Radio help
 

Ok all I went to go do was swap my existing cd player due to the volume button being messed up with a new one, took it out and simply plugged my wiring harness to the new one ,well got no power to it ,plugged the old one up and got no power to it either.checked all Incab fuses and all were fine harness all conected properly.I am at loss what to do. Any advise? 1988
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Get a multimeter and find out where you have power. Then trace it back to the radio and you should find the flaw :great:

i think there is an acc fuse or radio fuse under the hood, if you have a multimeter it will make it real easy to check all the fuses quickly

Thanks for the replies guys,I don't have a volt meter but I can borrow one.I checked th fuse box with the horn ignition ect,all is good there I don't know where the other fuses are located.I just don't understand what could have happened,power one minute then none the next?

Dome light fuse ? :hillbill:


LOL reason I ask.. I replaced my radio yesterday (without pulling the battery power.) I shorted the power while wiring and of course when I go to start it up I get no power at the radio. It was the dome light fuse under my hood not letting my Tacoma start. I was dumbfounded. :think:

So seriously, pull and check ALL of the fuses.

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Yeah I didn't pull the battery power when I hooked it up maybe a possible cause.my dome still works and checked all the fuses and seem alright, I don't have fusebox cover that shows what the fuses go to that would be nice,I guess I will go get more fuses tomorrow,15 amp for radio right?

Ok narrowed down to the horn fuse and the fuse behind the radio I unplugged the negative from battery and rplaced the fuse that were burned up go to put negative back on and one of the two pop what's goin on?

Sounds like you've got a wire grounding / shorting the circuit somewhere


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Ok tried everything and blew way to many fuses and ended up using the original radio the new one just blew fuses but the old one works?after hooking up the old then the new I apparently blew out half the lights in the old one but it works,guess I'm back to the starting block.

what type of radio are you trying to put in your vehicle? also what make model and year are you dealing with? lastly can you post any pics?