Damned Power wire, asistance appreciated guys!
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 3:35 pm
Ok, bought car, had a rats nest of wires hanging out where the stereo used to be. Bought a new deck and proceded to print a wiring diagam up to aid in my install. PROBLEM: None of the wires match the diagram (printed two from diff. sources,) so- after the ol' process of elimination I've got everything working EXCEPT the constant power for the deck. I have the acc. and constant wires tied together on tha car's acc. wire for now which leads the stereo to reset every time the ignition is shut off.
I'm trying to find out how to fix the stereo's "memory" problem. The roumored "constant hot/power from the car (blue/red wire) offers no voltage, and is the only wire left after all others are connected. Is it broken somewhere? I'm assuming a dead short would have blown the fuse already...
Fellas, do I just run a new constant hot/power straight off the battery? I hate ghetto a-- installs and would rather not, unless it's absolutely necessary. Anything in that area under the dash I could tap 12V off of?
Thanks for reading! I have faith, this is the most informative group of members I've seen of all the diff "car cliques" I've been to!
I'm trying to find out how to fix the stereo's "memory" problem. The roumored "constant hot/power from the car (blue/red wire) offers no voltage, and is the only wire left after all others are connected. Is it broken somewhere? I'm assuming a dead short would have blown the fuse already...
Fellas, do I just run a new constant hot/power straight off the battery? I hate ghetto a-- installs and would rather not, unless it's absolutely necessary. Anything in that area under the dash I could tap 12V off of?
Thanks for reading! I have faith, this is the most informative group of members I've seen of all the diff "car cliques" I've been to!