Stereo install gone bad

Ok we got a new pioneer cd player for my friends saturn we hook it up perfectly sotter all the wires together and plug it in and nothing happen's i checked the ground and the 12 volt acc. are ok the fuse is good also the 12 memory wire is cool. the only confusing part of the install i hit was the wire harness for the cd player had a orange and white wire for illumnation and the wire harness for the car had a solid orange wire for the illumination. well after the cd player didn't work at all we hooked back the factory cassett player it turns off and on , when its on it gives feedback to the speakers and thats it.. no display or anything else ... Where did i go wrong ?

sounds like a short or you may have wired something wrong, im not sure though

did you use a harness adapter or hardwire it?

I would go to installdr.com and refrence your wireing to see if its correct and i would also check fuses on the cdplayer.

what year saturn?

You have blown the constant 12v fuse or shorted that wire in the harness. The symptoms you describe with the factory radio, just static and no display, that is the exact cause. That also explains why your new one doesnt work.

If you put a test light on the yellow wire of the pioneer, you should have power even with the key off. I promise you that it is not on. DO NOT PUT IN A LARGER FUSE SIZE. Most likely you were jacking around with the harness before you soLDERED all the wires together and the yellow wire touched the black wire or the steel of the dash. Thats all it takes to snap a fuse.

Check the fusebox. Thats your problem gauranteed. I installed for 10 years, every time a factory GM (Saturn is GM) radio was static and no display, the 12v constant fuse was out.

Russ D you tha MAN!! HOMIE!! just had to get some day light to find that fuse She is working Sweet now all i gotta do is get the pioneer cd player to seat right because its got one of those rear rubber mounts and the whole is like and inch to the left of where i need it to be . But she is working great now THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPIN A BRO OUT .

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Originally posted by StevenDewayne406



Russ D you tha MAN!! HOMIE!! just had to get some day light to find that fuse She is working Sweet now all i gotta do is get the pioneer cd player to seat right because its got one of those rear rubber mounts and the whole is like and inch to the left of where i need it to be . But she is working great now THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPIN A BRO OUT .



dude just unscrew the rear rubber mount and the radio will slide in like butter