Problem installing hu in 2001 silverado

[bryantxii 10+ year member]

just bought the truck and it had the factory radio. im putting in my alpine hu but cant get it to work. ive read that on some of the newer silverados they take a seperate modular to keep all the door chimes and stuff working right but i was also told if i open my doors and the chime doesnt comes from the speakers i dont need that modular. which mine doesnt so i dont think i need the modualr deal. is there something else i dont know about to get this thing working?

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[skydeaner 10+ year member]

You will never need that module, it is a waste of money. You need a multimeter and a basic understanding of dc electronics.

 

[ProgMtl 10+ year member]

Should just be a straight forward plugin with a wiring harness...Installed MANY different HU's in my truck and NEVER had any issues with any of them.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

check your wiring

 

[bryantxii 10+ year member]

i already cut the factory harness and spliced directly into the wires(should of just bought the harness kit i know). ive looked online and for a 2001 silverado, the orange wire is the power wire, the yellows wire is ignition, black is ground. and thats all i need for it to power on right? I tried using the factory ground wire and making my own and running my own power wire...neither worked. any suggestion?

 

[DB_DRAG_SPL 10+ year member]

i already cut the factory harness and spliced directly into the wires

Mistake number one....

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

get a multimeter and make sure the wires you speak of actually have 12v+ running through them. if so the deck is bad.

 

[crx4luke 10+ year member]

Some of the GMs moved from a yellow accy wire to a green accy wire. My guess is that you popped at least a fuse or two. Also, there if there is a yellow wire for accy, then there are two yellow wires behind the radio. One for accy, and a second for your left rear negative speaker wire.

 

[bryantxii 10+ year member]

get a multimeter and make sure the wires you speak of actually have 12v+ running through them. if so the deck is bad.

checked power its getting power. decks not bad because i just plugged it straight into my friends car he has an alpine and the harnes is the same and it powered right on.

 

[bryantxii 10+ year member]

Some of the GMs moved from a yellow accy wire to a green accy wire. My guess is that you popped at least a fuse or two. Also, there if there is a yellow wire for accy, then there are two yellow wires behind the radio. One for accy, and a second for your left rear negative speaker wire.

checked every fuse under the hood, on the side of the dash, and on the hu...all good. and i just have one yellow wire, and according to the wiring diagram for my silverado the orange wire is the 12 volt battery wire so that goes to the yellow on my alpine and and the ignition wire is yellow so i connect that to the red wire on my alpine right?

 

[Zxcvtypo 10+ year member]

do those trucks even have a 12v accessory in the factory harness?

 

[bryantxii 10+ year member]

do those trucks even have a 12v accessory in the factory harness?

not from what ive looked up online but hell i cant even get mine to work so i guess u cant take my word for it

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

do those trucks even have a 12v accessory in the factory harness?

Some do, some dont. Does it have bose? or onstar? Is there only one yellow wire?

 

[Zxcvtypo 10+ year member]

i believe '01 was the first year they started using a ~5v data wire as the factory radios ignition or some shit like that...if that's the case then you'll have to run an ignition wire from the ignition harness or something for power...

that could be completely wrong, so don't quote me on it. just meter everything back there, car on and off.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

the module is around 100 bucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif pretty sure your going to need it.