What The ****?!?!?!?!?!

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

I have an Alpine CDM-9803, old unit, I know. I got every thing wired up, conected the battery and went to play the radio. The radio was fine, until I grounded the amp. After that, the radio was cutting in and out, the subs would only work for a minute, then only the door speakers would work. After of about 3 minutes of trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with it, the radio just went dead. Tried to turn it back on, didn't do shit...

I checked all the fuses, and my grounds are 100%.

What the hell could it be?

Now I'm stick without a radio, because I cut the stock harness up, and spliced in the Alpine's harness. The retard at AutoZone gave me the wrong ****ing harness for the radio.

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[scarolinablazin 10+ year member]

lol

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Dont ever cut ur factory wires...

 

[mdillon 10+ year member]

did you connect the amp while the radio was playing?

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Dont ever cut ur factory wires...

That's not the problem...

did you connect the amp while the radio was playing?

Yes, I did. I hooked up the ground while it was playing, and got a spark then it was fine for a minute or two then started to mess up.

I fried the head unit didn't I?

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

Sounds like it. Always disconnect the battery before installing anything.

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

****it...oh well.

Atleast it was a cheap head unit. I'll be ordering a CDA9886 tonight...

Are all Alpine plugs interchangable? Or do I need to cut the wires again and redo the plug?

 

[RipDaJacka]

lol, i dunno.. way 2 f*ck up

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Yea, I know...

Atleast I didn't fry an expensive one.

I just ordered a CDA-9883 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Autozone for audio needs?

Go to bestbuy, or circuit city for the harness. They're at least good for something.

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Autozone for audio needs?
Go to bestbuy, or circuit city for the harness. They're at least good for something.

It was too late, they would of been closed by the time I got there.

Probably would have been better off going to Walmart for the **** harness.

 

[DD_Dave 10+ year member]

yeah we always have plenty of car stereo harness's at Wal-mart and most stores are open 24 hours for your convenience //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[dmullins7890 10+ year member]

i had the same problem, except not with the HU u have, mines a jensen indash, but i had connected the ground to my amp like a d/a, and had popped the electrical fuse, doubt thats your situation but you should pull your manual out, and see where ur electrical fuse is, see if thats the problem.

 

[DrewImpala 10+ year member]

hey doug... just come see me.. i'll fix it... lol...

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

i had the same problem, except not with the HU u have, mines a jensen indash, but i had connected the ground to my amp like a d/a, and had popped the electrical fuse, doubt thats your situation but you should pull your manual out, and see where ur electrical fuse is, see if thats the problem.

Nope, checked all fuses. From the H/U power and the amp power wire, all the way to every fuse in the fuse board under the dash and under the hood.

The H/U was hot as all hell, and had a little bit of a burnt smell to it. Oh well, fvck it, I ordered a brand new H/U.