New System Took A Dump - Help Please
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Racer
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From: Bryan Tx.
New System Took A Dump - Help Please
i added a pac-oem, an amp, and sub. hooked up worked like a dream. took extra time ran everything clean and a sweet addition. i then added an xm terk and took the same special care hooked it up last night and another great add on. it was all working sweet and i shut her down and called it a night. tonight i was going to put the interior back and take her for a spin. i noticed that the xm didnt sound as nice as the head unit, a little bit of an echo sound, but i was able to live with it. i turned the head back over to fm and then i realized no base. the power light wasnt on at the amp. i checked the remote wire with a test light and it has fire. i then realized that i lost all base even in the stock amps WTF. i had to cut the cor-har 3 plug and soldier it in, i spliced the green to #15 on the back radio plug and i tied the ground and power to the acc plug in the pass. footwell. top left corner beside the comp. please guys help me get my baby back together again. thanks
Le Mans Master
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From: Dyer IN
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ok im thinkin maybe something is wrong with the PACAOEM1.
Your post was partially unclear for me I understand your amp isnt turning on, now is there or is there not power on the remote wire.
I believe the stock bose has a fuse somewhere it could be this
Your post was partially unclear for me I understand your amp isnt turning on, now is there or is there not power on the remote wire.
I believe the stock bose has a fuse somewhere it could be this
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Racer
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From: Bryan Tx.
hey pentavolvo, i dont know how ive got so stupid. i put a meter on the amp and the batt. power read 9.98 volts and the remote read 8,98 volts. battery is all the sudden dead. charger on now. i posted a thread lat night about the terk wireing. the power lead had a yellow and a red. i ran the red to the power acc. plug that is in the pass. footwell area. i hooked red to the orange full time power wire and the yellow to the yellow acc. wire that only powers with the key on. i am wondering if the terk may have drained the battery
Le Mans Master
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From: Skippack PA
St Jude Donor '13
An XM receiver hooked to an always hot line will definitely kill your battery. Either change the power to an ignition source or maybe look to see if the Terk has an auto-off option. I know the SkyFi's have an option to automatically power down after X number of minutes to prevent an oops like this.
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Racer
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From: Bryan Tx.
thanks, i was driving down the highway in my daily driver today and it hit me that the yellow wire is the memory wire and i have them crossed. thank you for the reply. i was at a total loss last night and realized today that i just had a brain fart
Le Mans Master
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From: Los Angeles Ca
if you have any more electrical gremlins in your car (reduce power mode for example) don't fret, it's probably due to your battery and you may have to buy a new one. (speaking from experience)
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Racer
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From: Bryan Tx.
thats all it was, everything is up and running again. got the carpet and console back in. just need the seat and fuse box cover put back on and i can clean her up and bust the road wide open again. thank everybody. anthony