the key turned to accessory, and
> hold down the Function button for 4 seconds. A menu will display on the
> screen and one of the options in this menu lets you switch between rear and
> subwoofer mode. Changing it to Front/Rear should fix your problem.
>
> Not sure that this is your problem, but worth checking out.
> Sharky

That did the trick, thanks Sharky! Are there any other cool tricks I
should know about this unit? Is there an easy way to hook up an mp3
player wire to the back of the unit? I was thinking of buying a wire
like this

http://tinyurl.com/5n7746

and plugging it into the back. Can I reach under the dashboard and get
it in there or do I need to remove the unit? I'm somewhat of a novice
with this technical stuff but I'm much rather have a hardwired setup
than using an FM Tuner. My car is a 2000 honda civic.

[Joe[_12_]]

On Jun 14, 9:17 pm, Joe > wrote:
> On Jun 14, 6:46 pm, "Sharky" > wrote:
>
> > If this model is similar to the Pioneer DEH-P3300 that I just removed from
> > my own car,http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Source/...,
> > which it looks like it is, it should have a feature that will let you use
> > the rear speaker output as either normal rear speakers or a subwoofer
> > output. Although I never tried this feature myself, when it is in the
> > subwoofer mode, it may not let you fade to the rear speakers because the
> > head unit thinks that you have a front speaker and subwoofer setup. To
> > check this, power off the head unit with the key turned to accessory, and
> > hold down the Function button for 4 seconds. A menu will display on the
> > screen and one of the options in this menu lets you switch between rear and
> > subwoofer mode. Changing it to Front/Rear should fix your problem.
>
> > Not sure that this is your problem, but worth checking out.
> > Sharky
>
> That did the trick, thanks Sharky! Are there any other cool tricks I
> should know about this unit? Is there an easy way to hook up an mp3
> player wire to the back of the unit? I was thinking of buying a wire
> like this
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5n7746
>
> and plugging it into the back. Can I reach under the dashboard and get
> it in there or do I need to remove the unit? I'm somewhat of a novice
> with this technical stuff but I'm much rather have a hardwired setup
> than using an FM Tuner. My car is a 2000 honda civic.

For the record, I bought the wire and it worked! No more staticy fm
transmitters for me!