Calab
CarAudio.com Newbie
Recently I ordered a JVC KD-X370BTS stereo to install into my 1998 Pontiac Sunfire from Crutchfield.ca. The installation went smoothly, but after all that work I only get sound out of the right front channel. There is no audio out of the rears, or the front left channel. There was no radio in the car before I did the install, so I don't know if those channels were working before.
There is no amp or sub in this car. It's plain jane stock.
I know I built the wiring harness adapter correctly as I triple checked the wiring colors provided by JVC, the colors provided on the Metra (70-1858) adapter packaging and the colors provided by Crutchfield on their installation instructions. Everything lined up where it should have. The connections were made by soldering, which I checked carefully, and heat shrink tubing over the joints.
My first thought is that the harness may not be plugged in 100% or connections might be dirty on one end of the harness, so that what I think I will check first. Failing that, I need to find a way to try and drive the car speakers from another source... but I'm not sure what to use. Would a 1.5v AAA battery break a speaker if I connected it to one channels + and - speaker terminals on the harness?
Before I go tearing it apart I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to where I should start troubleshooting.
There is no amp or sub in this car. It's plain jane stock.
I know I built the wiring harness adapter correctly as I triple checked the wiring colors provided by JVC, the colors provided on the Metra (70-1858) adapter packaging and the colors provided by Crutchfield on their installation instructions. Everything lined up where it should have. The connections were made by soldering, which I checked carefully, and heat shrink tubing over the joints.
My first thought is that the harness may not be plugged in 100% or connections might be dirty on one end of the harness, so that what I think I will check first. Failing that, I need to find a way to try and drive the car speakers from another source... but I'm not sure what to use. Would a 1.5v AAA battery break a speaker if I connected it to one channels + and - speaker terminals on the harness?
Before I go tearing it apart I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to where I should start troubleshooting.