Here is the Problem: My girlfriends factory radio did not work, so I went out and got a Sony Fm/Am Cassette Stereo XR-1750. I installed it myself and before talking with my brother cut the factory wiring harness out and threw it away. I got one from the junk yard and rehooked it to the factory wiring. I have a Metra Wire Harness for the Ford/Mercury which is fine. I have everything hooked up, but now the Problem. I have pulled different wiring diagrams from different web sites and my problem is this:
Unless I hook the illumination wire from the Metra Harness upto the 12 Volt Batt/Memory on the Metra/Sony Wires, than I have no power to the unit. The next problem is that I still have no memory at the unit. I can put all the Radio Channels in, and when I go away for awhile and come back, nothing is in the Memory.
The other problem is according to many wiring diagrams, there should not be a illumination wire for the Mercury Topaz, there is a dimmer, which I don't have hooked up, because when I do my lights are on all the time.
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TopazBuster
Looks like all is hooked up correctly, put still same problem.
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TopazBuster