i'm putting a 99 civic si cd player in a 98 civic, well i have a problem with two of the wire. one is the red/black wiring from the 99 plug which is pin 9 the illumination pin and the red which is the Dash brightness controller. does anybody know where to wire them to. i have two extra wire from my aftermarket harness which are the dimmer and power antenea so do one of those wire match up with these

 

isn't the red and black the ground?

The power antenna should be a thick black hookup...not a wire
I don't know for sure - i don't have a civic...but i thought it was always that way.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pistolpete &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm putting a 99 civic si cd player in a 98 civic, well i have a problem with two of the wire. one is the red/black wiring from the 99 plug which is pin 9 the illumination pin and the red which is the Dash brightness controller. does anybody know where to wire them to. i have two extra wire from my aftermarket harness which are the dimmer and power antenea so do one of those wire match up with these</TD></TR></TABLE> Both red/black and the red on the 99 harness are 12V+ inputs, the red/black is probably back lighting, [***** and buttons] the red is for dimming the readout, [it does not need to be as bright at night] I would wire the "dimmer" from the 98 harness to the one that makes the diff. you want, maybe even both, wire it all up and then try the "dimmer" to one then the other and see what it does, don't forget to turn the dimmer control up and down when you try it. Unles you have a power or amped ant. you do not need the "power ant." wire 94

 

yeah i thought the antenae was a thick black cable.

 

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The power antenna should be a thick black hookup...not a wire
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The power ant. wire is for controlling a power ant., it sends a 12V+ to the power ant. when you turn on the unit, the ant. goes up, when you turn off the HU there is no 12V+ on that line and the ant. goes down. the ant. sig. lead, [thick black] is for radio signal all ant. have them, the most common end is the Motorola end there are others mini Motorola, [gm] euro, [VW, Audi, BMW] and a few more. 94

 

ok i got it to work but no my problem is that when i start my car the cd player lights up and when i turn on my headlights, the cd player lights off. plzz help

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pistolpete &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i got it to work but no my problem is that when i start my car the cd player lights up and when i turn on my headlights, the cd player lights off. plzz help</TD></TR></TABLE>What wires, [of the red and red/black] did you hook up and how? Did you try the 3 diff. ways I suggested? BTW there is a 4th way, don't hook up the red or the red/black 94