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15_amp_confused 
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Recently installed a troublesome deck (thanks to these forums) but I ran into another hiccup....

The lights which light up the dash console (speedometer, fuel gauge, etc) no longer work.  I also noticed the clock, which normally dims when you turn on the headlights, turns off completely when I turn on the headlights now.  There was only a wire from the deck labelled Illumination, but none for Dimmer, so the Dimmer wire in the vehicle isnt presently connected to anything. 

I have the illumination from the deck hooked up to the illumination wire in the truck (at least according to the wiring diagram)....would connecting it to the Dimmer wire remedy this?

jlman 
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no the dimmer wire should not be used unless your radio has this feature bc the dimmer wire should be ac voltage not dc voltage like the illumination wire is
just wait till the bass drops
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jlman wrote:
no the dimmer wire should not be used unless your radio has this feature bc the dimmer wire should be ac voltage not dc voltage like the illumination wire is

The dimmer wire is not AC. It is DC.

15_amp_confused wrote:
The lights which light up the dash console (speedometer, fuel gauge, etc) no longer work.  I also noticed the clock, which normally dims when you turn on the headlights, turns off completely when I turn on the headlights now.  There was only a wire from the deck labelled Illumination, but none for Dimmer, so the Dimmer wire in the vehicle isnt presently connected to anything. 

I have the illumination from the deck hooked up to the illumination wire in the truck (at least according to the wiring diagram)....would connecting it to the Dimmer wire remedy this?

The illumination wire of your head unit should be connected to a lead that only shows 12V+ when the parking/dash lights are on and should not be connected to the vehicle's dimmer wire.

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Have you checked your taillights?  It sounds to me that you may have connected the ground wire of your radio to the Illumination wire of the vehicle.  You probably have a blown fuse.  Sometimes there is a seperate fuse for the instrument cluster and sometimes it is the taillight fuse.  Please check your taillights before driving at night.
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Sounds like you need to stop while your still ahead and take to a shop to fix what you have messed up befor you really do some damage.
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dragon51 wrote:
Sounds like you need to stop while your still ahead and take to a shop to fix what you have messed up befor you really do some damage.

You should listen to him, quite while your ahead.  You dontt want to end up shorting out a module in the car.

Cris
15_amp_confused 
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StealthEs wrote:

dragon51 wrote:
Sounds like you need to stop while your still ahead and take to a shop to fix what you have messed up befor you really do some damage.

You should listen to him, quite while your ahead.  You dontt want to end up shorting out a module in the car.

If you dont know the answer, feel free to ignore this post.

For those who provided help, thank you once again.  I havent gone back in there to attempt to fix the problem yet, but Ill keep ya'll posted if I am unsuccessful :)

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