Pioneer MVH-S215BT amp error?

bennylava · Mar 13, 2023

Hi all, car audio newb here. I bought an inexpensive radio for my old silverado pickup, to use until I get a real sound system put in. It's a Pioneer MVH-S215BT that I installed myself. Wasn't difficult and seemed to work fine right away.

But today I get in the truck, and nothing on the radio works. It's just flashing "AMP ERR" at me. As you can see from the pic. No radio, no bluetooth, no USB, nothing will work. There is no sound. And I do not have an amp in the the truck. Am I to assume that it's talking about it's own internal little amplifier?

Anyone know what this typically means? Do I have a dead new head unit? Thank you

SSinstaller · Mar 13, 2023

Bad speaker or bad wiring behind the radio usually. There probably isn't anything wrong with the radio itself, but you should turn the radio off until you can properly diagnose your problem.

Thomasluke7899 · Mar 13, 2023

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bennylava · Mar 14, 2023

Thanks guys! I recently reinstalled my rear speakers. HU worked fine up to that point. Maybe there's a short somewhere or something. I'll take them out and have a look. Never new a HU would detect something wrong with a speaker and give you an error message.

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