cd deck, 1993 ford thunderbird

so my car gets broken into so i'm forced to intsall an old deck i found.

https://electronicsworldwide.stores.yahoo.net/piondehcdamd.html

i'm trying to install it in a 1993 ford thunderbird LX. i installed my last deck no problem. but this one wont power up. i checked the radio fuse with a fuse/wire checker and its getting power. i checked all the wires and the only thing that that seems to be getting power is a GREEN/ black and a soild blue wire. i checked the wire diagram and those colors arent on it. for the radio the ignition is the red wire and the constant is the yellow. i connected them to the appropriate wires from the car to see if it would power up and nothing.

i'm kinda new at this, like i said the last install went smoothly so any advice would be apprciated.

Make sure it's grounded as well. The best way to do this is with a meter, because a simple test light may not be telling the whole story.

If you don't have a meter, go buy one..even a cheap one is better then nothing.

Set the meter for voltage DC in the range you need (most meters lowest setting is up to 20v dc)

Place the negative probe on a solid ground. Take the positive probe test for your accessory and constant. make sure it reads at least 12v. If not check the fuses until you do. Sometimes wires get damaged so you may have to run a new one from the ignition harness, but it's rare.

Now once you know the power wires are good look for the ground (don't confuse this with the illumination or dimmer which will show ground with the lights off). Test with the positive probe on the constant and negative probe on the chassis of the deck. If it's at least 12v the deck should power up. If not..suspect a defective head unit.

Hope I helped.

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Have you verified there's not something wrong with the unit itself? Connect the constant/switched wires in the new stereo's harness together and touch them to the positive battery terminal. Connect the ground lead to the negative terminal. If the unit does not come on, and the fuse is good, the unit is bad.

Is the factory radio harness still there? If so, pick up a harness from a local shop. That way you can wire it to your new deck and plug it into the factory harness. If the plug has already been hacked off, read the sticky "How to figure out stereo wiring".

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hey thanks for the tip on testing the deck. it powers up. no the original harness was cut. my wire colors arent matching up the wire digram. i'll try the voltmeter approach to try to find the power wire. thanks again guys.