Nov 25, 03
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Car stereo help
Dammit.
So I bought a deck at Future shop, extended warranty. Driving along, it's working fine, hit a bump, it craps out. but it still ejects discs and I can put them in as well. But I can't even get the radio to work. So I get a new one. Put that one in. Driving along. Hit a bump. Damn thing craps out, same problem as the last one, but this one is only 3 hours old. Go, get a new one. this one won't play at all, but it has power, will accept CDs and eject them. So I go back, get a salesman to grab one, we try it, same damn thing. Even with only the power hooked up (no speakers), nothing really happens, but it has power. I'm not running an amp, just 4 speakers. Any suggestions? I donut want to spend any money to get it installed, I am at my wit's end. I have checked all the fuses, they are all fine, I got nothing here :( 
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Nov 25, 03
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Get a different brand deck. :c-tard:
If 2 units crap out within a week I'd be inclined to buy something else.
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Nov 25, 03
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Nov 25, 03
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Alas, I redid all the wiring...
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Nov 25, 03
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me neither :soak:
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Nov 25, 03
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So you redid all the wiring, made sure you have no floating grounds and all you can do is put in and eject a CD?
No radio, no music, nothing else?
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Nov 25, 03
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You got it, Pontiac! oh, and I can make the clock come up for about 5 seconds.
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Nov 25, 03
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You sure you got the remote lead connected?
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Nov 25, 03
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remote lead?
i've got the yellow to the battery, red to the ignition, black as ground, the only wire not connected is the bluish one, that has a tag on it saying that it's for the amp, which I donut have.
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Nov 25, 03
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OOPS!
Forgot you don't run an amp. =P The blue goes to the amp to activate it. Anyway... So you wired it up right, not like there are too many options here, but have you checked to make sure you have proper voltage coming from the battery? Like if you turn the car on does the deck work? When the car is on you get 14.4V due to the alternator driving the equipment vs. whatever the battery may be at 10-12V which might be too low to activate the unit.
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Nov 25, 03
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I'll give that a whirl in the AM. Night!
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Nov 25, 03
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Does the until take in a CD and eject without the until being turned on?
Or are you turning on the unit first and this is the only function that works?
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Nov 25, 03
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Nov 25, 03
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Your deck should only work when they key is in the ignition and turned to the accessory position or if the car it running.
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Nov 26, 03
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Turns out it had nothing to do with the wiring at all. Iwent to Future Shop on braodway, the guy plugged it in the shop, then plugged back in my car and it worked. Fucking weird shit thoug, that it wouldn't just work at all :S
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Nov 26, 03
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I'm telling you that a deck should not have constant power to it without a key in the ignition.
Has that problem gone away or does it still exist?
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Nov 26, 03
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You can still eject a CD without a key in the ignition, a lot of folks I know can do it, whether it be a factory deck or aftermarket.
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Nov 26, 03
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You ever notice how all of your presets and clock settings stick around until you actually unhook the car's battery?
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Nov 26, 03
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^^^ Well I guess my deck is either really old (Alpine 7909L) or it is dependent on the CD unit.
I have never owned a unit that would eject a CD without using a key. And yes... my clock on the unit keeps perfect time. :c-tard:
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Nov 26, 03
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it really does depend on the model cd player, any new deck will have a constant power supply to keep the time current. some decks will use that power to be able to eject cd's without the deck being powered on.
in my old car, it had a deck that didn't have a constant power wire, only accessory, so we had to wire one straight from the battery, and it worked fine.
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