Kenwood DPX302 CD Player "radio protect mode reset" Questions

Mode will Not Play Radio or CD I own a Kenwood Car Stereo. The KDC-MP238. While playing a CD I hit a large pot hole and the Radio went into ''Proteced'' Mode. It will no longer play CD's or the Radio.

radio is in protect it usually means you have a short or ground in the speakers or speaker wires. Sometimes you can reset the radio and it will go away. If all of your speakers and speaker wires check

...just above the headphone jack. I used a paperclip to push in while the radio was on and it worked immediately! The word "protect" disappeared, then I just had to push the power button to turn it

..."reset". push a pin in the hole to reset the radio. Most of the time that will take it out of protect mode and radio will work. if it is still in protect mode, then do what tech says, test the

radio and enter the code.. it goes right back to protect mode... is there a way to ''hard reboot'' the thing? hold down preset 3 & 6 + reset press preset 1 - shows dc err press preset 1 - shows dc

...radio is turned off and reset the protect button. The Protect Button is pin hole size and is located right above the headphone jack. Hence all shpuld be good from there on. Reset To get past the ...

protect mode without ever allowing the play sources to be accessed like it did before. Does it need to be unlocked by a dealer or something or is there still a short or ground issue. What do I do? Any

...radio is in protect mode. How do i get it off? If it is in protect (Blink):- The speaker wire has a short-circuit or touches the chassis of the vehicle, and then the protection function is ...

If there is no reset switch, try disconnecting power to the radio for a few seconds. If the radio still remains in protect mode, chances are you probably have a blown output ic or voltage regulator ic