New member Username: Trpiep01
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Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 21:06 GMT I have a 2007 Dodge ram 1500. trying to put a sony xplod head unit. put all the wires together, but it wont power on when i turn on my pickup. there is also a brown wire, and orange/white wire and an extra black wire and an extra yellow wire. I have no idea what those are for. I have no clue why the head unit wont work. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys |
Gold Member Username: Joe1234
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Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:48 GMT Take a look:  |
New member Username: Trpiep01
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Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:56 GMT ok, but here is my question. i have 2 black ground wires, 2 yellow constant wires, an extra orange/white one, and a brown one that have nothing to hook up to. and when i plugged it in the head unit wouldnt light up. |
Gold Member Username: Joe1234
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Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 00:37 GMT Ok Travis you only need to provide proper voltage to the terminals shown regardless of any extra terminals there may be.
You may need some voltmeter/multimeter to check that indeed you are getting proper voltage to each terminal.
The yellow one needs to have +12V permanently, the red should have +12V when your car is on. The black one goes to chassis ground.
With those 3 it should light up. |
Bronze Member Username: Trpiep01
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Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 03:47 GMT alright. i have them hooked up how it says it is suppose to be, maybe i'll have to get a voltmeter hooked up to it. i was just confused as to why there are two ground wires and two yellow 12v wires... thanks for your help i will check it out! |
