DOUBLExDEUCEx22

I just installed a new deck in my car. everything works great, it powers up, all the functions work, Ipod plays through it, CDs work. But I have no radio signal. on every station its just static. and im not sure why. i had the antenna hooked up from the harness to the radio correctly, i think. I have a 98 EX and as you know the keyless entry is through the radio. but i couldnt get the old radio to sit behind the dash so i just bypassed it. There was two plugs that came off the old radio but i dont know what he smaller green plug has in it for wires.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

someone help please.

98civdx

the antenna should have its own plug that goes to the back of the deck.

so there are two plugs for the oem and 1 for the new deck??
there should be 1 each and then be spliced into the civic harness.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

well i kinda made my own make-shift harness out of one that was supposed to keep the keyless entry. theres a plug that plugs into one of the existing plugs and the splices with the wires coming from my new deck. how could i splice wires froma third harness?

courtney42

OMG , blast from the past.

I used to have a 98 EX myself.

The place to stash the old unit is under where the center console meets the dash. That's where mine was and the whole setup worked.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

see i knew that and i tried it but it didnt fit because it hit the cigarrette outlet. i just didnt plug anythign into my old radio.

98civdx

lol there is no third harness inless your talking about the deck harness.
you pretty much got,
1 end goes to car harness, 1 to oem deck and 1 splices into new deck wire harness.
your not plugging the antenna into the old deck right?
when i put a deck in my friends ex i stuffed the deck in the same spot.
just wiggle it around and it will fit.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

i tried.. ill try again today.. yesterday i just got too frustrated and said screw it. but what do i do with the green plug from the old deck? just not plug it into anything?

98civdx

honestly i have no idea what the green plug is
is there a spot on the old deck for it?
does the car have a cd changer?

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

yeah it does have a spot on the old radio

98civdx

just plug it back in then.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

theres no spot on the new radio to plug it. but i figured out a way to plug the old radio in and the new radio and neither one has power now.

98civdx

wierd and everything worked before w/out it plugged in but the radio.
i would just leave it unplugged then.
there is a cable with a long plug on it, its black with crome plug, that is the attenna,
is that plugged in?

Sic_DA_Nine

green plug maybe for stock anti theft?
take a picture and post it up

SuckMyDOHC

iTrader: (1)

don't worry about the green plug, has nothing to do with your new radio. If your radio is getting power, is connected to the speakers, and has the antenna plugged in, it should work. If you still get no radio signal, its a defective radio.

this is what the antenna plug should look like. Its called a motorola plug.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...orola_Plug.png

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

It doesnt have that. Yeah i dont understand why everything but the radio works..

98civdx

it doesnt have an antenna plug??
that would explain why everything but the radio works.

DOUBLExDEUCEx22

alright... heres the run down. When i bought the car i was told that it previously had a 6 CD changer in it. i saw the cord that ran to the trunk but never followed it the the dash and removed it. One day i tore apart my whole dash to get at the radio. I unplugged the antenna plug and forgot to plug it back in, but my radio still worked.

When i first tried putting the old radio under the dash it didnt fit and i got frustrated and just said screw the keyless entry.
i then re-tried everything because i was mad the raio didnt work (i had just been listening to my ipod) so i looked to see how i could get the old radio to fit. I discoverd a square silver box with alot of cords running to and from it. It was the CD changer master control unit. I removed all of that. My radio fit and i got it all hooked up correctly but my radio still didnt work. I then just put it back the way it was with the new radio working with just my ipod.

Now i realize that the new radio needs the antenna plug but i never even though about it because my old one worked without it. Does this make sense to anyone?

sorry for the novel

98civdx

kinda confusing but i think i got it.
im confused on the old radio working with out it but yea the new needs it or noithing.

SuckMyDOHC

iTrader: (1)

so plug the antenna in. problem solved.