installed a sony head unit and...

[whos_that_guy]

it wont turn on, it takes cds and gives it back but nothing else,

 

http://tehnomagazin.com/Auto-radio-car-connector/SUBARU-Car-Radio-Wiring-Connector.htm

 

i used this for the subaru wiring and for the sony, i used the paper it came with, its all hooked up right, only wire isnt hooked up is the dim since the sony didnt have one. any idea what may be causing this?

[Darkness of Death]

do you mean that it takes cds in and spits them back out

or it takes cds and plays but has no audio

?

[whos_that_guy]

no audio and the face plate doesnt look like its gettin power

[Darkness of Death]

http://www.modifiedlife.com/1999-subaru-legacy-car-stereo-radio-wiring-diagram/

 

 

 

check the fuse maybe?

[whos_that_guy]

first thing i did and it was fine

[Darkness of Death]

did you check the link i posted?

was the wiring the same?

 

 

also..sometimes - and it's happened to me before - a fuse can look fine but is actually blown. try switching in another fuse. just a thought - i dont doubt your eyes

[whos_that_guy]

naw the wiring is different, its the same as the one i linked

 

i'll try a different fuse maybe stronger one

[Darkness of Death]

did you buy the head unit new?

maybe it's blown

[whos_that_guy]

brand new from walmart >.> i could see if i can swap out head units there if it doesnt work, then its wiring some how

[Darkness of Death]

i dont know what to tell you =

is there someone local that you can trust to check it out for you?

[whos_that_guy]

all fixed, seems one wire from the website wasnt right, turned out to be a ground wire and not a power wire

[Darkness of Death]

cool.

glad you figured it out

[whos_that_guy]

thanks, me 2 i was goin crazy lol now i just need to order a dash kit for it since walmart didnt carry one for subaru

[SVXdc]

Both of those pin-outs (tehnomagazin and modifiedlife) are wrong.

 

Here's a better pin-out table:

http://ae64.com/Legacy-pinout.htm

Many aftermarket HUs will let you insert and eject a CD when they have +12V Battery (constant) and not +12V Accessory (switched).

[Darkness of Death]

i was wondering when you were going to post in here, David.

 

well..at least he figured it out

[whos_that_guy]

for some weird reason i have no constant power,

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/have-no-constant-power-135175.html

 

could someone help me figure it out? i asked in the 2nd gen.

[Darkness of Death]

did you check svxdc's wiring diagram?

[whos_that_guy]

yep and its so different, none of the color wire match, im at a friends house we're gonna test each wire