Just bought my 98 Sentra on Friday and I love it!
The guy I bought the car from had the stereo and speakers installed by
Wal-Mart and told me that ever since they had been installed, the dash
lights had not worked and the radio did not retain any station
settings, etc.
I thought I could handle fixing that as I have installed head units and
speakers before. There was no constant power to the pink wire and no
switched power to the blue wire - traced these both to blown fuses in
the fuse panel on the drivers side and re-wired properly (Wal-Mart had
used the interior light Red/Yellow and Red/Green wires for power).
The radio now turns on with the ignition, and not the lights, and it
retains the station settings. Now, this is where I am stuck - where do
I connect the Red/Yellow and Red/Green interior light wires to get the
dash lights functioning again?
Regards,
Steven
AlbaTiVo - 14 Aug 2006 19:03 GMT
Okay, I have done some more searching online and found out that the
Red/Green is the Illumination wire and the Red/Yellow is the Dimmer
wire, but I still have no idea where to connect these.
Any help?
Steven
Rosco - 07 Sep 2006 05:45 GMT
AlbaTiVo cried out
> Okay, I have done some more searching online and found out that the
> Red/Green is the Illumination wire and the Red/Yellow is the Dimmer
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>
> Steven
should just be the dimmer for the stock head unit, try your fuses,
might bave blown the fuse, dash light circuit is not designed to power
a head unit so probably a blown fuse. Most aftermarket head units do
not support the dimmer function so clip and cap that wire to avoid
short circuits in the future