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[speedncivic]

Hey I need some help. I tried to switch cd headunits yesterday but ran into some problems. When I took the old headunit out, several of the wires connected to the connecting harness pulled out of the plastic clip. So bought a new one, but now I am not getting any power from the yellow memory wire. I had the wires tested as well as the headunit just to make sure and all power is good in all wires and unit except for the yellow memory wire. I checked the fuses(every single one) and they are fine. How can I fix this problem? Somebody told me I could run a wire from the fuse box or even the battery, straight to the stereo and just cap off the yellow wire from the connecting harness. But I dont want to do anything before I know for sure. Please help me out.

[TurboLaxx]

Yea the yellow wire is basically straight from the battery. You can run a new wire straight from the fuse box to the radio if you choose. He's a pick of what a 2000 civic fuse box under drivers feet looks like:



I circled the 4 extra ports honda gives you. Just use a voltmeter and figure out which one is a 12V constant all the time. Each port supplies power at differernt ignition key settings. Hope this helps.

[Jos4DCivic]

you dont need it. its only memory wire. dont be lazy and just reset all setting everytime. J/K

You can run a wire directly to battery n/p just be safe and fuse it.Or like you said just run a wire to a fuse under dash that has constint power. Also could tap into cigarette power wire for power (my choice).
either way GL

[TurboLaxx]

I've tapped into the cig lighter wire before and it was a pain. There was very little wire to work with. Just run a wire to the fuse box and put a female spade on the end to plug it in. Just that simple.

[TurboLaxx]

I just found out there's a back-up radio fuse under the hoods fuse box. It's a 7.5A fuse. That might have caused the radio wire to mess up. It's worth checking out.

[speedncivic]

thanks for the help. Let you know what worked