super noob question!

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

well,, if thats the case you definately did not cut and attach the correct wire.

it doesnt make sense!

on the deck it said the white wire was positive FL speaker! and white/black for negative!

so thats wat i connected to the amp!

oh well. guess i need a new deck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

are you using a DMM?? if you cut a wire that was no longer attached to your deck, regardless if it was the correct or incorrect wire this would not harm your deck, only potentially your amp.

wat u mean DMM?!

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

i bet the pas and neg of the left speaker wires that were still connected to the deck touched after you clipped them. Still typically wouldnt cause a burning smell but would explain no sound.

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

not necessarily. DMM=Digital Multi Meter. Its what most of us who know what we are doing use in many steps of wiring, tuning and testing.

will your deck power up at all now? what happens if you reconnect the wires the way they were?

 

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

ya bro im an idiot!

lol UGH!!

i connected the wires FROM BEHIND THE DECK TO THE AMP! so the postive and negative speaker wire coming OUT OF THE DECK!

not from the speakers to the amp!

haha wow! just wasnt thinking!!

good thing it was a $30 old school eclipse deck i got off of craigslist!

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

hahahaha... learned your lesson i guess. Check the fuses on the HU, in the line and possibly inside the HU itself. May beable to save it.

 

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

haha ya its pretty much burnt!

but i have an ALPINE 9853 laying in my room!

my friend just gave it to me cus he didnt know if it worked or not!

anyway to tell if its good or bad other than plug it in?!

i just loosly connected the yellow, red and ground wire to it to see if it worked and it didnt turn on!

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

haha ya its pretty much burnt!but i have an ALPINE 9853 laying in my room!

my friend just gave it to me cus he didnt know if it worked or not!

anyway to tell if its good or bad other than plug it in?!

i just loosly connected the yellow, red and ground wire to it to see if it worked and it didnt turn on!

because most likely you blew the fuse to your power and switched when you did what you did. check your fuses and also maybe test the HU right at the battery to make sure the HU is good.

 

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

alright!

so all i have to do is wire the positive and ground wires from the deck straight to the battery and it should turn on?!

 

[1dynasty 10+ year member]

Theoretically yes, as mentioned though you prolly blew your fuse in the car not just the inline fuse for the HeadUnit. So before you assume the Apline is scrap, make sure your fuse panel fuses are all good. Then yes, yellow red and black are the only 3 needed for it to power on. If it still doesn't work then yes, your friend may have given you a junker.

 

[pelekeliko 10+ year member]

Theoretically yes, as mentioned though you prolly blew your fuse in the car not just the inline fuse for the HeadUnit. So before you assume the Apline is scrap, make sure your fuse panel fuses are all good. Then yes, yellow red and black are the only 3 needed for it to power on. If it still doesn't work then yes, your friend may have given you a junker.

ok thanks bro!

and ya i replaced a fuse under the hood which was blown! and still the alpine wouldnt turn on!

so i guess i need a new deck

thanks for all the help guys