ok well ive been runnin my cd player from the battery ghetto style.haha and i decided to hook it up to my wires from the inside.ok so i hooked up the ground and the red and yellow wires but when i turn on the car my cd player doesnt turn on.so then i tried puttin the yellow and red wire back to the wire that is connected to the car battery and it works.the ground wire works but the switch ignition wire doesnt im guessing.you guys got any advice?and i also tried hookin up the 2 front speakers and they also dont work.any ideas?

 

here is the wiring diagram for the factory stereo:

 

would it be possible that only the ground would work and none of the other wires wouldnt?

 

Switch ignition power wire doesn't work?
Blown fuse?

Do you have a meter or test lamp to check for power on yellow and red?

 

what fuse number is the switch ignition?is that under the hood?and no i dont have a meter or test lamp.

 

Under the dash fuse box.
Switched power is number 17
(White wire with green stripe on the OEM radio plug)
Constant power is 12
(White wire with blue stripe on the OEM radio plug)

 

If you have a spare brake light bulb you can make a test light.
Solder (or do what you have to) wires to the connections directly on the bulb.
(If you have a bulb with a socket even better!)

Hook one wire - doesn't matter which one - to ground and the other one you probe your power connections with.

I guess it would be good to add a fuse in line with this ghetto tester... but it's ghetto so who cares.

 

You have a blown fuse my friend your problem is there.

 

thanks for your help guys ill go check it out.would that cause the speakers not to work as well?

 

You didn't wire them correctly?

Did you use an install kit to put this in or are you cutting and splicing into the harness yourself?
Left front
+ Blue/Green
- Grey/Black
Right Front
+ Red/Green
- Brown/Black

 

well the wires that are comin out of the stereo is already all spliced up so im just tryin to match wires.i changed out the fuse and the cd player still doesnt want to turn on.

 

Does your cigarette lighter work?

 

nope not even hooked up

 

anybody else no why it wouldnt be working?the only thing right now is workin is the ground wire that is comin out from under the dash.nothing else seems to work.

 

have you tried tracing the wires to the fuse box?

 

nope.what do i do then?