Help with head unit
11-08-2003, 08:06 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmond OKlahoma
Posts: 747
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Help with head unit
i just installed my new sony head unit on my 95 4runner today and i got all the colors of the wire's matching and all but the problem is my internal lights on my dash wont turn on anymore. Everything works except for that. Anyone now a solution because i would reallly like to see how fast im going at night.
11-08-2003, 08:53 PM
#2
Contributing Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 1,736
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You grounded the system. Take the unit back out and disconnect the orange wire(it should be orange, i think) and tape it up. That wire when connected will ground the system. Then check your fuses in the engine bay and replace the one you probably blew out. Should be the dome fuse i think.
11-08-2003, 10:22 PM
#4
Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Lakewood, CO.
Posts: 80
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
More than likely you hooked up the ground from the radio to the illumination wire (green) at the factory radio harness...Bump to the previous post otherwise...
11-09-2003, 02:32 PM
#5
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmond OKlahoma
Posts: 747
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
im still having problems!! I took the orange wires apart from one another and checked all my fuses and the are all fine so what could the problem be me and all my friends are all stumped.
Trending Topics
11-09-2003, 06:31 PM
#9
Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Lynnwood, WA
Posts: 1,184
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
should be the orange wire, get a voltimeter, connect it, see if it comes on and off when you shut off your lights on/off. everything else is a breeze, you just need to cut out the orange wire and find the interior light wire
11-09-2003, 07:40 PM
#13
Registered User
Originally posted by Cebby
Did you plug your dimmer control back in? (Wire from the control knob on your dash needs to be plugged in for the dash lights to work...)
Did you plug your dimmer control back in? (Wire from the control knob on your dash needs to be plugged in for the dash lights to work...)
11-09-2003, 07:46 PM
#14
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmond OKlahoma
Posts: 747
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i am sorry cebby but im not good at this electrical stuff which wire from my dash im pretty sure i plugged all of them in that i unplugged.
PS thanks for being patcient with me so far.
PS thanks for being patcient with me so far.
11-09-2003, 07:52 PM
#15
Registered User
I've scratched my head for a good while and tore my dash apart a couple of times when forgetting this one. Easy to forget - that's why I asked. There might be a problem with the plug for this... You can try taking a small wire and jumping the two terminals in the dimmer wire connector that comes from the vehicle harness. That will rule the dimmer out as a problem...
Good Luck.
Good Luck.
11-09-2003, 08:06 PM
#17
Registered User
Originally posted by fooddude
i see too orange wires that say dimmer positive and dimmer negative am i supposed to do anything with these
i see too orange wires that say dimmer positive and dimmer negative am i supposed to do anything with these
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
kgcwb44
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners (Build-Up Section)
4
01-29-2023 10:02 AM
themightykhoner
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners
2
08-11-2015 07:37 PM
