Stereo Problem

I have a problem with my stereo that I was hoping you guys could help me with.

This past spring I got my 1995 Mustang out of storage and as I was replacing the battery, I blew a fuse (bad battery, long story). The fuse was the one that powers the stereo, speedometer, odometer, etc. I replaced it without any trouble and everything works, except my stereo. I can turn the head unit on and it will pick up radio stations fine (I think), but no sound comes from the speakers, no hissing, buzzing, static, nothing. When I put it away for the winter, everything was working just fine. By the way, it is a completely stock, non-Mach 460, system.

If any of you have some idea what is wrong I would GREATLY appreciate some insight. Thanks a lot!

I followed you guy's advice and have checked every single fuse that I could find under the hood and steering wheel. Unfortunately, all of them are good. The only thing I didn't check where those metallic thing-a-jiggers in the fuse box because I didn't see any way to check them and I have no idea what they are.

How I blew the fuse in the first place is kind of a long story. When I put my car in storage for the winter I pulled the battery. I wanted to put it somewhere out of the way, so I put it on a shelf down in our basement. This spring, when I went to grab it, I found that it had fallen off the shelf somehow (it was a foot from the edge last time I had checked). I checked to make sure it didn't have any cracks in the casing and that the fluid levels were good before I threw it on the charger.

When it was done charging, I put it in the car and connected one of the terminals. As I touched the other terminal with the other cable, it started to melt the lead battery terminal. I immediately disconnected it and got the battery out of my car. The cables were connected to the correct terminals. When I got a new battery and hooked it up is when I noticed that I had blown the fuse.