go through the settings on the radio, bass treble, fader balance etc, maybe someone was messing with the radio, or has the battery been disconnected returning everything to default ?

 

Tried all the settings on the radio. She only recently bought the car and its been that wat since she got it.

 

what year and what engine is it.

 

08 GTi.

 

QUOTE (Underhauled @ Dec 23 2011, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>what year and what engine is it.
Dont want to be a dick , but I'm curious as to what the year and engine of an mk5 gti has to do with the lack of bass from the cars radio?

 

I can look up the correct fuse locations for him and point him in a direction to check, assuming he hasn't looked at all the fuses already.

 

All the fuses are marked as audio system so it doesnt look like there is a seperate fuse for any sub.

What kind of sound system is fitted to these.

Question! If it has been like this since she got it how sure are you that there is something wrong?

 

Cheers for your help. I know theres something wrong because the sound is 5hit basically. I had one of these GTis meself and it was great sound. Standard radio in it.

 

Id say you have a hardware problem then. There are two fuses for the audio system, one in each fuse box. F17 and F15. Have a look.

 

Were the speakers ever changed?
It could be one of the speakers is wired in reverse ( Out of phase ) that cancles out any base you might get

 

Cheers for the help lads. She's just gona leave it in with vw and let them sort it. If its the radio itself she's gona replace with an rns unit.

 

It's refered to as bass by the way

 

QUOTE (Neilo @ Jan 5 2012, 11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's refered to as bass by the way

Yes,
Just spotted my spelling mistake after posting.. Couldn't be ar$ed editing it LOL

 

QUOTE (vrs_vec @ Jan 5 2012, 11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes,
Just spotted my spelling mistake after posting.. Couldn't be ar$ed editing it LOL

Haha ye i know and knew when posting, dont know why i typed base in.