I installed my new aftermarket CD player on my 1999 Pontiac Grand AM today but as I was putting into the car, the yellow power wire sparked and it wouldn't work. So I figured I blew out the CD player but when I put my old one back in, it wouldn't turn on but the strange thing is that the luminary lights for the thing did. I also checked the fuse on the main panel and the one on the CD player. Any help would be much appreciated!
Car Audio & Video - Pioneer - DEH-2100 CD Player
Answers & Comments
Sounds like you have melted the ill. wire into the 12 volt constant somewhere in the wiring harness. You have a few options you can fix it by tracing down power wire behind the dash seperate the 2 wires and tape them back, but that involves taking out the dash to trace them. You could replace the whole harness which again requires taking apart the whole dash and is expensive, or you could run the power wire down to the constent on your cigerette lighter. Find a wiring diagram or test the wires to see which is which. NOTE: always unhook the battery when you are installing a new stereo because the constants are just that a contant 12 volt feed. but to test the cigerette lighter wires you will need to leave the key off and battery on gound your meter to something and which ever wire gives you voltage is the one you want.