Deck Installed, But not working. - Page 3 - Honda Prelude Forum

spin_r_g · 07-23-2010, 09:55 PM

You have 3 sets of memory for FM stations FM 1, 2, and 3 generally theres 6 presets for each set. So you'll get a total of 18 stations you can save.

It means that antennas needs power. There must be an antenna wire coming from the car side harness. That needs to be powered for the antenna in the window to work correctly.

indylude18 · 07-23-2010, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PuYang

EDIT: on a side question, what is the difference between FM1, FM2, FM3? im reading my sony manual... it doesnt really talk about it, but it says i can scroll through FM1-2-3, AM1-2

No difference, there are just more presets than there are buttons. FM1 is usually presets 1-6, FM2 7-12.....

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Originally Posted by PuYang

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can anyone tell me what this means:
-Connect a power antenna (aerial) control lead (blue) or accessory power supply lead (red) to the power supply lead of a car's antenna (aerial) booster (only when your car has built-in FM/AM antenna (aerial) in the rear/side glass).

i quoted that from my manual. so... i have red connected to red (duh), and i disconnected the blue, because people say i should. does that paragraph even help me? or is it for a different situation?

If you never poked around under the rear deck, then the antenna booster should still be plugged in to a power source somewhere. I never had to mess with wires for the booster when I installed my deck and my fm works fine.

PuYang · 07-23-2010, 10:10 PM

eff my life. i just unplugged and re-plugged the fat wire (remote in), and now im back to square one. NOTHING works anymore. it only turns on. no buttons work again. wtf..................................... but, all my other wires are still connected properly.

seriously, im so close to throwing the whole thing out my window driving at 100mph.

spin_r_g · 07-23-2010, 10:17 PM

I think there's two possible scenarios here. The deck is broken or the wiring harness you have is the wrong one. Unplugging any wires from the harness should not cause buttons to stop functioning unless it's one of the power wires which would cause the entire deck to power off.

indylude18 · 07-23-2010, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spin_r_g

I think there's two possible scenarios here. The deck is broken or the wiring harness you have is the wrong one. Unplugging any wires from the harness should not cause buttons to stop functioning unless it's one of the power wires which would cause the entire deck to power off.

^That.

I've only got the power wires (yellow and red), the black ground wire, and the blue amp turn on lead hooked up on mine. Nothing else in my wiring harness is hooked up to anything. My sound system is all amp driven so the other wires aren't needed, yet I've never had a problem.

Go back to those basic 3 wires, make sure they are good. If the yellow wire (12v source) red (acc turn on) and black (ground) are all hooked up, then the radio and all the buttons should work regardless of what else is/isn't hooked up. If it still doesn't work then something else is wrong, be it with the radio itself or with the harness.

PuYang · 07-23-2010, 10:44 PM

yeah, i understand that. all 3 main wires are connected. thing is, before i just effed it up a few minutes ago, other functions work, which means there shouldnt be anything faulty.

what exactly does the remote in wire do? when that isnt plugged, my deck wont turn on. and thats the thing thats messing up my deck right now >;\

spin_r_g · 07-23-2010, 11:13 PM

No it does mean something is faulty because you had to hook it up incorrectly and even then you still couldn't get the fm radio to work. Which means it can still mean the deck is bad or the harness is wrong and some of the wires aren't going to the right ports on the oem harness. Normally orange on the aftermarket harness side is for a dimmer you would never plug the antenna lead or amp lead from the deck to that wire.
Even if you leave the blue wires completely out of the picture the deck will power up with just red yellow and black wires. Buttons will work lights will light up you just won't get any sound.

You sound like you're trying to argue that you're right but you can't get it to work so how can you justify that nothing is faulty or there isn't some installation error?

We've helped you as much as we can if you don't want to even consider our suggestions go ahead and hook everything up the way you had it and call it a day.

PuYang · 07-23-2010, 11:18 PM

hm.... where/when am i trying to argue with you guys? im trying everything i can to get this to work. i greatly appreciate everything you guys have told me, and i have tried everything you guys have suggested. but fact is, i have the colors matched properly. and fact is, weird things keep happening with my deck. i agree, it still may be faulty, however, because the functions did work at one time, makes me feel that it may not be faulty...

yes, i agree, connecting a blue wire with orange doesnt make sense, but fact is, it fixed the problem with the dial. though, that doesnt matter anymore, because now none of the buttons work because i fiddled with the remote in. no clue why replugging the remote in would cause the entire thing to stop working again...

spin_r_g · 07-23-2010, 11:32 PM

Your logic is flawed. Incorrectly hooked up and functions work = faulty, whether it's the deck or the harness. If you had to hook it up differently than how it's intended to be then to get it to work that something isn't right. Even then no matter how you hooked it up it never worked 100% correctly. Your conclusion "because the functions did work at one time, makes me feel that it may not be faulty..." is like this if it's raining you can conclude the ground is wet, but if the ground is wet you can't conclude that it is raining.

There's not much more that I can offer. Good luck with this.

PuYang · 07-24-2010, 12:12 AM

^yeah, i understand that. i guess im in denial that its faulty, because i highly doubt the store i bought it from would let me return it, considering i stripped and connected alot of wires already.

im wondering, the extra wires, do you guys tape the ends? so that they dont have potential of touching anything. the harness manual says that may cause a short circuit. would that be a potential cause? im afraid to tape the ends right now, because im still at the point where i am still trying connecting different wires...

also, on a side note, my friend who owns a old golf, said he had to connect different wires together, such as yellow with red, and red with yellow etc etc. im guessing from the replies here that preludes dont have this problem... but he insists that i try connecting different wires...

indylude18 · 07-24-2010, 05:47 AM

One last question. When you mentioned the remote in wire you unhooked, is that the red one? If so, you need that one hooked up to some acc source for the radio to work. That is the wire that makes the HU turn on with the ignition.

Like spin r g and I have both already told you, there really isn't anything more we can do to help. It has been explained to you how it should work and how it should be hooked up. If you have hooked it up as instructed and it doesn't work, it is defective, or it really isn't hooked up as it should be. Any retailer worth a damn would take it back if you just bought it and it was defective out of the box.

In all likelihood your buddy with the golf just hacked up the factory harness, which will NOT be color matched to the radio wires.

And yes, always tape off the extra wires. They can cause a short if they touch while the radio is on.

PuYang · 07-24-2010, 09:35 AM

remote in that im referring to is the extra fat wire that is not part of the harness. its the one that someone else mentioned is easily disconnected by accident when placing the deck in. my deck wont turn on with that disconnected, and after readjusting it, my deck has even more problems now.

i understand, theres not much left to do. im planning to take in to the place i bought it, they have 1 professional for installing. i work weekdays, so the only time our schedules overlap is saturday.

im worried that they wont accept refunds/exchange due to the fact that they can easily say "i did something wrong, and broke it". and since i already stripped the wires that came with the sony, they may use that against me :[

thank you all for the help. i'll stop posting now lol. if anyone has any new ideas or what not, feel free to post and i'll still check. i will also update you guys by editing this post with the results of me visiting the installer. thanks again!

EDIT: so... i refunded my deck. very long story, but the installers wanted to charge me 1$ per minute just to look at my wiring. and thats not including fixing it. after explaining the problem to them, they blamed me for breaking it, saying i cant refund it. they think i connected my remote-in to a grounding wire. like why the eff would anyone be dumb enough to do that?

so i went into the store to talk to an actual salesman, and luckily they were nice people, and allowed me to return it.

i plan on rebuying one, and paying a professional to install it this time (not those a-holes who blamed me for breaking it). this experience though, is really discouraging. something so simple as deck installing ended up failing, and causing so many hours of frustration. just ordered an intake, im planning on installing that myself. hopefully, mechanical stuff wont be as annoying to do as electronics.

i just want to thank everyone again for the patience and support. although at times it may sound like i didnt appreciate it, but keep in mind i was going through alot of frustration, and blisters on my fingers from wiring >;[