430 No sound from radio

Fuse?

 

The radio comes out easy enough to check the wires out the back of it

 

Check the fuse to the amp if present. Could be blown. That and then work to the back of the unit.

 

If you have something working on a fuse, it must be good. They only take a minute to check as they come out easy with a set of needle nose pliers

 

Sounds like a reasonable assumption, but I haven’t seen any F430 diagrams which include the parking sensors. PDF9 is powered when the ignition is on. PDF10 is live battery power and will be used for radio memory. Does the parking system need to remember anything?

 

Does your car have the hi-fi option? That is, does it have the small speaker box located against the firewall behind the seats, and the small booster located underneath the dash.

 

Does the car have a quick muting button or something which mutes the audio when an optional car phone is being used?

 

If you have an amp, the setup may be something like this:

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i.e. A fuse on the back, plus some wiring for options. There is a mute wire, which, if accidentally shorted to ground, might cause issues (see note).

 

@alecela: Silly question have you tried turning the volume all the way up?

 

If you have a factory hi-fi amp, it will be inside of this leather covered cradle hanging underneath the center of the dash.

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If I were you, I would get my hands on another radio for testing purposes. Any cheap radio will do. You just need to hook up power, ground, turn on, and one speaker (white wire and white/black striped wire, for example). If you get any sound, then you can get your original radio refurbished, or just purchase another one.

 

Don't worry about it!
When I acquired my 2006 F430 five years ago I turned the radio on to see if it worked and it did.
I have not listened to it since as there are much better sounds going on.

 

Unlike me, my wife does not appreciate listening to an engine screaming at 9 grand for four hours straight. Ergo, the stereo.

 

I'd bet based on what you're describing that the amplifier in the radio that outputs power to the speakers has gone bad. As mentioned above, plug in a different working radio and see if that produces sound.

 

Same here. The radio was flashing so I got the code and programed it in, and checked it out and decided the engine sound was much more pleasing. In the last 12 years I have turned the radio on 2 times. Not sure why they even put a radio in the car.

 

The exhaust fan above my stove has a bad bearing. Jessica says it sounds just like the engine in my Ferrari. This is why we have radios.