1995 XE Stereo

[Loon]

Weird.  Bought a 95 recently and decided to upgrade the stereo.  Had a single din running just front speakers.  Removed the unit and installed a Boss touchscreen with the harness from Crutchfield.  

 

No power to the "factory" plug now.  Fuses look good. Grounds also seem good.  

 

Interface from Crutchfield never got power (no LEDs lit up).  

 

No issues removing (torque or pulling) the old unit.  Switched out the power and ground that didn't match color wise with the removed harness.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

[Slartibartfast]

I vaguely remember the Sony Xplod I put in my '95 not working until I plugged in the antenna. It should've had a ground already from the harness, so I'm not sure what the issue was. I didn't chase it at the time, and that was probably a decade ago.

 

The service manual shows three fuses involved with the stereo, all in the box by the driver's left knee. 10A fuse in the middle of the top row is switched power to the head unit, 15A to the far left of the top row does the audio amps (not the problem if the head unit won't turn on), 10A third from bottom right is constant + for the head unit (for the clock and the radio memory). There should be two pins in the radio plug that get 12v+ when the key is on, and just one when it's off.

 

I would test for power at each fuse, even if they look good. If one is popped, check that the wires in the adapter harness go where they're supposed to (I got a trailer wiring adapter that was wired wrong out of the box), and check that nothing got pinched when you bolted the new radio into place.

 

If you have +12v on both sides of all three fuses (key on), but nothing at the plug, then there's a wiring issue between the fuse box and the plug. Again, look for evidence of something getting smashed when the radio went in.

 

 

[adamzan]

I'm not sure if you've tried this, but like Slart said, make sure the antenna is connected. The actual ground for these is chassis or the antenna. I always added a ground to one of the screws in the area to ensure a good connection. Like he said as well, make sure there are no damaged wires that could be shorting and blowing fuses.