Sterio not working

[94 dodge]

Hi I have a 94 dodge regular cab pickup. I had pioneer speakers put in it a few years ago along with a basic single din kenwood radio. I just restored the interior and found
there are 2 more speakers behind the seats so I put new pioneer speakers there and found out they weren’t wired to the radio. I hooked them up and they worked for a few days and then my radio started flashing protect. I did some research and figured I had a short. I unhooked the speakers that I put in behind the seats and and the radio stopped working all together. I have power to the radio but it won’t turn on. Just curious if someone has run into something similar to this?

thanks

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[1aespinoza Premium Member]

Just curious if someone has run into something similar to this

I have never heard of a radio having that protect feature. Did it say protect on the screen?
Anyways, I assume you have checked the fuses on the radio. Did you also make sure the red wire was getting power. Both Red and Yellow wires need power for radio to function.

 

[94 dodge]

Yea it would just flash protect on the screen. Both the red and yellow have power. All the fuses were good even the one on the back of the radio. I even had another radio lying around that I plugged into it and still nothing.

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

Yea it would just flash protect on the screen. Both the red and yellow have power. All the fuses were good even the one on the back of the radio. I even had another radio lying around that I plugged into it and still nothing.

So two separate radios are not working at all?

 

[94 dodge]

So two separate radios are not working at all?

Yes. If I can’t figure it out I’ll just take it somewhere and see if they can figure it out.
Thanks for the response

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

Yes. If I can’t figure it out I’ll just take it somewhere and see if they can figure it out.
Thanks for the response

Try connecting each radio directly to the battery.

 

[94 dodge]

I will give that a try
Thanks

 

[94 dodge]

I got it figured out i had a bad ground, came back on as soon as i fixed it.

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

I got it figured out i had a bad ground, came back on as soon as i fixed it.

Hell yeah! I thought about the ground as a culprit but then logic stepped in and said, (in distinguished gentleman's voice) "That is highly improbable."

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I got it figured out i had a bad ground, came back on as soon as i fixed it.

Sometimes its the most simplistic culprit that eats our Lunch man. LOL, Glad to hear you went through the wiring first before pulling it back out. Good deal man!!