1995 Cadillac Sedan Deville, New Head Unit

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cadillac95

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM / IP Logged

honestly I got lost in that post, im not someone who understands all this. One of my friends who hooked up my last system is the one who cut the factory harness and now he is nowhere to be found. I have it working just cant figure out why it cuts out when the volume goes up

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM / IP Logged

It probably cuts out when the volume goes up because the factory speakers cannot handle the head unit power, or are too low an impedance load for the head unit. You will probably need to replace the speakers with proper after market units, and you may need to get some help from a pro in your area if you can't follow the instructions on this web site.

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 8:20 PM / IP Logged

Wow I thought we were dealing with a jensen head unit. Do you have access to a volt meter so we can do a little troubleshooting? Did you connect all 6 speakers to the head unit. The 4 doors and the 2 in the rear deck?

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 9:44 PM / IP Logged

right now there are only 4 hooked up to the deck, 1 in each door. what exactly do you mean by troubleshooting? ill do whatever I can to fix it

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 9:52 PM / IP Logged

Do you have access to a volt meter?

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 10:11 PM / IP Logged

yes i do

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Posted: February 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM / IP Logged

Set your meter to the DCVolts setting. If it is not an auto ranging meter set it to the 20 volts scale. Touch and hold the black meter lead to the case of the radio. Touch and hold the red meter lead to the yellow wire of the radio. Turn the radio up to just before it starts to cut out. Notice the reading on the meter. Balance the radio to the left. Turn it up and see if it cuts out. Balance it to the right, and check again. Let me know the reading, and let me know what happened with only one side at a time.

cadillac95

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Posted: February 26, 2008 at 12:11 AM / IP Logged

the meter i have doesnt have a 20 volt scale it only has 1v-1000v i did what you said and it was at 1.3-1.4 when it cuts off, i dont have a clue wht that means. I also tried to balance it to the left and right but the problem with that is I have to open the screen up to do it and as soon as i open the screen it will cut off and close the screen.

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Posted: February 26, 2008 at 3:23 AM / IP Logged

With the volume all the way down, do the thing with the meter again. Black to case of radio and red to the Yellow wire. You need to connect the red lead to the metal part of the wire. where you connected the yellow wire to the orange wire would be a good place to do this.

When you said the yellow wire is connected to an orange wire, is it the orange wire at the cigarette lighter, or is it an orange wire of the factory wiring?

cadillac95

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Posted: February 26, 2008 at 1:51 PM / IP Logged

i did it with the volume down and it was pretty much exactly the same 1.3-1.4, its the orange wire of the factory radio. I went through all the wires of the factory radio, is there suppose to be a wire that has power even though the car key is in the off position? cause i couldnt find one, with that meter atleast

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