Head Unit issues
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Topic: Head Unit issues
Posted By: get hit
Subject: Head Unit issues
Date Posted: November 30, 2005 at 11:23 PM
Background info:
So I had a 96 Ford Aspire with a new head unit. I get a saturn and I want to put my system in there. So like a dumby instead of getting a wiring harness i cut the saturns factory wires off and thought I could attatch them to my new head unit's wires.
Situation:
Well the only way my head unit works is if I have the yellow (15v i believe it says) attatched to the factory dimmer AND factory power wires. Problem, drains battery somehow and if I turn the dimmer down, head unit shuts off. I possibly have some wire crossed between the power and ACC.
But is there someway I can fix this?
I was going to use the cig. lighter power and ground for the head unit but.. nice loud pop sounds dont excite me. THere has to be a way I can have the Head Unit in and NOT drain the battery. I dont care if the dimmer has to be up or whatever. Stupid move on my part, didnt even think of a harness.. thank you! peace
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yo
Replies:
Posted By: penz
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 5:51 AM
The easy way to fix this problem is to reconnect the old Saturn wires (just don't twist the wires to gether- use crimp ons or good solder) then get the proper harness and do it right. You could also enlist a friend who knows what he is doing or go to a shop.
Posted By: get hit
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 10:10 AM
I cut the wires to the Saturns harness insanely too close to even get a chance to hook them back up. ****ed up
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yo
Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 10:26 AM
any chance you can go to a wrecking yard and get on fom there? with longer wires.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 10:26 AM
Yep. Yet another example of why people should never cut a vehicle's wiring harness when an adapter is available. Your best bet at this point is to take it to a good car audio shop and get some help. You can expect to pay quite a bit for this fix as it might take several hours of labor time, if indeed they can fix it. You may have to replace the vehicle's wiring harness, which can run into pretty large dollars and may require a trip to the mechanic. Sorry to hear you did this. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: get hit
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 10:33 AM
yeah that sucks. Im not sure of a yard around me and I need my money for everyone's Christmas presents.
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yo
Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 5:27 PM
You can do what was mentioned above, and try a junkyard or have a professional installer hardwire it. You could also look up your vehicle here: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/vehicles.asp. Test these wires for function, you may have a blown fuse or two. You could then either hardwire it- connect the wires directly, or go to CC or a stereo shop and ask for both harnesses for your car- into radio, and into car. ------------- My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.
Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 8:24 PM
metra makes factory harness replacements for most makes and models, 71-xxxx is what your model number would look like, for 96 Ford Aspire most likey a 71-1770. They come with 4-6" of wire so you can solder it back to your factory wires and have the factory plug and use a normal harness in the future.
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Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 8:25 PM
oops; I see you cut the Saturns wiring off; never mind the specific model I gave you before; but the wiring harness will still have a model number like 71-xxxx
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Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and look around once in a while; you could miss it.
Posted By: get hit
Date Posted: December 01, 2005 at 10:44 PM
you guys are great im gonnaa try like everything tomorrow once i get up and hopefully something good and inexpensive will turn up.
thanks again
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yo
Posted By: get hit
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 10:41 AM
metra only deals with making the harness' for the car manufactuer because as I was told there is not a big market for factory wiring harness' to sell them. eh
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yo
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 1:43 PM
Metra adapters are not going to help you after the car's wiring has been cut. If you want to try and fix this yourself you're going to need either another factory harness, or the factory wiring diagram, some good wire, a stripper, a soldering iron, solder, shrink tuning, a hot air gun, a multimeter, and lots of patience. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: get hit
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 2:06 PM
merta does have factory harness'. I was acctually able to get one and I will be getting it in the mail in about 7-10 days. sick.
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yo
Posted By: Tight_dbz
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 3:24 PM
Awesome. The only thing is that the harness you will be receiving will most likely have aftermarket colors on it. All you have to do is retrieve the plug that you insanely cut from your vehicle and look at the wiring left on it. You may not be able to connect anything to it but more than likely you will be able to see what color wire goes on which pin on the harness.
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