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<blockquote data-quote="srudman101" data-source="post: 8540289" data-attributes="member: 671912">I have a 2007 Hyundai Sonata and me and my buddies installed a Boss 611UAB,<a href="https://www.amazon.com/BOSS-611UAB-Single-DIN-MECH-LESS-Bluetooth/dp/B00T3QBROA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1483733958&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=boss+audio+611uab" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/BOSS-611UAB-Single-DIN-MECH-LESS-Bluetooth/dp/B00T3QBROA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1483733958&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=boss+audio+611uab</a>After about 3 weeks, the background light wouldn&#039;t turn off when the car was off. Boss tech support had no ideas. I thought it was a faulty head, so I bought another one, fixed it for about 3 weeks, but again, eventually the backlight wouldn&#039;t stay off. I took it to a local car audio guy who confirmed the wiring was fine, and said the blue ground wire being exposed might have shorted it, but was not sure. So I can either tape over that wire and buy another one, but preferably I&#039;d want to buy a different head that uses the same wiring diagram so I can just swap it out easily. The current one is shot and won&#039;t turn on except for the light. If that doesn&#039;t work, I might be doomed to throwing 200 bucks at Car Toys.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="srudman101, post: 8540289, member: 671912"] I have a 2007 Hyundai Sonata and me and my buddies installed a Boss 611UAB, [URL="https://www.amazon.com/BOSS-611UAB-Single-DIN-MECH-LESS-Bluetooth/dp/B00T3QBROA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483733958&sr=8-1&keywords=boss+audio+611uab"]https://www.amazon.com/BOSS-611UAB-Single-DIN-MECH-LESS-Bluetooth/dp/B00T3QBROA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483733958&sr=8-1&keywords=boss+audio+611uab[/URL] After about 3 weeks, the background light wouldn't turn off when the car was off. Boss tech support had no ideas. I thought it was a faulty head, so I bought another one, fixed it for about 3 weeks, but again, eventually the backlight wouldn't stay off. I took it to a local car audio guy who confirmed the wiring was fine, and said the blue ground wire being exposed might have shorted it, but was not sure. So I can either tape over that wire and buy another one, but preferably I'd want to buy a different head that uses the same wiring diagram so I can just swap it out easily. The current one is shot and won't turn on except for the light. If that doesn't work, I might be doomed to throwing 200 bucks at Car Toys. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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