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i bought a new JVC head unit the other day and when its been on for more than an hour it gets really hot and the CDs come out absolutly roasting hot. does anyone know if this is normal or is my car just gona blow up or somethin?

does it have a heatsheild on the back?its a chunk of metal made to absorb all the heat away from the unit,if its a mad unit it may not have been fitted when u installed it,may be loose in the packaging??

If its not that then is it cramped in the area its fitted,are the heater pipes back there that are making its home hot?

Maybe try taking it out and running it for an hour just sat on the centre console infront of the gearknob?? Are u playing it at really loud volume,i know my headunit gets mega hot if i crank it up for any extended legnths of time,its never cut out on me tho

to be honest, it has been turned up really loud like, thats probably it. nice one cheers

chaaaaav,only kiddin fella,good tip is to only turn it up about 2/3 power

I run my alpine unit at 22 max,it goes to 35

Any more volume needed use an amp as itll keep the signal clean

nice one. im not gona have it turned up that loud now until i get my full system sorted. cheers for the help.

yep, get your self some amps and let them make the music loud !, im sellin some at the mo if your interested

what amps you sellin?

i got a fusion one, it s the one you get with the fusion sub and amp package from halfods

Headunits are ment to run hot, I only know of about one that is fitted with a cooling fan and thats b'cos its an all singing all dancing Alpine and costs over £400.

Theres not too much you can do about it

im not that worried about it gettin hot it's just that it only needs to be on for about an hour & it will be properly hot. it's not even on that high volume, goes up to 50 i have it on between 15 & 20.

on for an hour,i cant remember the last time i was in my car for an hour,try 4 hours with it set to 2/3 power,itll be too hot to touch lol