Why does my car audio shut off and my amp & sub continue playing?

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When I'm playing a song through a cd or aux-in iPod, the stereo sound cuts out and my subwoofer continues to play the bass of the song. I'm an automotive electrician by trade and have ripped the entire audio systems wires out and re done them myself from scratch, radio works fine but gets no bass input from the subwoofer. Test lighted both connections on the sub and have a stable earth point and a positive feed into it. Amp doesn't seem to have any problems that I know of, fuse is good connections are all ok. But still when I play music the song will cut out and the sub continues playing the bass notes of the track I had on. Please help.

Equipment:
2001 Mistubishi Lancer MR Coupe
JVC Head unit (not sure on spec)
MTX Audio Road-Thunder Amp
15" Pioneer Subwoofer
2x 6 by 9"s Sony Xplod!
2x 6" Sony Xplod! Splits
 
Have you checked the remote wire to the back of the CD player?
One time I had a problem with that and I just re-twisted it and it worked fine.
It sounds like oxygen is getting into your lines.
I hope this helps you...
 
honestly your best bet is to buy a pioneer cd deck.. it sounds to me like the amp inside the cd playr is getting to hot and shutting off. you also may just have wire crossed sumwer along the line...
 
your speakers that are running directly from your head unit(or radio) shut off after a certain volume or length of time? meanwhile the subs and amp continue to work right? i had the same issue. your problem is that your head unit cant push as much energy that is needed to run the speakers. there are a couple ways to solve this problem. run a bigger power and ground to your radio instead of that dinky little crap that comes with the stock. or you can simply install another amp and run the rest of your speakers to it. running the amp will give you way better sound quality too. i literally just finished installing my amp and running my speakers to it about an hour ago. i work into the night! haha
 
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