hey, so far i have had 3 difefrent cd players and had no memory, i couldnt save the time or my setttings arent saving. i hook all of them up color to color liek ur supposed to and then the cd player wont come on, so i take the the red and yellow on the cd player and connect them to the red one on my harness, that is the only way my cd player will come on, and then i dont have memory i dont understand why. please help me its pissing me offf, could it be that my harness that connects to the car harness is no good ??? thanks alot guys

 

sometimes not all wire colors for all cd players are the same, same for cars, so I'm gonna take a stab at the colors you mentioned. Usually your yellow wire is your battery/positive wire, that needs to be hooked up to your battery/ignition. The red is commonly the accessory wire, the one for your memory, that wire needs to be hooked up to your car's 12V constant just like a cigarette lighter, they run on the same 12V power. You'll need to check your wires when your car's off with a voltometer and find the live 12V constant wire. After that you shouldn't have a problem unless you unhook the wire harness from the cd player itself. As long as your cd player has a 12V constant it shouldn't lose any information (presets, memory, channels, etc.). You can also hook your battery wire from your cd player to the 12V constant but I don't recommend it unless you can remember to turn it off everytime you use it, wears down your battery. If you continue to lose your memory you might wanna have the car battery itself checked out. Hope that info helps a little.

 

what do u mean by a 12v constant, why cant i just hook up the cd player the normal way, thats what i want to know, why i cant just connect the wires and have memory i dont want to do the way ur saying and have to turn it off everytime , i just want to know how to hook it up and have memory

 

you have pm

 

Check your fuses, sounds like u might have blown the fuse for your constant 12v, which is the yellow wire. The yellow wire is constantly showing 12v, which holds the mem for the radio.

 

where do i look for the fuse , under the hood or on the driver side inside the car ???

 

just switch the red and yellow wire from the conenction.. im guessign you got either a clarion or panasonic i think...rite?

 

no thats not it at all, i tried ever way possible,

 

Are you useing a wire harness that you bought for your car type? If you are it sounds like you have a blown fuse in the constant wire. This is usually under the hood in the fuse box by the battery. It may be labeled "back up".

 

I tried everything to help the situation and still nothin, just a note so everyone can know, the cd player still doesn't come on even while just hooking up the battery wire itself. the absolute only way he's getting power is by hooking red and yellow to red on the harness as he firstly stated. If anyone figures this out i would like to know also, cause i'm stumped.. hope somebody can get you mike, good luck