Misc. Electrical Prob's...

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Humble_One
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Joined: Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:30 pm

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OK, so this is a stereo replacement gone awry story...on a '94 J30t. It goes something like this... Using a Scoche harness I proceeding to replace the Bose with a Kenwood; in addition to the typical constant and accessory (+), the harness has a separate lead for amp turn on and power antenna as well as 2 separate ground leads. Now being the naive individual that I am, I connected these without checking the validity of scoche's color assignment. Stereo lit up (no sound, as I hadn't attached speaker leads at this point). A few minutes into chasing down speaker and amp power leads the butt-end of the new head unit starts smoking; long story short...I fried the IC in the new deck. After giving up, I replaced the Bose in its native position until I could have the new deck repaired.

Here's the problem...the power antenna doesn't work, the key-fob remotes don't work, the clock doesn't work, and the constant power to the radio is apparently not present, as it 'forgets' the stations and what-not when the key is turned off for a while. Yes, I rechecked the harness at the head unit; no, there wasn't a lot of tension on the wiring; I cannot reprogram the remotes; yes (I Believe) I've checked all of the fuses...

I'm at a loss, here. Hints or strategies would be greatly appreciated. Is anyone familiar with a common circuit or module that supplies all of these?


Humble_One
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Joined: Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:30 pm

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Update... Good 12v through the acc, minimal voltage to the 'constant' - just enough to bump the meter...assuming this should be ~12v. Good signal coming from the deck to the leads for antenna and amps...maybe a relay somewhere that I'm not finding?

j30t
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Joined: Wed Dec 25, 2002 6:51 am

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i dont know the answer but if i were you id post this in the audio forum and also over at sounddomain.com


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