missing colors

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 12, 2024 at 8:03 PM

Topic: missing colors

Posted By: mariosola
Subject: missing colors
Date Posted: August 06, 2006 at 8:59 PM

basically i just bought a 2000 cavalier and am transfering my aftermarket system from my old car to it. everything has gone as expected, but when i started wiring i realized that the new wire harness i bought has an orange wire for "illumination", but theres nothing to match it with on my sony head. i have power, cds can be fed and ejected but i have no light at all, what should i do?

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Posted By: mariosola
Date Posted: August 06, 2006 at 9:27 PM

the harness BB sold me is an GSXL, and the hu is a sony rx, idk if that helps at all

Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: August 07, 2006 at 10:45 AM

that illumination wire provides 12V whenever your headlights are on. It is used to active the auto-dimming feature on some head units. Sounds like your head unit does not have this feature.

do you mean the head unit has no lights on the face, or you have no dash lights?

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