stereo turning itself down...grrrrrr!

[Tricky11]

bought a 2003 a4 avant qs

very pleased with it...except....when i play one of my louder cds on full blast for a while (20mins or so), the stereo turns itself down for about 30 secs!

unbelievable! its like my mum shouting at me 30 years ago to turn my skids records down!

its a chorus stereo...there's a tape and a six cd changer.

any thoughts?

its a tad annoying.

apart from that, am loving the audi...just passed 100k....

all advice appreciated

[qa15ar]

i had the same problem on mine untili changed the head unit. I assumed it was the amp going into protection mode

[bez101]

bought a 2003 a4 avant qs

very pleased with it...except....when i play one of my louder cds on full blast for a while (20mins or so), the stereo turns itself down for about 30 secs!

unbelievable! its like my mum shouting at me 30 years ago to turn my skids records down!

its a chorus stereo...there's a tape and a six cd changer.

any thoughts?

its a tad annoying.

apart from that, am loving the audi...just passed 100k....

all advice appreciated
its prob the volume button always happends on most audi units

[Tricky11]

thanks for the response, but the button is a knob (so to speak!) and seems fine....i forgot to mention, the bloody thing wont let me turn it back up until 20/30 sec have elapsed

what the flip can it be?

[bez101]

thanks for the response, but the button is a knob (so to speak!) and seems fine....i forgot to mention, the bloody thing wont let me turn it back up until 20/30 sec have elapsed

what the flip can it be?
yeah it is a knob and will look just the same iv had it on 3 headunits everytime its been the knob button i just get second hand with no code cheaper ! and swap the fronts

[xenon]

I would think that the headunit is overheating and reducing the volume will allow it to cool down. Do you get the problem at all when listening at a more reasonable level? There is not much you can do without upgrading the headunit - then you'll have to be careful you don't blow the speakers!

[RickT]

Hi,

It does this as protection, mine does it also when you play something @ volume 30 for a longer period of time..

Rick