My Deck just turned off.. weird

[chris26969]

Hello,

I have a 97 honda prelude SH, aftermarket pioneer deck. So im driving and i press my horn and my deck turns off, does anyone have any solutions?

[94hondaacc]

does it turn back on? if it doesnt it sounds like a fuse, but your wiring is suspect if it is. how did you connect the radio? did you just cut the wires or by the plug that tells you what wire does what.

[chris26969]

Originally Posted by 94hondaacc

does it turn back on? if it doesnt it sounds like a fuse, but your wiring is suspect if it is. how did you connect the radio? did you just cut the wires or by the plug that tells you what wire does what.

Its got to be the ACC wire, What color is that somehwers?

[millaj92]

Sounds to me like whoever installed your deck did a shitty job. The horn is a negative trigger circuit, resting at positive. Sounds to me like someone didn't use a wiring harness and just went under the dash looking for power wires to hook into. Someone probably told them to go to the ignition harness under the steering column, and they probably tested the wires and tapped into the first wire they found with 12V constant on it, which happened to be the horn wire. If you want to hook it up right, the factory harness behind the deck should have a constant 12V wire, which will probably be white with a blue stripe or white with a yellow stripe. Check all your fuses because if this wire is bare and not used or damaged, there probably is a blown fuse which will leave it with no power, but if that were the case your cig. lighter and dome light wouldn't work either.