UH problem
Carfreak18
10-10-2006, 09:59 PM
I tried hooking up my aftermarket pioneer HU to my 96 corsica...and it wont work..i got the right harness and a guy said to get a piece of speaker wire and intertwine it with the black wire and put it in a metal peice unpainted..I did this and still nothing
Drewet88
10-10-2006, 10:33 PM
I tried hooking up my aftermarket pioneer HU to my 96 corsica...and it wont work..i got the right harness and a guy said to get a piece of speaker wire and intertwine it with the black wire and put it in a metal peice unpainted..I did this and still nothing
Are you positive it is a working HU? And did your corsica have a radio installed before you did the swap?
Are you positive it is a working HU? And did your corsica have a radio installed before you did the swap?
Carfreak18
10-10-2006, 11:07 PM
yes it has a cassete player/radio and it works fine but then i hook up the HU and no nothing...im pretty sure the HU works tho...
Drewet88
10-10-2006, 11:27 PM
Are your connections done with electrical tape or did you actually krimp them together?
O wait you said you used harnesses so they just hooked up male adapter to female?
I'm no expert i'm just asking you questions i would generally check if it was my radio..
O wait you said you used harnesses so they just hooked up male adapter to female?
I'm no expert i'm just asking you questions i would generally check if it was my radio..
Carfreak18
10-11-2006, 03:01 PM
no their a taped together with electrical tape..
Drewet88
10-11-2006, 08:43 PM
are you positive all your connections are good.
did you check the HU in a different car?
did you check the HU in a different car?
Carfreak18
10-11-2006, 10:04 PM
yup i just got back from doin that at a buddies....my HU works in his car and we tried puttin in a different HU into my car and still no luck
PaulD
10-11-2006, 11:15 PM
one of the wires in your "harness" is obviously connected incorrectly or has come lose
Drewet88
10-12-2006, 01:03 AM
^ i agree....
if your factory radio is working when u match up the wires then maybe you're just matching up the wires wrong for the aftermarket ones.
if your factory radio is working when u match up the wires then maybe you're just matching up the wires wrong for the aftermarket ones.
vinnym86
10-12-2006, 05:41 AM
no their a taped together with electrical tape..
i'm guessing that's the problem right there. solder and crimp for best connection.
i'm guessing that's the problem right there. solder and crimp for best connection.
Carfreak18
10-12-2006, 08:34 PM
yea i will do that...
bjboertje
10-13-2006, 03:17 PM
solder and crimp? you can't do both, can you? i prefer solder and heat shrink tubing.
Carfreak18
10-14-2006, 02:36 PM
FIXED....it was a fuse...pointed out from an audio shop tech. but thanks anyway for the help..
vinnym86
10-14-2006, 05:38 PM
solder and crimp? you can't do both, can you? i prefer solder and heat shrink tubing.
solder the tips of wire so the copper doesnt fray, then crimp. heatshrink works great, too. (looks cleaner, as well)
solder the tips of wire so the copper doesnt fray, then crimp. heatshrink works great, too. (looks cleaner, as well)
PaulD
10-14-2006, 07:04 PM
maybe I have weak hands, but I have the hardest time getting those butt-end crimps to hold BOTH wires - seems one side always wants to comes loose.
vinnym86
10-14-2006, 10:14 PM
a good crimp tool helps, but the cheap ones work, too, with enough effort. I've used the butt crimps and at first they just didnt want to hold, but i used more effort (til it hurt, lol) and theyve held strong since.
PaulD
10-15-2006, 05:51 PM
we have the like $100 crimpers at work (about a dozen different ones), and I still seem to have a hard time with them.
Automotive Network, Inc., Copyright ©2026