head unit install trouble

[spatulahunter]

99 alero, pioneer cd player, stock speakers, jensen 6 cd changer (installed by previous owner, uses radio output for the signal). Damn im confused.....


I was putting a cd player (pioneer deh-3000) in my girlfriends car (99 Alero) and when i hooked it up for some reason only 3 speakers were playing (rear left was out) but i left it like that for a few days so i could get the tools to make it fit right, i had to cut to make it fit. When i borrowed my friends dremel tool a few days later i unplugged the cd player ( the wiring harness and the antenna plug) after i cut the plastic in the back i tested the cd player to make sure the rear left channel was giving signal, once i found out the cd player was fine i decided to bypass the the original wiring and i just ran a speaker wire from the cd player to the 6x9 that wasnt playing once i got everything finished up i plugged the cd player back in and went to turn it on to see how it played and nothing happened, no power, no sound, no nothing. I was pretty upset and decided to just plug her regular head unit back in until i could mess with it some more (i was working in the drive way and it was getting to dark to work) well when i plugged it back in it didnt work either. So i checked all the fuses and all the wires and everything looked in order. Does anyone have any idea what could be going on

[quinton]

I would recheck your fuses one more time. Ive had the same thing happen. Blew a fuse in the driver side fuse box on the 99 grand am. Look at the Key and check all fuses that say Radio, or ACC or SW.

[spatulahunter]

i checked them all two or 3 times, but what the hell, i mine as well do it again hehe.

[bubbajim]

Not to offend or anything, but isn't this the reason why people say you should disconnect your battery when you do any electrical work in your car. (God I sound like a naggin mother... get out of my head mom).

If the car starts and you haven't cut any power cords back there behind the head unit, all signs point towards fuses.

:boogie:

[spatulahunter]

your def right about unhooking the battery, in the future i will. I also wasnt aware that a fuse can be blown yet still look like its together. Someone on a different forum told me about that so im gonna go check all the fuses again. Thanks everyone.