91 Cavalier sound problems

[MadroxKnox]

Hey what's up everyone, this is my first time posting after searching the Web for hours for a solution.

As the title says I have a 91 Cavalier and I'm having problems hooking up the stereo. I bought an aftermarket wiring harness and I have a dual xom6350 stereo. I hooked all the wires up properly and have power going to the unit but no sound. The wires are all hooked up using butt connectors. Also on my harness there is an orange wire that has no adjoining wire one the unit. I checked the diagram and it says the orange is for constant 12v but the wire on the deck for constant is yellow I believe and it has a matching wire. I've been messing with this for a couple days now and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

That orange does in fact connect to the yellow. What are you trying to play with? Radio, CD, aux line in?

 

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Oh yeah, welcome to the forum!

 

[MadroxKnox]

I tried hooking the orange up to the yellow but then had no power. I am trying to play cd, aux, usb and radio

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

Try a different stereo? Don't go with Boss or Dual, they are very low quality decks.

 

[MadroxKnox]

Is that all I can do? Just go with a different stereo?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

Try and run a speaker directly off the head unit. Meaning, hook one up where you can make sure the inboard amp is actually working. If the unit is powering up, make sure its playing. Might just have the speaker wires a little off

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

^That too. If I were you I'd take the deck out of the car and wire it up to a computer power supply in the house or wherever you may be working, just kinda allows you to lay everything out and see what is hooked where.

 

[calebkhill 10+ year member]

Why not post your car's diagram and your stereos diagram here, maybe we can help you match the wires

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

colours on the after-market deck wiring harness wont be a straight match for what is in the dash in your car.... so i'd say check/redo your wiring

 

[MadroxKnox]

This is the stereos wiring Dual XDM6350 Installation Manual (Page 3 of 24)

This is the cars wiring 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier | Stereo Wiring Diagram

I have tried hooking one speaker up a couple different times but nothing happens. I hooked the old stereo up and it's still working if that makes a difference.

I've also looked at the factory harness and tried matching up the wires to where they lead out onto the aftermarket one and they all lead up except that orange one. And when the orange is hooked up to where it is supposed to be on the deck I get standby power but it will not turn on.

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

get the positive and negative wires for what you think might be a speaker wire and touch the pos and neg on each side of a AA battery, this will send a tiny amount of pwr through to the speaker, making it easier to find out what pair is for what speakers

 

[MadroxKnox]

Ok so the right from speaker isn't working. All the rest are and are the same as the harness and deck say. Now what do I do?

 

[calebkhill 10+ year member]

Have the antenna hooked up and try listening through the fm tuner

 

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So your getting sound now?

 

[MadroxKnox]

Well I got the static through the AA batteries. I'm just wondering if it will still function fine without having the right front speaker hooked up for now.

 

[calebkhill 10+ year member]

Naw, just tape those wires up