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<blockquote data-quote="goodstuff" data-source="post: 1600454" data-attributes="member: 547462">yeah you REALLY don&#039;t want to ground the speakers to the car. it sounds like you have a short in your speaker wire somewhere. heres what you can do to test...hook up the speakers like they should normally be hooked up ie both wires going to the deck. next disconnect them one at a time. get a small battery ( double or triple a or a 9 volt) and make sure the speaker leads are connected to the speakers QUICKLY tap the leads of a speaker to the ends of the battery. you should hear a pop noise from the speaker if is connected and working correctly.does the radio turn on when the speakers are hooked up the normal way? recheck your ground...it could be not used in the harness...are you using a wire harness? try grounding the radio to the frame instead of using the harness ground.What do you mean by power cable? the power lead to the Head Unit?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="goodstuff, post: 1600454, member: 547462"] yeah you REALLY don't want to ground the speakers to the car. it sounds like you have a short in your speaker wire somewhere. heres what you can do to test... hook up the speakers like they should normally be hooked up ie both wires going to the deck. next disconnect them one at a time. get a small battery ( double or triple a or a 9 volt) and make sure the speaker leads are connected to the speakers QUICKLY tap the leads of a speaker to the ends of the battery. you should hear a pop noise from the speaker if is connected and working correctly. does the radio turn on when the speakers are hooked up the normal way? recheck your ground...it could be not used in the harness...are you using a wire harness? try grounding the radio to the frame instead of using the harness ground. What do you mean by power cable? the power lead to the Head Unit? [/QUOTE]

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