83' chevy cavalier, kenwood KDC-MP6025 wiring

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Topic: 83' chevy cavalier, kenwood KDC-MP6025 wiring

Posted By: bertkey1
Subject: 83' chevy cavalier, kenwood KDC-MP6025 wiring
Date Posted: December 15, 2004 at 12:08 PM

I have a 83' chevy cavalier and bought a kenwood KDC-MP6025. I got a guide to my car wiring hooked it up and whevever i turn on my dash lights the deck turns off and won't turn back on till the dash lights are off. I checked the voltage of the power wires and they both stay above 12v when the dash lights are on or off. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

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Posted By: TheSaint421
Date Posted: December 15, 2004 at 12:32 PM

it sounds like you wired your ACC wire to your lights relay wire, or a wire from that switch, a friend of mine did that, but wired it to the cruise switch by accident, so if he turned the cruise off his deck shut off.

The Saint

Posted By: sparkie
Date Posted: December 15, 2004 at 4:35 PM

Disconnect your radio. Use a volt meter to recheck your wiring. GM uses two yellow, two gray and two dark brown wires at the radio. One yellow is the ignition power and the other is the left rear speaker negative lead. One gray is the left front negative speaker wire and the other is for the dash lamps that dim. One brown wire is the left rear speaker positive wire and the other is the parking light wire. If you get any of these wrong, you can toast your deck real quickly.

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sparky

Posted By: tech460
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 11:07 AM

What does your ground wire read when the dash lights are on?

Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 5:42 PM

sparkie nailed it... triple check the brown & grey wires..... you'll find the problem

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Kevin Gerry
Certified Electronics Technician
MECP First Class Installer

Owner/Installer
Classic Car Audio
since 1979

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