pico fuse problem

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

wondering how this can be fixed, anyone have any answers? if i can send it out to be fixed that would probably be my first choice

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[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

the pic above will fix the problem perfect and is 100% safe.

If you send it out and have it fixed, you can and will most likely blow the new pico at some point.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

you only damage the HU output by messing with RCA's when the HU is on. don't do that and you're fine.

as a general rule, never mess with audio cables while equipment is energized.

i've talked to Pioneer engineers about this, they don't have/won't disclose a "work around" for this.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

you only damage the HU output by messing with RCA's when the HU is on. don't do that and you're fine.

as a general rule, never mess with audio cables while equipment is energized.

i've talked to Pioneer engineers about this, they don't have/won't disclose a "work around" for this.

 

[NB50 10+ year member]

And then wired to an external fuse holder.

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

And then wired to an external fuse holder.

Do you have a "before" picture

 

[NB50 10+ year member]

Do you have a "before" picture

No unfortunately I don't. All that was there was the ground pins for the RCA pig tail, soldered a wire across the pins and then another one to a chassis tab.

This is for the PRS880 others may/will be different.

I have one of the top side though. The little chip below the exclamation point with the d on it is the fuse.

 

[BFeezy 10+ year member]

i can't do what you have done in the pic above because my hu has a plug in RCA harness...

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

^ There used to be a picture on here of how to do it with external RCA wiring, but its just as simple. Make the ground wires longer and just tape/zip tie them to the RCA cables.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Pioneer headunit pico fuse fix *56k* - HondaCivicForum.com

That one looks terribly ghetto, but I'm sure you can make it look nicer.

 

[martiandancer31 10+ year member]

i've replaced my pico fuse twice, the second time with a 1A rated fuse. It still blew when I looked at the HU wrong one day. And no, I won't do yours. I don't like to solder stuff that small lol. What I ended up doing was bypassing it. Sick of ripping the dash apart.

 

[NB50 10+ year member]

i can't do what you have done in the pic above because my hu has a plug in RCA harness...

That has the plug in harness, the white connector is where the harness plugs in.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

That has the plug in harness, the white connector is where the harness plugs in.

I think he was referring to my pic.