Mach 460 died?

94mustanggt · April 13th, 2006, 11:28 PM

hey everyone i just bought a 94 mustang gt with the mach 460 stereo system it has a am/fm/cass no cd player i was driving down the road today listenin to the radio and it just stopped playing i have no clue what happened i mean i really like the mach 460 what can i do?? o yeah and the head unit is working fine its getting a signal from the anntenna and i tried a cass it didnt work either i think its an amp prob but im not sure

Drgnracin72 · April 14th, 2006, 01:53 AM

try checkin all the connections on the back of the radio first!

94mustanggt · April 14th, 2006, 02:56 AM

are there fuses under the steering column for the stereo i checked under the hood already

Drgnracin72 · April 14th, 2006, 02:58 AM

hell man to tell you the truth i dont know much about steareos

99mustang232 · April 14th, 2006, 09:20 AM

does the radio power up but no sound?

xx9gt6xx · April 14th, 2006, 11:02 AM

My 460's out too. The amps for the 6x8's are blown I think because they don't work but all the tweeter speakers do. Hmmm..

ckthecerealkiller · April 14th, 2006, 09:40 PM

It could be a blown fuse, a bad connection or blown amps.

Start by checking the fuses then check all the connections and if that doesn't work check to see if your amps are giving out power.

Oh and xx9gt6xx if you only get highs from your tweets both of your amps are blown. You can replace the stock amps really easily but it is going to be like 400-550 dollars for the two amps in the back.

I would reccomend an aftermarket amp. But warning, your system will most likely not give out the same amount of bass!! You might need to get a small extra subwoofer if you get a new aftermarket amp.

94mustanggt · April 15th, 2006, 12:23 AM

hey everyone things for all your input, this morning i was looking under the steering column and noticed a switch mounted by the hood release i switched it on and the stereo worked again the previous owner must have installed it

94mustanggt · April 16th, 2006, 12:26 AM

hey everyone again my stereo stopped working again its not the switch that was installed that is to a glass break security thingy i checked all the connections behind the radio and all fuses under steering column and under the hood iono what the problem is i was just goin down the interstate and i just quit the head unit is fine and everything sounded perfect the it just stopped playing music no speakers work at all!

ckthecerealkiller · April 16th, 2006, 03:04 AM

Get a friends stereo and hook it up to yours, I think it might be the deck. If it is just a cheap am/fm with cass the deck might have gone out.....

94mustanggt · April 16th, 2006, 12:44 PM

its the stock one, if it is out what is the best adaptor to use to hook up an aftermarket deck oyeah the hu appears to be fine getting a signal from the att n' everything so iono

94mustanggt · April 17th, 2006, 12:06 AM

hey again i figured out that it wasent my head unit i think now it is the power amp is it possible to bypass that amp?

ckthecerealkiller · April 17th, 2006, 01:42 AM

Both of the amps in the mach 460 work sequetially so there is no true "power amp."

If you know someone else with the mach 460 or mach 1000 you can easily swap one of the amps and it should make a huge difference.

Chances are that if one of your amps are blown, both are.

94mustanggt · April 17th, 2006, 04:37 PM

what about the amp behind the head unit?

ckthecerealkiller · April 18th, 2006, 12:27 PM

I think you are reffering to the head unit amp. Pretty much all modern head units have a very small amplifier but they are not anywhere near strong enough to power most quality speaker setups. That is why you have the extra amps in the back.

If that is blown your head unit wouldn't even work.

94mustanggt · April 19th, 2006, 12:14 AM

ok that helps alot one more question. do you think it could be a loose connection somewhere or a bad ground because it will turn on and off randomly, plus im trying to find a head unit to try to use

ckthecerealkiller · April 19th, 2006, 11:55 AM

If that is the case, you have a 95% chance that its a (or several) loose connection(s).

94mustanggt · April 20th, 2006, 12:51 AM

hey again everyone walmart had a sony xplod head unit with aux input for 89.99 and i was suprised to find a wiring harness that worked with the ford "premium sound system" i plugged it in to the back of the old radio connections and hooked up the new stereo and it sounded great. the guys at best buy and local audio stores said it couldnt be done with a mach 460, but it sounds just as good as stock and it took less than 20 min to install. o yeah and by the way the harness was only $9.99!

ckthecerealkiller · April 20th, 2006, 02:00 AM

That's what I origionally thought it would be, good buy by the way! Good price and Xplod makes a good head unit but I am not one for the woofers.....

Don't blare it too loud!!!

94mustanggt · April 21st, 2006, 10:52 PM

wtf the system sounded perfect im going home from skool today and it cut off again wtf!!!!!!! anybody have any other ideas i guess it wasent the hu afterall

April 13th, 2006, 11:28 PM	#1
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	Mach 460 died? hey everyone i just bought a 94 mustang gt with the mach 460 stereo system it has a am/fm/cass no cd player i was driving down the road today listenin to the radio and it just stopped playing i have no clue what happened i mean i really like the mach 460 what can i do?? o yeah and the head unit is working fine its getting a signal from the anntenna and i tried a cass it didnt work either i think its an amp prob but im not sure

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April 14th, 2006, 02:56 AM	#3
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	are there fuses under the steering column for the stereo i checked under the hood already

April 14th, 2006, 09:40 PM	#7
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	It could be a blown fuse, a bad connection or blown amps. Start by checking the fuses then check all the connections and if that doesn't work check to see if your amps are giving out power. Oh and xx9gt6xx if you only get highs from your tweets both of your amps are blown. You can replace the stock amps really easily but it is going to be like 400-550 dollars for the two amps in the back. I would reccomend an aftermarket amp. But warning, your system will most likely not give out the same amount of bass!! You might need to get a small extra subwoofer if you get a new aftermarket amp.

April 15th, 2006, 12:23 AM	#8
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	hey everyone things for all your input, this morning i was looking under the steering column and noticed a switch mounted by the hood release i switched it on and the stereo worked again the previous owner must have installed it

April 16th, 2006, 12:26 AM	#9
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	hey everyone again my stereo stopped working again its not the switch that was installed that is to a glass break security thingy i checked all the connections behind the radio and all fuses under steering column and under the hood iono what the problem is i was just goin down the interstate and i just quit the head unit is fine and everything sounded perfect the it just stopped playing music no speakers work at all!

April 16th, 2006, 03:04 AM	#10
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	Get a friends stereo and hook it up to yours, I think it might be the deck. If it is just a cheap am/fm with cass the deck might have gone out..... __________________

April 16th, 2006, 12:44 PM	#11
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	its the stock one, if it is out what is the best adaptor to use to hook up an aftermarket deck oyeah the hu appears to be fine getting a signal from the att n' everything so iono

April 17th, 2006, 12:06 AM	#12
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	hey again i figured out that it wasent my head unit i think now it is the power amp is it possible to bypass that amp?

April 17th, 2006, 01:42 AM	#13
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	Both of the amps in the mach 460 work sequetially so there is no true "power amp." If you know someone else with the mach 460 or mach 1000 you can easily swap one of the amps and it should make a huge difference. Chances are that if one of your amps are blown, both are.

April 17th, 2006, 04:37 PM	#14
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	what about the amp behind the head unit?

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April 18th, 2006, 12:27 PM	#15
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	I think you are reffering to the head unit amp. Pretty much all modern head units have a very small amplifier but they are not anywhere near strong enough to power most quality speaker setups. That is why you have the extra amps in the back. If that is blown your head unit wouldn't even work.

April 19th, 2006, 12:14 AM	#16
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	ok that helps alot one more question. do you think it could be a loose connection somewhere or a bad ground because it will turn on and off randomly, plus im trying to find a head unit to try to use

April 19th, 2006, 11:55 AM	#17
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	If that is the case, you have a 95% chance that its a (or several) loose connection(s). __________________

April 20th, 2006, 12:51 AM	#18
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	hey again everyone walmart had a sony xplod head unit with aux input for 89.99 and i was suprised to find a wiring harness that worked with the ford "premium sound system" i plugged it in to the back of the old radio connections and hooked up the new stereo and it sounded great. the guys at best buy and local audio stores said it couldnt be done with a mach 460, but it sounds just as good as stock and it took less than 20 min to install. o yeah and by the way the harness was only $9.99!

April 20th, 2006, 02:00 AM	#19
ckthecerealkiller Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Windsor CO Posts: 936	That's what I origionally thought it would be, good buy by the way! Good price and Xplod makes a good head unit but I am not one for the woofers..... Don't blare it too loud!!! __________________

April 21st, 2006, 10:52 PM	#20
94mustanggt Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 35	wtf the system sounded perfect im going home from skool today and it cut off again wtf!!!!!!! anybody have any other ideas i guess it wasent the hu afterall