aftermarket headunit wont work- searched

[kAoTiC95civ05]

i have a 95 ex and i bought a wiring harness to hook up my pioneer deh-p6400. my friend did all the splicing right and everything hes hooked up a ton of headunits. so he hooked it all up right and plugged in the harness to the original radio thing like u r supposed to do and then he turned the car on and it cmae on for like 5 seconds and shut off. now since then my brother cut and re-spliced all the wires twice and my other friend also did it once whihc makes a total of 3 times these wires have been re-spliced. i checked all the fuses tons of times and today i even replaced the radio fuse under the dash and the fuse in the back of the headunit just to make sure. still no luck. i wanted to make sure it wasnt somthing further down the line from the headunit so i plugged in the old tape player and it worked. what is wrong with this stupid pos. its making me mad that i cant even get a freakin headunit to work. if this isnt clear enough let me no il try to be more detailed but if n e 1 nos what i should do or what happend please let me no cuz its a really nice headunit. id hate to see it go to waste. is it possible somthing inside the headunit got fried or disconnected or sumthing? o yea and the only wire not hooked up is the "mute" wire becauuse there is no place to hoook it into the harness. plz help me asap.

 

[ClemsonCiv]

return the head unit and get another one.

 

[kAoTiC95civ05]

return the head unit and get another one.

i cant because its from my previous car, which i bought used, and it got rear ended whihc is how i ended up with the ex now. so i have no way of returning it. it worked in the integra before. i dotn no whats going on.

 

[ClemsonCiv]

then the only other thing i can think of is either your brother and friend wired something wrong or theres a possible short in the harness.

 

[aznburn210]

or the radio got shorted out.. i mean if its old.. you might just end up buying a new one... take it to a audio show NOT BEST BUY OR CIRCUIT CITy.. and get it installed...

 

[DirtyD]

unless the deck is from 1992 it didnt short out

if the fuses are fine then it must be wiring, double check it I guess, or maybe you aren't twisting the wires tight enough so when you jam the deck in they separate

 

[kAoTiC95civ05]

if the fuses are fine then it must be wiring, double check it I guess, or maybe you aren't twisting the wires tight enough so when you jam the deck in they separate

i havent even put the deck in yet i just hooked it up and held it and it stil didnt work so it couldnt be from the wires coming apart. how can i tell if the radio is fried? can i open it up and see? and where else cna i take it besides Best Buy or Circuit City cuz they r the only 2 places around here besides Tweeter and they r outragesly expensive on installs.

 

[DirtyD]

it might be ANYTHING

just think of every possibility why it could be doing that

 

[$lick Rick]

if it's not powering up on the bench test, and all of the fuses are fine.... the deck is fried. simple as that.
it'd cost more to repair than to replace

 

[DirtyD]

but arent the fuses the first to go before the deck is fried?

 

[$lick Rick]

but arent the fuses the first to go before the deck is fried?

usually, but if you short out the remote wire then it will usually insta-fry your deck.... kinda weird.

 

[kAoTiC95civ05]

so it would seem i am going to have to get a new head unit correct?

 

[DirtyD]

maybe

just take it to a shop

 

[$lick Rick]

maybe

just take it to a shop

although most shops will just do a bench test and tell you it's broken and try to sell you something new

 

[GTIUNIT]

did you check the fuse in the fuse panel under the hood? it should be labeled back up and be a 7.5 amp fuse. that the fuse for your constant power.

 

[DirtyD]

if that was blown would it even have any power at all?

 

[GTIUNIT]

no, cause that one is the fuse that keeps all the pre set radio stations stored when you turn off the car.

 

[kAoTiC95civ05]

did you check the fuse in the fuse panel under the hood? it should be labeled back up and be a 7.5 amp fuse. that the fuse for your constant power.

hey man that is it i replaced and it worked