Grand Cherokee Help

[eforbes]

I have a 1998 Grand Cherokee with the the Infinity Gold setup that I need some assistance on..

For starters, I already replaced my (blown) speakers with new JVC's, and I am in the process of putting a jvc head unit in..

Problem;

After unhooking the factory head unit, I bought the Scorche (sp?) "snap" kit, so the old harness (of two.. whats the word.. wire "blocks"?) would wire up with the new (one block), wired everything, and plugged it in along with the Power antenna. I was left with two other cords, which I believe was for the amp? power and ground? both of them were the smallest "clips" there, one white and one black. The new head unit turned on and tuned, although no sound was coming out of the speakers. The black (to ground I assume) looked like it plugged into the harness.. As i did this, the new stereo turned off completely and wouldn't turn back on.

I plugged the old stereo in and the same... the lights will come on in the facia, but the radio itself will not turn on..

I pulled the radio fuse and replaced it, and still nothing.. Neither stereo turns on. Help?

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[93dakota 10+ year member]

look for a fuse labled constant. it may be in the fuse block that is under the hood of the car. it may be your problem, it does not supply all of the power to the HU but some HU's will not turn on with out it.

 

[x1le 10+ year member]

Your post is extremely confusing to read. Try to explain it clearer or snap a couple pictures and I'll be able to help you further.

 

[eforbes]

The horn also no longer works, I'll snap a few pictures and get them on here, thanks

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

your radio has 2 fuses, not just 1

 

[eforbes]

Alrightt.. Trying to make it a little less confusing.

Thats the "snap kit".. that didn't snap so well. the smaller black and grey clips connect with the stock harness, the blue lone wire is for the amp, and the long black is the ground wire. We twisted all the correct wires together except those two.

Thats the larger "un-needed" clip, that didnt match up with anything. The four larger prongs all the way to the left are 12v constant, etc.

The stock harness;

Near the bottom of the diagram, the BLK wire, I assume ground for the stereo, is a single wire ending with a clasp, that fits over a male tab spade.

We made the mistake of taking the stock BLK ground wire, and touching it against the 12v tabs on the snap harness (second picture, furthest two tabs to the LEFT), which simply killed power to the new head until that was hooked up, and wouldn't turn back on.

No Sparks, no flames, just simply shut off.

We reinstalled the old stereo; and the same there, it would not turn on, period.

Hope that was a little more clear, as of today I checked the Constant fuse, horn fuse, radio fuse, and cluster fuses, all of which are not bad.

 

[eforbes]

your radio has 2 fuses, not just 1

Where is the second?.. One of them is a #15 under the right side of the dash, I am not aware of another

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

the other is probably a constant and this is why your horn doesnt work, other stuff is on the circuit also, it may not be labled 'radio', just pull them all out, sometimes in your owners manual it will tell you what stuff is on what circuit

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

the larger plug is for a newer Jeep, wont fit your jeep, dont mess with it, the black is obviously ground and should hook to a ground in the harness or just put it around a metal screw back in the dash.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

hook the solid blue wire to the blue wire coming out of your deck, it turns on your factory amp, thats why you werent getting sound

 

[eforbes]

What about the CCD Bus (+,-) wire?

 

[audioatg 10+ year member]

Just check ALL fuses.