so i installed a radio on my 1992 hatchback, every time i turn off the car and i turn it back on it wont play the cd or save my radio stations i have to eject the cd and save the stations every time! its really getting on my nerves, can some one please tell me what could be wrong with my radio??

 

did you wire it correctly? The Yellow wire should be the one for main power, but also for keeping the memory..check to see the wires on your car is not cut somewhere..i would say test it?

 

There's nothing wrong with your radio -- there's something wrong with the install.

You're not getting constant (backup) power. This is controlled by the yellow wire on the radio harness. Please please tell me you're not one of the people who cheaped out and cut off your factory harness, instead of buying a $12 conversion harness.

Also, check your radio backup fuse in your under-hood fuse box.

 

Eran is right, if you did a DIY and did not get a conversion harness, you pretty went in blind when you installed, unless you had a chart of which wires are which.

Radio 12v white/blue + radio harness
Radio Ground black - radio harness
Radio Ignition yellow/red + radio harness
Radio Illumination red/black + radio harness
Factory Amp Turn-on N/A
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- blue/green - gray/black +,- radio harness
RF Speaker +/- red/green - brown/black +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- blue/yellow - gray/white +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- red/yellow - brown/white +,- radio harness

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There's nothing wrong with your radio -- there's something wrong with the install.

You're not getting constant (backup) power. This is controlled by the yellow wire on the radio harness. Please please tell me you're not one of the people who cheaped out and cut off your factory harness, instead of buying a $12 conversion harness.

Also, check your radio backup fuse in your under-hood fuse box.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol i guess get the voltmeter ready happend to a friend of mine also went cheap nd didnt get the adapter
totally destroyed the wiring harness
i ended up downloadin a pdf file for my buddies 99 si the full out wiring diagram for the radio
u need the backup power for the memory i believe then ur set

 

when i got the car, it came with aftemarket radio and it didnt have the harness. so i just followed the connections from the old radio i put everything the same way.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1992_eg_houston &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when i got the car, it came with aftemarket radio and it didnt have the harness. so i just followed the connections from the old radio i put everything the same way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Then apparently, you expletiveed up.

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/HA-Wiring.pdf

That should help you figure it out.