97 Range Rover Stereo Issues...

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

Just got everything wired up in my truck and now the CD player doesn't turn on! I am using all aftermarket speakers/amplifiers, so the only wires to the headunit are constant, acc, and ground......

The temp control display blinks on and off and the dash display is REALLY dim....that and whenever the truck is on, the temp and gas gauge flicker....

Anyone have any idea what is going on?? I have installed hundreds of radio's before....but never seen anything like this!

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

British vehicles have very crappy wiring.....

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

British vehicles have very crappy wiring.....

THANKS!!!

Jackass

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

none of the gauges are working either....(rpm, speedo, etc)

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

bump

 

[crx4luke 10+ year member]

blown fuse, or your ground is hooked up to an illumination instead of an actual ground.

 

[MSimz 10+ year member]

blown fuse, or your ground is hooked up to an illumination instead of an actual ground.

x2

 

[SeanDub 10+ year member]

Yeah, sounds like you fudged up the wiring. Take another look at everything

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

fuses are fine....

checked everything again with the DMM and everything is reading correctly....

 

[MSimz 10+ year member]

If your ground reads as ground with lights on and off, then you may just want to run all new wires. Get a new +12V constant straight from the batt., a new +12V switched from the ignition harness, and run a new ground.

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

I will go try that....

thanks

 

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

odd, very odd......

Checked fuses again, everything was cool...

I rewired everything like I had it, blew the fuse....

turns out the wire that I had been using for ground, and tested as ground, wasn't ground....There is a ground strap on the back of the unit is the TRUE ground!

Everything is back to working, thanks guys.......and you too crx for having **** breath

 

[crx4luke 10+ year member]

odd, very odd......
Checked fuses again, everything was cool...

I rewired everything like I had it, blew the fuse....

turns out the wire that I had been using for ground, and tested as ground, wasn't ground....There is a ground strap on the back of the unit is the TRUE ground!

Everything is back to working, thanks guys.......and you too crx for having **** breath

Not sure what you meant there.

But, what wire was your ground hooked up to? I just guessed illumination because of the symptoms that you described. your radio could have been pulling a stronger ground through either the antenna, or the rca's if you had either or both of those hooked up. In that case it may not have caused enough to fully blow the fuse, but rather enough to where it was partially blown, but not allowing enough current to get through to the circuit. Maybe if you pulled it back out and rewired everything, and then went to test it again with say the antenna unplugged it caused it to actually blow the fuse. Just a theory, but i've seen stranger things occur.