question about an install that hopefully somebody can help me with..

i got an alpine cva-1005 that is going in my car.. the problem is, i got everything hooked up and i think wired correctly.. but the unit wont turn on..

so i rechecked all the wiring and there doesnt seem to be anything wrong.. is it possible the cva brain went bad? and if so is there a way to check it to see if its still in good working condition?

any and all info is appreciated

thanks

 

check your fuses. you must of blown one while wiring up your deck

 

fuses have been checked and re checked.. they are all good..

i took the brain to the cva into a local alpine dealer this morning to have everything checked out.

so once i hear from them, ill go from there

thanks.

 

yea sometimes its just fried. i got a deck on ebay that was DOA. . i check the wires like 30 times and it being the first time i installed a deck made me nervous but what kinda dumass cant match wire colors and tape it together. **** i was so mad.

 

got it back from the shop.. everything is in perfect working condition..

so now i just have to retry with the install...

im thinking i had something messed up when i tried to bypass the brake wires.. so we'll see

 

Even if the brake wires are not hooked up at all the unit will still turn on, you just cand watch a DVD, but everything else will work, check all the power and grounds, the HU has an acc., [switched power] a ground and an illumination wire. the "amp" control box has the acc. the ground and the constant power, [yellow], make sure all these wires are connected properly and that the acc. has 12V+ when you turn the ign. key on, and the yellow, [constant power] has 12V+ all the time, [no matter what you do with ign. switch, if you get it working, wire the foot and Ebrake the way you are supposed to, so it works like it is supposed to, and get back to me and I will show you a way to "bypass" it. 94

 

alright thanks.. i didnt get a chance to mess with it anymore yet.. ive been busy but hopefully later this evening...

as far as the brake wires go.. where exactly do i find the brake wire at? and the ebrake wire.. im guessing is the small red one running to the ebrake.

another question i also have an alpine dva-5205 i beleive is the unit.. anyway alpine dvd player.. now the plug in the back has 4 wires comming out.. red yellow black and white/brown i beleive is the other one.. so would the wht/brwn one be a remote wire?? any ideas?

 

The foot brake wire, [green/white] can be found at the brake light switch, on a bracket just above the brake peddle, the E/hand brake wire can be found under the console, plugged into a switch at the base of the E brake, whatever color it is, there is only one wire.
Yes, the white/brown is the control lead. 94

 

so the brown/white wire from the dvd player needs to be hooked up with the remote wire going into the brain of the monitor.. which in return would allow the dvd player to turn on..

correct me if im wrong

 

you dont need to hook up the brake wires in order for the head unit to work. the brake wires are used to change settings and play an aux in. ive used that head unit for about a year until they stole it. if it ends up beeing that you have a bad brain contact me i have an extra one with all the wires and whatnot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by notguilty411 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so the brown/white wire from the dvd player needs to be hooked up with the remote wire going into the brain of the monitor.. which in return would allow the dvd player to turn on..

correct me if im wrong</TD></TR></TABLE>What DVD player do you have?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tobe2be &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you dont need to hook up the brake wires in order for the head unit to work. the brake wires are used to change settings and play an aux in. ive used that head unit for about a year until they stole it. if it ends up beeing that you have a bad brain contact me i have an extra one with all the wires and whatnot.</TD></TR></TABLE> That's the point, he has a DVD player, and the brake wires will allow him the "watch" the DVDs 94

 

well he said that the unit wont turn on. that has nothin to do with the dvd player or brake wires. teh brown and white wire goes to the brown and white wire (if im not mistaken) from the brain.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tobe2be &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well he said that the unit wont turn on. that has nothin to do with the dvd player or brake wires.</TD></TR></TABLE> If you had looked at all the posts you would have know the we have already told him that....
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Even if the brake wires are not hooked up at all the unit will still turn on, you just can't watch a DVD 94</TD></TR></TABLE> and what you told him was......
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tobe2be &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you don't need to hook up the brake wires in order for the head unit to work. the brake wires are used to change settings and play an aux in. ive used that head unit for about a year until they stole it. if it ends up beeing that you have a bad brain contact me i have an extra one with all the wires and whatnot.</TD></TR></TABLE> The brake wires are not for "changing settings", they are the safety's so the video portion of a DVD will not come up on the screen, when the car is in motion, also, if he has a DVA-5200, power and switching is done through the AI-NET, [unilink] cable, white/brown wires, [AUX 1&2 remote outs are not used] that is why I asked him what DVD player he has 94


Modified by fcm at 2:57 PM 7/30/2005


Modified by fcm at 2:59 PM 7/30/2005

 

its a dva-5205..

im also running a era-g320 dsp

and they are all AI-NET systems.. although im not really sure how the whole AI-NET thing works...

but the bwn/wte wire coming from the dvd player is the only one that i didnt know where it got connected..

also i orginally thought my brain was bad..so i had it sent to an alpine dealer to have that and the dsp tested and they told me they were both in normal working condition.. since i got it back i havnt really had a chance to mess with anymore becuase i need to get the head back on the car and get it running first..

hopefully that will all be done this weekend tho.

 

Well I can not find any wiring info on the DVA-5205, do you not have the owners/install manuals for the 5205, I can only find an owners manual, the install manual for the ERA-G320 is at Alpine.com Tech Support, you can also contact Alpine for Tech Support.
I could also not find any other Alpine DVD player with a brown/white lead although I did find the DVA-7996 and it has a white/brown remote in, but as far as I can remember when using the Ai-NET all the switching is done through it.
I would contact Alpine Tech Support and ask them for the best way to connect the 3 Alpine units together properly 94

 

alright thanks for the advice.. ill have to give them a call..

thing is i got all this equipment from a friend who doesnt have the install manual.. so no luck there.. i

ill keep you guys posted on how the install turns out

thanks again

 

You can get the owners and install manuals at http://www.alpine.com, for some reason the install manual for the DVA-5205 was not there although the owners manual was, you can find them all at Tech Support, they are a PDF, download. 94

 

alright thanks..

i checked their tech support.. and got the install manuals for the monitor and dsp.. but you were right nothing for the dvd player..

now i just need to figure out how to wire them all together..

wish me luck

 

Good luck, you can call Alpine tech support, they will tell you the best/right way to connect it all up. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Good luck, you can call Alpine tech support, they will tell you the best/right way to connect it all up. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

alright guys got everything up and running.. with the exception of the dsp.. ill wait to run that later..

anyway, screen comes on dvd player is on..

amp turns on.. but its in protection mode and i cant get any sound other than a slight static sound from the speakers...

so what could have caused my amp to go into the protection mode?? and how can it be resolved?

the amp is an alpine mrd-f752

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by notguilty411 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">alright guys got everything up and running.. with the exception of the dsp.. ill wait to run that later..

anyway, screen comes on dvd player is on..

amp turns on.. but its in protection mode and i cant get any sound other than a slight static sound from the speakers...

so what could have caused my amp to go into the protection mode?? and how can it be resolved?

the amp is an alpine mrd-f752
</TD></TR></TABLE> There is a short in a speaker or speaker wire or possibly low impedance, or a problem with the amp, to test, disconnect all speakers, turn system on, if no protection light , connect speakers up one at a time, till light comes on again, or test all speaker leads with multimeter, for continuity to ground, [short] and across the pos. and neg. for lower then 2ohms on the speakers and lower then 4ohms on the sub/subs, [low imp.]. 94

 

alright figured out theres a problem with the amp..

i disconnected all the speakers and the prot. light is still on... so is there anything i can do to fix this problem?

in the meantime i have a few other amps lying around ill use

 

It will have to go to a repair shop, but before you hook up another amp, get a multimeter and check all the speaker/speakers wires for shorts/low imp. 94