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Bare with me I am a newbie and this is my first post. I have a 94 F-body Camaro Hatchback. I took out the factory radio. I do not have a bose system on my doors, but I do have a speaker in the back behind the rear seat and I believe it has a small pre-amp with it. I hooked up a JVC deck to it, and it only works when the running lights are on. I believe this has something to do with your radio shutting off when you open your doors. I bought a wiring kit and hooked it to the JVC wires. All color coordinating (blue to blue, red to red, etc.). I checked the Haynes and the wiring color differs from conventional radio wiring. On the car side, the orange wire (hot/battery) is not even being used. When I jump the orange wire to the radio wire the lights come on and your dummy bell starts dinging'. This is with the car turned off. I know I can bypass all wires from the stock wiring and wire my radio through other means, but I rather take advantage of the car's stereo wiring harness, it is alot easier to work with. And I don't like to have the running lights switch on just to listen to the radio. The radio goes crazy when you try to work with the settings, I am not sure if that is a faceplate problem, or if it is related to having it's power going to headlights. Anyone have a similar problem? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!