Try to figure this one out!?!?!?

[themmajunkie]

I have a 2006 Honda Ridgeline. I took out the factory head unit and replaced it with a Kenwood DPX500BT. Everything seemed to work fine until one day I started my car and the head unit would not power on.... Now I don't know what made me think of this, but I unplugged my neg. battery terminal on my car and then re-connected it... TA-DA, the head unit came on again when I started my car. Then later that day, it didn't turn on again, and again I "power cycled" the battery and it came on again. Sometimes I can go days w/o having to do this while other times I cannot go a single trip w/o having to mess with my battery.

I have installed over 30 car stereos and complete audio systems in my lifetime and have NEVER heard of something like this! Please let me know if anybody knows how I can fix this problem. Thanks!

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[CSCStang]

Could just be a bad hu. Maybe run a dmm on the hot and see if you're getting voltage drop. Did you install a wire harness adaptor?

 

[los33 10+ year member]

If it will not power on correct after use it is because of a bad ground.