No dash Lights

need help!!! i have a 1999 isuzu rodeo and the factory wiring end has been cut off i then wired it directly to the cd player as a result. i have lost dash lights since then. the fuses are all fine and no wires are touching each other . how would i check the fuses with the test light and there isnt any fuse under the hood that is labeled for interior lights. is there a inline fuse that rodeo would have put in and if so would you know where? Also this may halp when i turn the switch to tun on my dash lights the gear lights dim from a bright green to a very light barley visible green. The gear lights are the only ones on the dash that do work.

i have done that form the cd player and taped it off