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<blockquote data-quote="lordcupkake" data-source="post: 8516705" data-attributes="member: 670231">Okay, so the situation is as follows:&nbsp; I had a factory stereo.&nbsp; Said stereo stopped working when I accidentally connected the battery backwards.&nbsp; The fuses are all fine (have been checked and replaced).&nbsp; The radio still does not get power.&nbsp; I have removed the factory radio and plan to put in an aftermarket stereo that I got off cragislist (this thing works, I&#039;ve hooked it up straight to the battery and it&#039;s all good.)&nbsp; However, the factory power connections no longer deliver power to the stereo (assuming there&#039;s a short/break in the wire somewhere).&nbsp; Regardless, now I need to connect to radio to power from something else (i.e. sacrifice the cigarette lighter.)My plan was to disconnect the power from the cigaretter lighter and connect this to both the ACC and Battery wires on the stereo.&nbsp; As far as I can deduce, the only downside here is that the cigarette lighter is now inoperable (not really a loss because the stereo has a USB port) and that the radio will not be able to save presets as it will lose ALL power when I take out the keys.&nbsp; Am I missing anything?&nbsp; Any better suggestions?&nbsp; Keep in mind I am trying to go as cheap as possible here because my car is old and I also am very inexperienced with electrical stuff.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lordcupkake, post: 8516705, member: 670231"] Okay, so the situation is as follows: I had a factory stereo. Said stereo stopped working when I accidentally connected the battery backwards. The fuses are all fine (have been checked and replaced). The radio still does not get power. I have removed the factory radio and plan to put in an aftermarket stereo that I got off cragislist (this thing works, I've hooked it up straight to the battery and it's all good.) However, the factory power connections no longer deliver power to the stereo (assuming there's a short/break in the wire somewhere). Regardless, now I need to connect to radio to power from something else (i.e. sacrifice the cigarette lighter.) My plan was to disconnect the power from the cigaretter lighter and connect this to both the ACC and Battery wires on the stereo. As far as I can deduce, the only downside here is that the cigarette lighter is now inoperable (not really a loss because the stereo has a USB port) and that the radio will not be able to save presets as it will lose ALL power when I take out the keys. Am I missing anything? Any better suggestions? Keep in mind I am trying to go as cheap as possible here because my car is old and I also am very inexperienced with electrical stuff. Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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