One of those days...
 

Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
it?

Thanks.

Re: One of those days...
 

ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
===================================

Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
all the interior lights and sliding doors.

'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
===================================

Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
all the interior lights and sliding doors.

'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
===================================

Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
all the interior lights and sliding doors.

'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
===================================

Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
all the interior lights and sliding doors.

'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

"ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>

Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.

Mike

Re: One of those days...
 

"ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>

Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.

Mike

Re: One of those days...
 

"ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>

Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.

Mike

Re: One of those days...
 

"ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>

Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.

Mike

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks so much for the quick response. I'm pretty sure the battery is
"working as designed" (it's definitely holding a charge and cranking
the same as it always has). I disconnected the battery for a couple of
minutes, reconnected it, entered the "code" and still have the same
problem. The only thing that is not working is the sound on the radio.
Do you have any other suggestions? Because this radio has a
subwoofer, I suspect it has circuitry independent of the radio. I
opened the fuse box on the driver's side of the engine compartment and
didn't see a single fuse relating to the radio or sound system. Are
those fuses somewhere else?

The battery never did sound like it had a lot of cranking power from
the day I drove it off the lot. It's a low priced vehicle, probably
with a low priced battery.

Thanks, again.


motsco_ wrote:
> ritpg wrote:
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> ===================================
>
> Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
> then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
> disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
> all the interior lights and sliding doors.
>
> 'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks so much for the quick response. I'm pretty sure the battery is
"working as designed" (it's definitely holding a charge and cranking
the same as it always has). I disconnected the battery for a couple of
minutes, reconnected it, entered the "code" and still have the same
problem. The only thing that is not working is the sound on the radio.
Do you have any other suggestions? Because this radio has a
subwoofer, I suspect it has circuitry independent of the radio. I
opened the fuse box on the driver's side of the engine compartment and
didn't see a single fuse relating to the radio or sound system. Are
those fuses somewhere else?

The battery never did sound like it had a lot of cranking power from
the day I drove it off the lot. It's a low priced vehicle, probably
with a low priced battery.

Thanks, again.


motsco_ wrote:
> ritpg wrote:
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> ===================================
>
> Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
> then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
> disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
> all the interior lights and sliding doors.
>
> 'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks so much for the quick response. I'm pretty sure the battery is
"working as designed" (it's definitely holding a charge and cranking
the same as it always has). I disconnected the battery for a couple of
minutes, reconnected it, entered the "code" and still have the same
problem. The only thing that is not working is the sound on the radio.
Do you have any other suggestions? Because this radio has a
subwoofer, I suspect it has circuitry independent of the radio. I
opened the fuse box on the driver's side of the engine compartment and
didn't see a single fuse relating to the radio or sound system. Are
those fuses somewhere else?

The battery never did sound like it had a lot of cranking power from
the day I drove it off the lot. It's a low priced vehicle, probably
with a low priced battery.

Thanks, again.


motsco_ wrote:
> ritpg wrote:
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> ===================================
>
> Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
> then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
> disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
> all the interior lights and sliding doors.
>
> 'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks so much for the quick response. I'm pretty sure the battery is
"working as designed" (it's definitely holding a charge and cranking
the same as it always has). I disconnected the battery for a couple of
minutes, reconnected it, entered the "code" and still have the same
problem. The only thing that is not working is the sound on the radio.
Do you have any other suggestions? Because this radio has a
subwoofer, I suspect it has circuitry independent of the radio. I
opened the fuse box on the driver's side of the engine compartment and
didn't see a single fuse relating to the radio or sound system. Are
those fuses somewhere else?

The battery never did sound like it had a lot of cranking power from
the day I drove it off the lot. It's a low priced vehicle, probably
with a low priced battery.

Thanks, again.


motsco_ wrote:
> ritpg wrote:
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> ===================================
>
> Now that your battery is OK you need to disconnect it for 20 seconds and
> then hook it up again. Some things need to reset, and a complete
> disconnect is the only way. The Odyssey is WAY worse for this because of
> all the interior lights and sliding doors.
>
> 'Curly'

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks for the response, Mike. I'm not inclined to think it's the
battery. It holds a charge and cranks the way it always has. Any
other thoughts?


Michael Pardee wrote:
> "ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
> right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
> you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
> under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.
>
> Mike

Re: One of those days...
 

Thanks for the response, Mike. I'm not inclined to think it's the
battery. It holds a charge and cranks the way it always has. Any
other thoughts?


Michael Pardee wrote:
> "ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165374977.558717.250910@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> > Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> > course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> > surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> > before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> > the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> > died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> > jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> > no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> > can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> > the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> > sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> > it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Sure sounds like a bad battery, with a possibility it isn't being charged
> right. Depending on your climate, the battery either died young or not. If
> you are in Arizona two years is about the best you can hope for from an
> under-the-hood battery. If you are in Wisconsin that's pretty bad.
>
> Mike