Cant get power to my stereo...

[geebauer]

i have a 95 bronco and i just got a new stereo and i cant seem to get power to it at all...

i bought the necessary harness and connected all the colored wires color for color, but nothing happens when i turn the bronco on, i also tried diffrerent combos for the colored wires and nothing seems to work

 

[Fritz180]

what kind of radio is it? and make sure you didn't blow the fuse for the radio. Get a test light and check to make sure you have constant power, which should be a yellow wire and check the red wire to see if you have power when the ignition key is turned on, if the key is off no power will be supplied to the red wire.

 

[keeprollling]

I had the same problem, I could not find the right solution so I ran the 12v line from the battery and found a switched power cable from under the dashboard.

 

[geebauer]

I had the same problem, I could not find the right solution so I ran the 12v line from the battery and found a switched power cable from under the dashboard.

yeah it sucks now

i cant even get my old stereo that i took out in the first place to work now

i may just need some professional help....

and i hope i didnt blow my new stereo

 

[geebauer]

what kind of radio is it? and make sure you didn't blow the fuse for the radio. Get a test light and check to make sure you have constant power, which should be a yellow wire and check the red wire to see if you have power when the ignition key is turned on, if the key is off no power will be supplied to the red wire.

its a sony xplod

and yeah i checked the fuse and its fine

 

[anthony?]

its a sony xplodand yeah i checked the fuse and its fine

is it a brand new head unit ?

 

[stusainte]

Hey did you happen to buy the quick plug for your Bronco and radio it will let you plug right into the factory radio plug ( wal-mart 5-10 bucks) hope that helps !!

 

[paintballdude902]

thats a decent head unit its what i have in my dakota

isnt there a fuse in the back of the head unit? check that then check all the other fuses in the truck

i was doing one in my brother inlaws f350 and i couldnt get it to work it ended up being the cigarette lighter fuse that was keeping it from working

another problem ive run into is the plastic plugin thing ford put in for the original blocked power from getting to the new harness i put in i ended up finding the two power wires using an volt meter then i cut them off and used wire nuts to put them together

 

[geebauer]

is it a brand new head unit ?

yeah brand new from best buy

i was thinkin i could just do it myself it couldnt be that hard

oh and is the ground wire really that important?

 

[geebauer]

Hey did you happen to buy the quick plug for your Bronco and radio it will let you plug right into the factory radio plug ( wal-mart 5-10 bucks) hope that helps !!

yeah at first i had purchased the ford harness, but i soon found out that only one connector mathced up, so i took a pic of the connectors on my phone, and showed the guy at best buy and he automatically knew i had to get a special one that he happened to have... and so i know i have the right harness, its for the amplifier integrated version or whatever

 

[paintballdude902]

yea i beleve the ground must be connected to get power

 

[geebauer]

yea i beleve the ground must be connected to get power

ok cuz we had it workin with the ground connected to one of the orange cords coming from the harness.... this really confused me... so then i thought i had it working so i disconnected everything because i still needed to connect the speaker wires. and then as i was taking everything out 2 of the wires touched and there wwas a big spark. and now i cant even get power to anything...

 

[paintballdude902]

uh oh big spark?

u mighta fried ur wires dude

bad news

did you check all of you fuses?

if all of the fuses for the truck and radio are good then u might cooked your wires/ head unit but the fuses should have popped b4 that happened

 

[geebauer]

uh oh big spark?
u mighta fried ur wires dude

bad news

did you check all of you fuses?

if all of the fuses for the truck and radio are good then u might cooked your wires/ head unit but the fuses should have popped b4 that happened

yeah man all the fuses are fine

how do i or can i fix the wires????

 

[paintballdude902]

yeah man all the fuses are fine
how do i or can i fix the wires????

id take it to a car audio place and ask them

i know house wiring not cars

did you smell any thing when it happened?

how did it spark on the metal int he dash or another wire?

 

[geebauer]

id take it to a car audio place and ask them
i know house wiring not cars

did you smell any thing when it happened?

how did it spark on the metal int he dash or another wire?

it touched another wire

no, no smell

i mean it wasnt a huge ass spark but it was kinda loud

 

[paintballdude902]

did the head unit ever have power?

do you have a car you can try the head unit it other than the bronco like has a friend replaced their head unit? if yes then i would ask them to take theirs out and put yours in just to make sure it works the plug in the back of the head units should be the same so its just a matter of taking it out and unplugging on and plugging in the other one

 

[geebauer]

did the head unit ever have power?
do you have a car you can try the head unit it other than the bronco like has a friend replaced their head unit? if yes then i would ask them to take theirs out and put yours in just to make sure it works the plug in the back of the head units should be the same so its just a matter of taking it out and unplugging on and plugging in the other one

yeah i could try that but the thing is

i took off the harnesses and tried to get the old stock unit to work and that doesnt even get power

so its gotta be something internally

 

[paintballdude902]

yeah i could try that but the thing isi took off the harnesses and tried to get the old stock unit to work and that doesnt even get power

so its gotta be something internally

yeah id take it to a car audio place

its still worth it to test the head unit