for the love of god help me

[bringitonhome]

just finished wiring up my clarion head unit to a scoche wiring harness adaptor in my 97 maxima and as soon as i connect the power the antenna goes up but nothing else happens i turn on the car still nothing. no fuses are blown and its wired right blue to blue black to black ect. any idea of my problem?
thanks

[nosaj070]

i would hate to be captain obvious, but did you try pressing the power or source button on the hu? i know i almost **** myself when mine didn't turn on, but all i had to do was hit the source button, otherwise check power and ground wires, and that no bare wires are touching and the harness is plugged in completely, sometimes they're kidna tough to get completely together

[bringitonhome]

i pressed power didnt press source but i figured power should get me something and wtf is up with the antenna thing

[nosaj070]

well it should mean that atleast your power antenna/remote wire is correctly connected, other wise i really dont know what to tell you, check connections i guess, or it could be a lemon?

[nswartley]

check and recheck the wiring...

http://www.installdr.com/ sometimes has helpful tutorials for your car..

-nate

[Shugarra]

You might have to do the ground straight from the deck. In my 94 maxima the bose system worked fine but when I hooked in my new head unit I had to run the ground wire straight from the deck wire harness to the ground, apparently the stock ground wasn't good enough or something.

[bringitonhome]

do you remember where in the dash your ran it to i wqas thinking of doing that but couldnt find a good spot
thanks

[bringitonhome]

eureka bad ground! thanks for the help