I'm trying to hook up a Pioneer unit in my son's 98 Dakota. I used a metra wiring kit, and carefully matched the colors on the wiring harness.
The unit powers up fine, but no sound in the factory speakers. I put the old unit back in, and speakers work fine.
I hooked up amp and sub and they work fine, only sound out of system is in sub.
Help!
Replies (10)
uochronos on 01/17/2004 22:22:37
I would take out one of the speakers themselves unhook it and check it with a ohm/volt meter and see if its getting anything from the head unit. i'm unfamilar with dodges so someone else here would have to let you know or ask your local dealership but some cars have a stock amplifer somewhere and i know i had a car with one and when i hooked up my head unit no sound came out. I had to bypass the stock amplifier. aside from those 2 things i dont know what else to try.
cjmag on 01/18/2004 09:34:48
I have since found out it DOES have a stock amp, does anyone know how I "bypass" it?
uochronos on 01/18/2004 14:25:56
well you could run new wires from the back of the head unit to the speakers. this took me about 2hours to run it after i got the pannels off. you could also find the amp which is usualy in a really anoying place. inside the dash somewhere in my experience usualy. and then you unplug the amp and you wire your speakers into the speaker wires coming out of the amp. the second one well oibviously be faster but only if you know where the amp is located and dont have to go searching and only if your dash is easy to disassemble. the first car i had with a sock amp in it too me 3 hours just to get to the same thing the whole dash had to come apart. if i had known that i would have been running new wires and just to the door pannels off.
ttocs on 01/18/2004 16:03:12
you probably have the infinity system? If that is the case the amps are normally located on the speakers themselfes, otherwise check the usual spots(under seats, ect). Hook up the amp turn on, on the hrns and it should come on. It will not sound the best this way, but it will play and should not cause any problems.
Sylver on 01/21/2004 19:50:46
I work at a circuit city doing car audio installs. we come in contact quite often with factory amped systems. what we usually do to get around the problem, is hardwire the cdplayer harness directly to the factory wires, although its not the most fun way and definately not the cleanest, it has turned out to be the best. when wiring the speakers, its done the same way, + to + and - to -. however, when you meter the wires and come up with your +, acc, and ground, hook up the amp wires like this: the ground just gets grounded with the cd player ground, the amp remote wire hooks up to either the cdplayer remote or the acc wire, and the power wire can go to battery or to acc as well. best of luck. *note, my advice is that of me and does not reflect circuit city in any way* (i have to say that) you can email me directly if you need any further help, i can get diagrams for you if needed too sylversdomain@yahoo.com
ttocs on 01/22/2004 02:57:46
If I remember correctly, you should probably hook the Factory amp remote wire to the +12v accessory. Often the do not use a remote wire on the amp, instead switching what would normally be the constant wire on the amp to turn on and off. Remote outputs on aftermarket decks are not enough to supply the amp pwr intputs.
Woked at circuit huh? I worked at the piss yellow price tag myself for a while. I have bought 1 thing from that place since I left 5 yrs ago. I don't want to support a place that does business the way it does.. I heard mixed reactions about city. Whats your take? I now work part time installing for a local custom shop since graduating college. The mom-and-pop shops are the way to go IMO. Corporations take all the fun out of it.....
erikcooper on 01/22/2004 11:00:08
I would love to get certified and work at a shop but there isn't enough money in it to support my lifestyle. I wish there were someway to get where I am going and do my regular as well as that.
cplkittle on 01/22/2004 16:39:23
You can order the books and study yourself. The MECP test can be given at most local libraries according to one of the links on the top left of this page. I don't know if or how they do the hands on tests.
erikcooper on 01/23/2004 10:44:55
I know a lot of the basics but it gets foggy when i am thinking of different wiring possibilities and so forth.
swez on 01/25/2004 04:33:36
So how did this one turn out?
Swez
The unit powers up fine, but no sound in the factory speakers. I put the old unit back in, and speakers work fine.
I hooked up amp and sub and they work fine, only sound out of system is in sub.
Help!
Replies (10)
uochronos on 01/17/2004 22:22:37
I would take out one of the speakers themselves unhook it and check it with a ohm/volt meter and see if its getting anything from the head unit. i'm unfamilar with dodges so someone else here would have to let you know or ask your local dealership but some cars have a stock amplifer somewhere and i know i had a car with one and when i hooked up my head unit no sound came out. I had to bypass the stock amplifier. aside from those 2 things i dont know what else to try.
cjmag on 01/18/2004 09:34:48
I have since found out it DOES have a stock amp, does anyone know how I "bypass" it?
uochronos on 01/18/2004 14:25:56
well you could run new wires from the back of the head unit to the speakers. this took me about 2hours to run it after i got the pannels off. you could also find the amp which is usualy in a really anoying place. inside the dash somewhere in my experience usualy. and then you unplug the amp and you wire your speakers into the speaker wires coming out of the amp. the second one well oibviously be faster but only if you know where the amp is located and dont have to go searching and only if your dash is easy to disassemble. the first car i had with a sock amp in it too me 3 hours just to get to the same thing the whole dash had to come apart. if i had known that i would have been running new wires and just to the door pannels off.
ttocs on 01/18/2004 16:03:12
you probably have the infinity system? If that is the case the amps are normally located on the speakers themselfes, otherwise check the usual spots(under seats, ect). Hook up the amp turn on, on the hrns and it should come on. It will not sound the best this way, but it will play and should not cause any problems.
Sylver on 01/21/2004 19:50:46
I work at a circuit city doing car audio installs. we come in contact quite often with factory amped systems. what we usually do to get around the problem, is hardwire the cdplayer harness directly to the factory wires, although its not the most fun way and definately not the cleanest, it has turned out to be the best. when wiring the speakers, its done the same way, + to + and - to -. however, when you meter the wires and come up with your +, acc, and ground, hook up the amp wires like this: the ground just gets grounded with the cd player ground, the amp remote wire hooks up to either the cdplayer remote or the acc wire, and the power wire can go to battery or to acc as well. best of luck. *note, my advice is that of me and does not reflect circuit city in any way* (i have to say that) you can email me directly if you need any further help, i can get diagrams for you if needed too sylversdomain@yahoo.com
ttocs on 01/22/2004 02:57:46
If I remember correctly, you should probably hook the Factory amp remote wire to the +12v accessory. Often the do not use a remote wire on the amp, instead switching what would normally be the constant wire on the amp to turn on and off. Remote outputs on aftermarket decks are not enough to supply the amp pwr intputs.
Woked at circuit huh? I worked at the piss yellow price tag myself for a while. I have bought 1 thing from that place since I left 5 yrs ago. I don't want to support a place that does business the way it does.. I heard mixed reactions about city. Whats your take? I now work part time installing for a local custom shop since graduating college. The mom-and-pop shops are the way to go IMO. Corporations take all the fun out of it.....
erikcooper on 01/22/2004 11:00:08
I would love to get certified and work at a shop but there isn't enough money in it to support my lifestyle. I wish there were someway to get where I am going and do my regular as well as that.
cplkittle on 01/22/2004 16:39:23
You can order the books and study yourself. The MECP test can be given at most local libraries according to one of the links on the top left of this page. I don't know if or how they do the hands on tests.
erikcooper on 01/23/2004 10:44:55
I know a lot of the basics but it gets foggy when i am thinking of different wiring possibilities and so forth.
swez on 01/25/2004 04:33:36
So how did this one turn out?
Swez
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