hey all. i have a pioneer head unit which isn't working beause it has no power to it. i am hoping someone here has some idea on where to look for the problem. :idea: the stereo is run from the #8 fuse. it was working fine with a fuse in the #8 slot. but when my stepdad was doing some electrical repairs to the #9 fuse slot... he decided the #8 fuse slot also needed repairs (it was slightly melted down underneath i think). what he did was modify the fuse box so that now the #8 and #9 fuses are actually not in their normal slots (i dont know the name for this, but he has cut into the orange wire which would normally lead up to the fuse slot and put his own wires in to lead to the fuse). this was done to bypass the melted fuse slots. now the fuse sits outside the normal slots. i dont know how well i have explained myself, but i hope well enough ! :?: i will attach a picture for a visual explanation hehe since then the stereo WAS working once for a few hours one night. so this tells me the job was done correctly in the first place. but when my brother went over a bump the stereo lost power and hasn't come back on since. i am assuming a wire has come lose ? or a connection was lost. the fuse hasn't blown. would any one have any ideas on where to look ? any help would be appreciated LOTS !!! :!: thanks sean Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol @ the drawing.. pull your headunit out and check its still conected at the back, also check your ground etc.... if you cant figure out whats wrong, just get some power wire and a fuse and run a power wire from your battery.. its pretty easy to do and saves ****ing around heaps

hey stoney, the headunit is all plugged in at the back... and the fuse on the headunit is also fine. could you please be more specific with the suggestion you had..... thanks mate i am 99% sure a wire has come loose somewhere along the line, but i dont know where to start looking. maybe under the fuse slots.... behind the deck... somewhere in between... :?: sean

Why dont you grab a test light and just check your wires one at a time?

try yer arial plug on the back of the deck (the coax), when mines not plugged in it doesnt seem to werk (dunno why tho??)

If your headunit doesnt work when the aerial is ou then you deck must be using the aerial for an earth ie theres no earth wire hooked up or its not a very good one 8)

thanks for the ideas guys.. but no luck im taking it to mobiltek tomorrow... gotta have the stereo ready for this weekend ! :P~ i'll let you know what the prob was ! dodgy power wire im sure.... sean

VH2o2, it was the same with the original deck i pulled out, wouldnt work if the arial wasnt plugged in, made all new power and earth wires when i installed the deck, so that must mean the earth point under the steering column isnt an actual earth?

Not too sure but in my experience i have wired up decks before and they have worked without an earth connected as long as the aerial is connected. But if you hook them up with a good earth it doesnt matter at all if the aerial is connected at all....

did you get it working? you sure the fuse in the head unit isnt blown?

ahhhhh got it fixed today ! for all who might have a similar problem... it wasnt earthing propery... whacked a new earth on it and it was fine ! thanks heaps to all who had ideas Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

can ne1 help me out and tell me how to hook up a head unit to the amp and sub?

first u need a amp wiring kit.. comes with rca that plug into amp for music signal ,power,earth.trigger comes with all those.. connect all them to the amp and then attach the sub to the amp Some original photos have not been recovered yet.