No cabin speaker output after using switch for wakeplate
I was doing some garage boating in my 2006 XLV...listening to the stereo in the boat and wrapping up some projects. I accidentally bumped the wake plate switch down when I was working around the dash. There was a crackling/popping noise and immediately lost cabin speaker output. The subs were still going, which are on another amp. I could not get the speakers to work without cycling the on/off switch at the helm. As soon as my phone paired the speakers all worked. Tried it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke incident and the same thing. Loud crackle pop and no cabin speaker output. I tried to turn the head unit on and off, pause then play the music, turn the volume all the way down then back up. Nothing worked so again I cycled the rocker switch and everything worked normally after that. I did the same thing a few more times and it did it every time. The cabin and tower speakers are run off of the same amp. However the tower speakers are not connected right now. I removed the tower to replace the pads and have not hooked up the tower speakers back to the amp yet.
In the past I would always have some popping & crackle noise every time I would adjust the wake plate, but it never lost any speaker output. I had read about a resistor mod or something like that in the past and figured I would get to it one of these days.
Obviously the engine wasn't running when it did this. It was not on a battery charger or maintainer at that time. Past few months I have been working on the ballast system, new subwoofer box, both floor panels were out, tower was removed.
Any idea what to check or where to start?
