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2000 1st Gen Honda-CRV Headunit Installation Issues I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY THIS WONT WORK
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<blockquote data-quote="littlepoppa" data-source="post: 8870544" data-attributes="member: 690923"><p><h3>2000 1st Gen Honda CRV Headunit Installation Issues</h3><p><img src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I will attempt to keep this as short and to the point as possible... I NEED HELP this is driving me crazy hahah</p><p></p><p>Here is the headunit that I bought for a <strong>2000 1st Gen Honda-CRV</strong>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLD2P6Q3/?tag=caraudiocom-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLD2P6Q3/?tag=caraudiocom-20</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Here are my issues...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>1:</strong> The headunit came with a prewired harness that fits the existing car connection BUT.... when I connect it to the car nothing happens. It wont turn on. This should be simple plug and play, am I wrong to think this?</p><p></p><p><strong>2:</strong> Because the pre wired harness was not working I bought a wiring harness compatible with a 2000 Honda CRV and snipped the prewired harness and then rewired as followed in an effort to troubleshoot:</p><p>Here is the harness I bought: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W34BOW/?tag=caraudiocom-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W34BOW/?tag=caraudiocom-20</a></p><p>Yellow = 12v constant power</p><p>Black = GND</p><p>Red = Ignition</p><p>and then the remaining speaker wires to the correct corresponding wires on the harness....</p><p><em><strong>After all this STILL NOTHING....it wont turn on.</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong>3:</strong></p><p>This is more of a question than an issue but the black GND wire is split (I havent seen this before) one side of the wire is thicker than the other and that is what I used to connect to the harness, the other thinner end of the black wire I capped off. What does this mean? Anyone know why it is split? Could this be a reason why its not working?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Any help or guidance with this is GREATLY APPRECIATED I need to get this to work ASAP. The only thing I havent done is check connections with a multimeter, I plan on doing this....</p><p></p><p>THANK YOU ALL!!!!! SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="littlepoppa, post: 8870544, member: 690923"] [HEADING=2]2000 1st Gen Honda CRV Headunit Installation Issues[/HEADING] [IMG]https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png[/IMG] I will attempt to keep this as short and to the point as possible... I NEED HELP this is driving me crazy hahah Here is the headunit that I bought for a [B]2000 1st Gen Honda-CRV[/B]: [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLD2P6Q3/?tag=caraudiocom-20[/URL] [B]Here are my issues... 1:[/B] The headunit came with a prewired harness that fits the existing car connection BUT.... when I connect it to the car nothing happens. It wont turn on. This should be simple plug and play, am I wrong to think this? [B]2:[/B] Because the pre wired harness was not working I bought a wiring harness compatible with a 2000 Honda CRV and snipped the prewired harness and then rewired as followed in an effort to troubleshoot: Here is the harness I bought: [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W34BOW/?tag=caraudiocom-20[/URL] Yellow = 12v constant power Black = GND Red = Ignition and then the remaining speaker wires to the correct corresponding wires on the harness.... [I][B]After all this STILL NOTHING....it wont turn on.[/B][/I] [B]3:[/B] This is more of a question than an issue but the black GND wire is split (I havent seen this before) one side of the wire is thicker than the other and that is what I used to connect to the harness, the other thinner end of the black wire I capped off. What does this mean? Anyone know why it is split? Could this be a reason why its not working? Any help or guidance with this is GREATLY APPRECIATED I need to get this to work ASAP. The only thing I havent done is check connections with a multimeter, I plan on doing this.... THANK YOU ALL!!!!! SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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