Should've been a simple install, but ... head unit trouble

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

As said before you should check the fuse panel under the hood/dash. If you cant find it look in your owners manual to find it.

 

[joex444]

KaeZoo, you were absolutely right about the +12V Ignition wire. I investigated that thing my friend was told about the illumination wire needing to be +12V -- it's utter bull.

So, thanks for the help I got, but I still know that I wasn't making some simple rookie mistake.

Here's what I found:

-- The Eclipse dash harness wasn't getting +12V Ignition, only +12V Constant.

-- Wiring both the red & yellow wires to +12V Constant allowed the CD player to turn on and read discs, all that good stuff

-- The FACTORY AMP WAS COMPLETLY BYPASSED ALREADY

-- The white/grey/purple/green wires off the internal CD player's amp drove the speakers

-- The DIN adapter with 4 RCA & amp turn on cable did not produce any sound

-- The cigarette lighter is an accessory item, and the +12V Ignition now connects to the cigarette lighter instead of the dash harness

Something about this install makes me think his car had an aftermarket stereo installed before, as the factory amp does absolutely nothing.

BTW, the 4 speakers I installed work really well.

We decided to sell the second head unit to one of my friends. I helped him install it today, and it did work without issues. His car had a working +12V Ignition, but not a working +12V constant. His cigarette lighter was +12V constant, but wanted to keep the lighter plug so we spliced into it and ran a cable through his console. This head unit works fine in his car now.

So, all in all, got to install the same head unit in two different cars with the opposite problems and same solution, not bad //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

I see small fires in you / your friends future

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

The dumbest problem I've ever had was forgetting to plug in the fm antenna. Had a kenwood. It would not turn on without the fm antenna plugged in.. Anybody else have something like that?

 

[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

The dumbest problem I've ever had was forgetting to plug in the fm antenna. Had a kenwood. It would not turn on without the fm antenna plugged in.. Anybody else have something like that?

There are no head units that won't work without the FM antenna plugged in. When that's happening, it means the deck isn't grounded. The antenna shield functions as a (poor) ground and will make the head unit work, but the real fix is to ground the deck properly.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Haha, atleast you fixed it

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

hmm. makes me thing of what had happened 6 months later..........

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

ok... you baited us in.... What happened 6 months later?