Extra hot CD player

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Am just putting the stock CD player back in my DC5 (just the single DIN one) when i power it up it gets very hot. I had it going for 5 min an felt the back of it i am sure it would burn me it is that hot!!! is this normal?

I know thay are supposed to heat up a bit but this is seriously hot. I dont want to start a fire in my car. Any thoughts?

[M a i k e r u]

maybe take it to a auto electrician to have a look?

[tinkerbell]

hmmm, concerning...

sure one of the amplified outputs is not shorting to ground anywhere?

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Dont think it has amp outputs but will check if any think else is shorting out. So i take it that its not normal. Thanks for your replies

[tinkerbell]

sorry, "amp outputs" = "speaker outputs"

the amplifier inside the CD player drives the speakers...

the amplifier gets hot when it is passing a lot of current...

so it would be getting hot if you were playing loud source, or had a shorted wire...