rx7anator

i start driving tuesday. so far my interior is gettin better and better by the day but i STILL havnt got the head unit to work. so how do i run wires from the fuse box?

on another note is it true that if u turn on a cd player with not speakers wired up it will fry it?

some one please help me im so tired of sittin in my car sweating in my new seats and still not gettin this damn thing to work

thanks

Brad

enigma32

Unlikely.
This was the case many years ago, but to my knowledge most/all amplification circuits are designed to deal it now.
I wouldn't turn it up huge amounts though.

rx7anator

thanks alot man. cuz the cd player wasnt mine and my dad said back in the day that was the deal so i wasnt sure.

any help with running wires from fuse box now??? someone help me


the problem i have found to be is...i get something like 12v from the acc wires but when i make the connection with the wires from the cd player..and test the voltage from the connection i only get like 4v? wtf?

enigma32

You may have a bad ground. That's been the source of most electrical problems around here lately... I would check the ground on the CD player.

And I apologize for my horrible typing in my previous post-- I usually pride myself on having impeccable grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typing... I suppose I'm kinda tired though (and watching Bond on channel 5!!), so I have an excuse )

rx7anator

i thought this too but the connection with the constant stays at 12v. could this still be the ground?

what is the best place to ground?

enigma32

hmmm
Does this happen when you turn the unit on? Or just when you connect the power?
I assume you're measuring this with a reliable voltmeter or DMM?

Something crazy would had to have happend for the ACC line to the radio to be messed up though...

rx7anator

i just went out to use a test light to test my ground and i found i better place. so let me try there and get back to you.

i was using my dads OLD voltmeter. but i just ran out to my bro car and got his high volt voltmeter (bad *** in his words)

so let me go back out and try a few things and ill get back to you

thanks for the help tho man!! thanks alot

Brad

rx7anator

ok i just hooked up some wire that was goin to nothing. i conencted it with the acc. turn the key and check voltage....like 4. this is just weird. how can i rerun a acc wire from the fuse box?

enigma32

All you'd have to do is run the wire, then crimp it in with whatever line you want to use. (Assuming you're not going to be collectively drawing more than the feedline that you're drawing from can support-- if you're just re-running the current line you'd probably be fine)

I think you should investigate the problem further though.

You hooked up "some wire that was goin to nothing"?? to what?? What kind of connector did it have on it?

rx7anator

i just reran a wire from the "radio cigar" area.

wired it to the unit grounded it... turned the key and BAM turned right on.

i figured this all out by going what i should have done the whole time...took **** apart and wing it!

thanks alot for you help tho man!

now im out to wire up some 10" subs just to make sure everytings working (only speakers i have that arnt blown)

Brad

enigma32

no problem-- just be careful and don't break anything