I'm trying to install an aftermarket aiwa stereo.. I plugged in the wiring harness. The thing that came with the head unit has a plug and a bunch of loose wires.. I spliced those wires to the wiring harness correctly.. I'm getting no sound from the radio or from CD's.. The stereo comes on and I can play with it and everything but there's no sound.. I'm going to recheck all the wires and redo the ground, but anything I did or didn't do? Also I found out what those two plugs to the right are.. the antenna connection and the motor connection or something. The male plug will go into the head unit, but there's no place for the female plug and the head unit won't even turn on if the male plug isn't in.. what's goin on??

Thanks, Colby

 

What car is this in? And what type of system was in it before? I had a maxima before my 7 with Bose and the cd player in it went out so I had to replace it. Well I couldn't figure out why I was getting no sound. Everything was hooked up, and the headunit was working. Finally after searching for stuff for hrs on the internet, I discover that the amps built into the Bose speakers need to have some power to "turn on the speaker". Maybe that is your problem, but then again don't know what you had in it to begin with.

kleach
hope maybe I helped

 

Yes as far as I know the Bose components only work in conjuction with each other. If you change either the speakers or the headunit you have to do it all. That BOSE stereo sucks *** anyway.

 

ok, problem fixed and it was sort of a general one.. for future reference, if anyone else is planning to upgrade their fc's stock stereo, the stock speakers each have amps and you have to bypass them. I'm not sure if it's true for all aftermarket stereos, but my aiwa didn't turn them on..

 

how excatly do you by pass the amp. in the speakers??
i'm having the same problem in my fd. I've got a kenwood headunit and upgraded all my speakers with Pioneer and i could turn the volume all the way up and i could barely hear it.


any idea??

 

ya iam having the same EXACT problem
what do i do ? I get no sound either




Help?????

 

I didn't feel like dealing with bullshit when I bought mine, so I caoughed up the extra 40 bucks to get it installed...

Just not worth the hassle if you know what I mean

 

my friends shop couldnt figure it out. he said it needed a power adapter for the amps? I dunno, but i didnt pay a red cent for it. its in, but no sound at all. should i just replace the stock speakers and rig them up? BTW i have a sony headunit(yeah, it blows, but it was 100 bones and plays mp3's)

 

AMP BYPASS (2nd gen)

86-87 Front Speaker amp--located in speaker enclosure on passenger's side of dash
1. Remove Speaker enclosure on passenger side
2. disconnect connector from speaker enclosure
3. cut and connect the following wires
LIGHT GREEN W/ RED STRIPE TO BLUE W/ YELLOW STRIPE
LIGHT GREEN W/ BLACK STRIPE TO BLUE W/ RED STRIPE
LIGHT GREEN TO LARGE TERMINAL (+) OF RIGHT SPEAKER
LIGHT GREEN W/ YELLOW STRIPE TO SMALL TERMINAL (-)
OF RIGHT SPEAKER

for the rear amps (if u got any)
RED WIRE FROM BOTTOM OF ENCLOSURE TO RED WIRE THAT CONNECTS TO SPEAKER (+)
BROWN WIRE FROM BOTTOM OF ENCLOSURE TO GRAY WIRE THAT CONNECTS TO SPEAKER (-)

my stereo sounded like **** before this bypass, sounds much better now. if u got door woofers email me for amp bypass info

 

so are you guys saying there is an amp in the stock setup somewhere that probably wont be compatable with an aftermarket deck, or are you saying that the speakers have amps in them or what?

i ripped out the standard speakers and threw in new ones, and they work fine. there were only 2 wires on each, not 4 like meantioned above. i wanna change my deck now. o btw 89 gxl.

 

ya gotta look around them wires are in there somewhere, and it depends on what deck u have, sometimes the deck might bypass the stock car amp, sometimes it wont