Dead Speakers

[08Elf]

I bought an R32 skyline about 6 months ago, when I bought the car the speakers in the front and rear were very quite even if you had it turned up fully. I assumed the speakers had blown. So I went out and bought 6.5 for the back and 6" plits for the front installed them and they had been running fine.

The CD unit it the stock one that came with the cars so it's fairly old about 15 years. When playing CD's sometimes it would skip/cut out (not reguarly about 1 times during 10 tracks) I put this down to the age of the CD player.

Today I drove to a friends house and tried to start the car and it had alot of trouble I think it my be the battery, but then when I drove home and was about to turn the car off the speakers went silent. I turned the car off and back on still nothing, I've tried radio and CD's I get nothin'.

Is anyone able to tell me why this is happening, I assume now it's because the speaks are having to much power run to them, but i've looked at all the wiring and it is factory, the only wires to change are the wires from the new speakers and they go straight into the head unit (as the factory ones were)

Also i've been to an audio place they reckon it might be because the seapkers arne't getting enough watts running to them....I think the standard head deck runs about 30W per channel and the speaks are 180W.

Anyone got any ideas?

[martydaman]

did the speakers cut out after the engine was turned off?? if so i suggest checking your alternator, maybe its not working correctly, its obvoiusly working to some extent but have it checked maybe... wiring is always a possibilty too