i wired one into my friends 97 Civic.....for some reason the deck has constant power, every color is matched to its partner.....please someone give me some info on how to solve this problem, and thanx in advance

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mefain &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wired one into my friends 97 Civic.....for some reason the deck has constant power, every color is matched to its partner.....please someone give me some info on how to solve this problem, and thanx in advance </TD></TR></TABLE>Not sure I understand, you can still turn on the unit, evan if the cars ign. is off, or you can't turn off the unit at all?
Try this, turn ign. on, turn unit on, set stations, turn ign. and unit off, wait a few min. then turn unit on, are the station pre sets still there, if not, the constant power and the acc. power wire are reversed.
If the unit will not turn off, you have wired a constant power into the amp/ant. trigger lead of the unit, if none of this is so, then I would say there is a problem with the unit 94

 

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Um, you're bumping the thread without giving the information that fcm requested? I think his post answered the questions, even if you didn't ask them...

What EXACTLY is the problem with the deck?

 

the unit isnt bad, some wire is not allowing the deck to cut on w. the igntion, yet everything is wired to what its suppose to be, would the anti theft in the deck have nething to do w. it not working in a 97?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mefain &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the unit isnt bad, some wire is not allowing the deck to cut on w. the igntion, yet everything is wired to what its suppose to be, would the anti theft in the deck have nething to do w. it not working in a 97?</TD></TR></TABLE>Sorry I still don't get it, in your first post you said " for some reason the deck has constant power" I thought that ment the deck stayed on all the time, now you say "some wire is not allowing the deck to cut on w. the igntion" that sounds like the deck is not turning on at all, and no the "anti theft" has nothing to do with it, it is a code, and it will say code when the deck turns on, and you have to punch in the code into the deck every time power has been disconnected, so we are back to, what is or is not happening with the deck, 1- the deck will not turn on, no lights or "code" or anything on the "screen" 2- the deck turns on, but says "code" and nothing else, 3- the deck turns on, [you can tune a station] but no sound. 94

 

Are color codes the same from 97 to 99? I know the plugs changed between those years, but did the colors, too?

 

what im sayin is, i need to get it so the deck turns on when the car does, not having constant power, everything works fine, i can put the code in, listen to music, tune a radio station, everything, just the deck itself will not cut off......you have to unplug the deck to get it to cut off, there fore its not coming on and off by the ignition like it should

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mefain &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what im sayin is, i need to get it so the deck turns on when the car does, not having constant power, everything works fine, i can put the code in, listen to music, tune a radio station, everything, just the deck itself will not cut off......you have to unplug the deck to get it to cut off, there fore its not coming on and off by the ignition like it should</TD></TR></TABLE> OK now I understand, and like I said, it sounds like a miswire or there is something wrong with the unit, [blown diode] the wire colors for the 97 and 99 are the same, yellow/red is acc. and white/yellow or blue is constant power on the 97 and white/yellow is constant power on the 99.
Check and make sure that the wires in the car are as stated that the acc., [yellow/red] switchs with the ign. switch, and the constant, [white/yellow or blue] is constant, if that is good, and the unit is wired properly, and it WILL switch off, [with ign,] as long as the constant, [white/yellow or blue] is NOT hooked up, but WILL NOT switch off if the constant is hooked up, if this is so, then the diode between the acc. and constant, [inside the unit] is blown, and will have to be replaced, [repaired]. 94

 

not to be an ***...but you should seek help from a stereo shop.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not to be an ***...but you should seek help from a stereo shop</TD></TR></TABLE>

I believe fcm has a shop, and I'm a certified installer... That not good enough?

 

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I believe fcm has a shop, and I'm a certified installer... That not good enough? </TD></TR></TABLE>

12 yrs custom fab, my apologies gentlemen, I didn't know, silly me for reading quickly...

and no offense to anyone, because you both seem to be knowing...I KNOW for a fact that owning a shop doesn't MAKE you a good installer. try talking to some of the people I do .

 

actually i seeked help from a local shop, they said run a wire to the fuse panel......i didnt like that idea, i will try what the man above suggested and go from there