d16y7ej6dude

i bought an ek amber clock last month,installed it, lights up an everythin but doesnt keep the time once i turn the car off. i spliced it in2 the radio harness like a couple forums said. i have the right wires going 2 the right place so thats not an issue, an i hav no blown fuse. any help would be greatly appreciated(setting the time everytime i drive is starting 2 **** me off). i guess my real question is should i tap in2 the climate control or somewhere else, an if i tap in2 somewhere else w/ color wires go with which?

AddictedTo5

Hey, Do you think you could have wired your radio incorrectly? Are you sure you got all the right wires to the right places?

geebs

there is three wires for the clock correct?
one battery (hot all the time)
one ignition
one ground

i think you dont have a battery wire hooked up

NOFX

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2361911

I have the chart in there how I set mine up. Mine works perfectly, though mine is not affected by the dimmer (no need).

He made that thread too, so I suppose he wired it that way. Which means there's something else wrong.

d16y7ej6dude

checked the radio backup fuse, its fine. i wired all 4 clock wires up, should i unwire the dimmer one?

specoperformance

i havent seen one of these, have a pic?

d16y7ej6dude

goto

http://images.google.com/imgre...a%3DN

my camera is all f'd up!

NOFX

They actually come in amber, green and white from what I've heard.

specoperformance

id like that, my radio has a tiny clock on it

d16y7ej6dude

most people charge around $70-$100 with shipping, $100 on the high side. definently worth it if ur in2 jdm/edm or if u want a fly *** clock!

specoperformance

aww shet, i just wanna have a clock....so used to having one

d16y7ej6dude

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any ideas?

JSPECSIR

you should be fine getting everything from the radio harness. the harness pictured in the link seems to be missing a wire. red/black goes to ill. this wire should be in you radio harness as well. the black is probably ground. the yellow wire and the wire where the missing pin is, are going to be power wires. one will be switched to turn the clock on with the key and the other hot to keep its memory. how is yours wired?

d16y7ej6dude

i have:

CLOCK ------------------ RADIO
battery: white/blue----------yellow
ignition: yellow---------------red/red & black
dimmer: red & black---------orange
ground: black------------------black

d16y7ej6dude

the thing is i plugged the clock in an i set the time, an i turned the car off an waited 5 mins. an turned the ign. on an it kept time, but once i plugged my deck(cd player) in it would keep time.


Modified by d16y7ej6dude at 8:57 AM 9/20/2008

d16y7ej6dude

i bought an ek amber clock last month,installed it, lights up an everythin but doesnt keep the time once i turn the car off. i spliced it in2 the radio harness like a couple forums said. i have the right wires going 2 the right place so thats not an issue, an i hav no blown fuse. any help would be greatly appreciated(setting the time everytime i drive is starting 2 **** me off). i guess my real question is should i tap in2 the climate control or somewhere else, an if i tap in2 somewhere else w/ color wires go with which?


Modified by d16y7ej6dude at 9:09 AM 9/20/2008

NOFX

Does your radio keep correct time and memory?

d16y7ej6dude

amber clock pic.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.co...79627

d16y7ej6dude

yea it does, no problems with keeping time and audio presets. its an aftermarket one though, with an aftermarket harness.

d16y7ej6dude

could the aftermarket harness be the problem?

jon4honda

subscribing to thread mine does this in my del sol

d16y7ej6dude

Modified by d16y7ej6dude at 9:03 PM 9/30/2008

NOFX

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by d16y7ej6dude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">could the aftermarket harness be the problem?</TD></TR></TABLE>
If the colors are different, yes.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jon4honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">subscribing to thread mine does this in my del sol
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Your problem might not be the same if your clock is stock. The clocks we're talking about have to be wired in since US cars never came with them and there is no plug on our car for them.

d16y7ej6dude

yea it definetly wasnt plug an play. i guess i can just deal with it, i'm happy i hav the clock.

d16y7ej6dude

anybody got any ideas?

night pic.