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I was trying to hook up a JVC aftermarket CD Player, i bought a the wiring harness from Wal Mart, got all the wires connected, but the head unit does not turn on as if there is no power. I read a earlier forum of maybe the ground being bad or grounding it yourself. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to tomorrow. If anyone who knows whats the problem please any info will help.

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DO you have a multimeter?

I do not have a multimeter but i do have a reader when it has a positive 12 volt ground an LED lights up blue, when a positive 12 volt supply it will light up Red.

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I'd throw that test light in the trash and go buy a meter. Without a meter it's going to be hard to find the problem.

I was reading a earlier forum and someone had the same problem with their Eclipse, i'm trying to figure out what they did to make the doodie work. What should i do w/ the multimeter just see that if the cd player is getting enough juice?

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Mitsubishi's do not have a ground in the harness, you have to run your own ground to the chassis. Also, you said it was the infinity system in the car, that does not use the standard mitsubishi harness there is a standard plug behind the radio but it only has illumination, 12V, and acc. and there is a round plug behind the radio this is where the signal goes to the amp. You need to buy the harness that has this round plug as well (you will need a radio with 2 sets of RCA outs front and rear) or bypass the amp which is under the passenger seat.
--->Richard

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The round plug can be picked up at any audio store i'm assuming, (hoping). I planned on bypassing the amp w/ my own and inregards of the 2 rca cables that just if i wasn't bypassing the amp right? I want to make sure i get everything understood before i go out and buy more things, i apperciate your help.

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that's correct.. If you're going to bypass the amp then you won't need RCA's, or for that matter the round integration plug! you will however need some speaker wire to be run to the factory amp...it's a hell of a lot easier if you remove the seat!

As far as your radio not turning on....it's more than likely going to be your ground wire! As ferretvw said, ground it to the chassis!!

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Alright, i grounded it got the CD Player working. I coorelated the wires to the factory amp and plugged them into the back of my CD player, got it working good. All of a sudden i go to close my sunroof, it turns off the damn CD player, i go back see if i crossed the wires w/ the sunroof wire but i didn't. I go to start my damn car and it won't turn over to start. It looks like the ground from the batter to the chasis is pretty corroded so i'm going to replace that tomorrow, if that doodie don't work I don't know. My wifes wized, haha. Any suggestions?

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check your fuses.....don't know how you could blow a main fuse at the factory amp to keep your car from starting though! check the ones under the hood too!!

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Checked the fuses they look good, when i turn the key i hear a clicking sound on the hood, the starter is getting some juice but doesn't seem like enough. Like i said my batteries ground looks doodiety as hell, so i'm going to check that tomorrow. thanks bro

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I'll bet the battery is just dead or close to it. When you tried to close the sunroof it just finished it off.

Alright got the battery replaced cranked the car up beautifly. NOW the cd player and the clock in the middle of the dash will not turn on, i swear if its not one thing its the other. I grounded the CD Player, checked the fuses they look good. Whats up? Any suggestions? HELP! My wife is yelling at me to get this doodie fixed.

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This is where a DMM would come in handy. Have you checked all you connections? Do you have constant power and switched power? Is everything plugged back in? Have you check all the fuses in the car and under the hood? (and not just the one for the radio)

haha i planned on bringing one home from work tomorrow, i checked everythin out this morning it looked good. I will check it out more tomorrow though. Thanks man, i will let you know how it goes

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Arlight, i found the fuse from my battery to my fuse box was blown, i replaced the 120Amp fuse and checked too see if that was it. Nothing, my sunroof, Cd player, and middle dash console does not work. I checked it w/ the multimeter and it looks good as well, i was reading in the repair manual that there is an SRS system that may be messed up, if i can't find the problem thats what i'm going to assume what it is. Anyway, i'm going to figure it out, anyway got anymore info? Really apperciate it.!

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You say you checked it with a meter and it looked good. What were you checking with the meter? Define "Looked Good".

i am an idiot wrote:

You say you checked it with a meter and it looked good. What were you checking with the meter? Define "Looked Good".

...long legs and she batted her eyes.

Haha no it read 7-8 ohms, the repair manual said anything over 5 ohms is good enough ground. I also believe since its the CD Player, the middle clock console, and the sunroof isn't working it has to be something wrong with the interior wiring of the car. I found a blew fuse from my Battery to my main fuse box, replaced it and figured it would work but nothing. I'm thinking something must have happend to blow that fuse, if anything else could have shorted out.

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Did you at any point in time, set the meter to the DC Volts setting and check to see if you had 12 volts on the constant and switched wire of the radio?

joshua1221 wrote:

it read 7-8 ohms, the repair manual said anything over 5 ohms is good enough ground. .

That statement makes no sense. What did you read, from where to where? And what repair manual are you using?

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DYohn] wrote:

joshua1221 wrote:

it read 7-8 ohms, the repair manual said anything over 5 ohms is good enough ground. .

That statement makes no sense. What did you read, from where to where? And what repair manual are you using?

Yeah that makes no sense at all. The higher the resistance to worse the ground. You want there to be zero resistance. You need to check for voltage at the head unit. You said you checked the fuses but did you check EVERY fuse in the fuse panel? I mean pull then out one by one and look at them.

You were right, i checked all the fuses found 2 blown one. Don't know how i blew them but there fixed now, and everything is working great...

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