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goshred025

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 10:46 PM / IP Logged

After reading and what not i decided to hook up the illumination orange wires together from deck to harness, they were previously insulated so i twised them and caped them together. When i tryed to turn on the deck it just sounded like the speakers turned on then off. Couse i have caused a blowen fuse? I have many fuses and i dont know how to check if their good or not. My car is hooked up with an amp so could i have blown the fuze on the amp? or is their a fuze in the deck? i know theirs 2 inside the engine bay. So is their any other possibilitys? what could be wrong. Ive cut the cap off so its 2 free wires like how it was in the begining but it still dont turn on. Does free extra wires Have to be caped?

bullman96

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 10:58 PM / IP Logged

i usually tape them to prevent shorts. anywyas, sounds like a blown fuse. get a flashlight and start searching. most likely it is the radio fuse which your car will have a map/diagram telling you where it is in the "fusebox thingy"

goshred025

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:09 PM / IP Logged

If it is a blown fuse what would it generally look like? new and blown so i could tell the diffrence

wayland1985

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:13 PM / IP Logged

Usually you'll see black soot inside the blown fuse, or the filament will look black in a spot. If it doesn't look like an un-blown fuse, it's blown.

~wayland

goshred025

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:21 PM / IP Logged

Is their also fuses inside of the Head unit itself? because ive checked the all the possible fuses and non seem to be blow. their all clean

wheelerdr

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:24 PM / IP Logged

some decks have fuses in the back of the deck near the antenna wire.

bullman96

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:25 PM / IP Logged

check all the possible fuses for the deck with a dmm. sometimes it is hard to tell. if thats not the case check all the wires that supply power and ground. actually, do the latter first. if none of the above, you might have fried the deck and you should take it to a shop to get it checked out

wayland1985

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:38 PM / IP Logged

Most head units have a RESET button hidden somewhere..... Try hitting that a few times

~wayland

goshred025

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Posted: January 31, 2005 at 12:07 AM / IP Logged

Thanks guys for suggestions, unfortunetly none have worked. Taking it to a car audio store for trouble shooting is my last option it cost around 100 to trouble shoot so i rather have a new Head unit, its time for change. Buf if their is anything else i could do to try touble shoot it myself that would be appreciated. If not what HU are good? I currently have an ALPINE CDA-7893, and i was thinking of buying a clarion DXZ745MP, is their other good units out their?

wayland1985

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Posted: January 31, 2005 at 12:11 AM / IP Logged

Jeez....what car audio store are you bringing it to?

If there's a Tweeter Etc. around there, ask them if they can bench it for you. Usually they're nice enough to do it for free....if you ask them...

~wayland

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