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K Browne - 08 Oct 2005 02:35 GMT

Hi,
I've just installed a radio from a 98 Nissan (Frontier? or Maxima?) into
a 99 Jetta using an aftermarket VW wiring harness. The VW harness has a
wire marked for illumination which works when the headlights are turned
on. The Nissan radio has no place to put this wire and the radio doesn't
light up at all. The grey LCD display of clock, station, etc. does work.
The control buttons don't light up at all, day or night.

The radio is a Clarion model # Clarion 1514H

I'm guessing there is a burnt out bulb or LED that is fed by internal
circuitry but don't want to pull the radio out again without something
to go on.

Here's a link to a Nissan wiring setup that I used to match the power
and speaker wires. It's a commercial establishment I found via Google.

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/Nissan-Wiring.pdf

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SPAT - 11 Oct 2005 07:12 GMT

>Hi,
>I've just installed a radio from a 98 Nissan (Frontier? or Maxima?) into
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>
>http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/Nissan-Wiring.pdf

why is it that most answers in hear seem to be you need a schematic or
service manual?

well any ways. you need a schematic from the service manual. that
schematic you are looking at has omitted some of the wires that
generally wouldn't be used when hooking up an after market radio. Most
after market radios use the regular +power for illumination Nissan
does not. Nissan controls illumination separately because when you use
the dimmer for the dash illumination it also dims the radio
illumination as well and that is just good practice unlike most after
market radios. However I have also seen several Nissan radios replaced
for just the symptom you are describing so even if you have everything
wired properly you may have one of those. Where did you get it? was
the illumination working at the time it was removed from where ever?

Spat

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K Browne - 15 Oct 2005 18:08 GMT

>>Hi,
>>I've just installed a radio from a 98 Nissan (Frontier? or Maxima?) into
>>a 99 Jetta using an aftermarket VW wiring harness. The VW harness has a

> well any ways. you need a schematic from the service manual. that
> schematic you are looking at has omitted some of the wires that
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>
> Spat

Rafio was purchased on eBay so I have no idea if the illumination was
working previously. I had a 94 Altima and had to replace a bulb inside
the radio...or am I confusing the Altima with an Isuzu that I owned at
the same time? Grrr!

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SPAT - 15 Oct 2005 21:23 GMT

>>>Hi,
>>>I've just installed a radio from a 98 Nissan (Frontier? or Maxima?) into
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>the radio...or am I confusing the Altima with an Isuzu that I owned at
>the same time? Grrr!

So how good are you with electronics? you can pull it apart and trace
the circuit from the bulbs or LEDs and see what terminal they hook to
at the connector or if it is fed from an internal source. be much
easier to get a schematic though....... oops, brain fart! I just
looked up some info through google. I found 96-97 pathfinder wiring
color code here:
http://www.autotoys.com/New_Tech/Wire_codes/Pathfinder_96-97_wire_colors/pathfin
der_96-97_wire_colors.htm

Nissan used the same format of radios from clarion for several years
during the 90's so this should be the same for that radio. the dimmer
is on the wire that is pink w green tracer now you just need to know
wich terminal that is. got a friend with a nissan of that era? it only
take about 2 minutes to pull those radios!

Spat

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