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YOUR RESEARCHKenwood head unit install- no sound from speakers
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Use wiring harness adapter
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I don't recall what color is in the car, since I used a wiring harness adapter.
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Make sure to use the amp turn on lead, and not the power antenna lead (they look similar).
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If you do use the antenna lead by mistake, the speakers will work while listening to the radio, but not while listening to CDs, or using an auxiliary input.
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A little counterintuitive as the wiring harness I was using had a couple other leads next to that one that didn't actually connect to anything, so it got lost in the mess until I figured it out.
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Some head units have separate connections for amp turn on an antenna, some just use the same one)
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If you do use the antenna lead by mistake, the speakers will work while listening to the radio, but not while listening to CDs, or using an auxiliary input.
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A little counterintuitive as the wiring harness I was using had a couple other leads next to that one that didn't actually connect to anything, so it got lost in the mess until I figured it out.
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Hi all,
I just hooked up a Kenwood DNX571HD unit to my 2001 C2.
Everything works right on the head unit end, but theres no sound (or static) coming from the speakers.
Powers up fine, functions as should in accessory position, and turns off when the car is off. Just can't get any sound from the speakers.
Theres also no "radio station info" on the tuner.
Also, on the power antenna wire, what is the 12V stem off for?
Could I have blown a fuse?
Sounds to me like the remote turn on lead from your Kenwood is not connected to the turn on lead for the factory amp. (It may be the same as the power antenna lead. Some head units have separate connections for amp turn on an antenna, some just use the same one)
Also, you need to connect that power antenna connection. The antennas in these cars are amplified.
Most likely this. I just installed a Pioneer head unit a couple weekends ago, and had the same issue until I realized you have to connect the remote turn on lead as well. A little counterintuitive as the wiring harness I was using had a couple other leads next to that one that didn't actually connect to anything, so it got lost in the mess until I figured it out.
That crossed my mind as well, where is the amp connection? and what source or wire on the back of the head unit should be connected to the amp?
Thanks for your help guys, the wiring diagrams for the Porsche stereos don't indicated where the amp is.
That crossed my mind as well, do you know where the amp connection in? and what source or wire on the back of the head unit should be connected to the amp?
Thanks for your help guys, the wiring diagrams for the Porsche stereos don't indicated where the amp is.
Make sure to use the amp turn on lead, and not the power antenna lead (they look similar). If you do use the antenna lead by mistake, the speakers will work while listening to the radio, but not while listening to CDs, or using an auxiliary input. Kenwood (and other mfrs) turn off power to the antenna lead when not using the radio.
That crossed my mind as well, where is the amp connection? and what source or wire on the back of the head unit should be connected to the amp?
Thanks for your help guys, the wiring diagrams for the Porsche stereos don't indicated where the amp is.
I don't recall what color is in the car, since I used a wiring harness adapter.
Sounds like you cut the factory plug off the car's harness and are connecting the head unit directly.
Unfortunately when I bought the car the previous owner had done so to connect a pioneer unit. So I went and crimped the wires directly. I had ordered adapters prior to removing the old unit, but I saw that after.
Pelican says: there will be a smaller yellow connector that outputs the signals from the head unit to the amplifier. If you have a factory amplifier installed, then you can simply adapt the signal from your new stereo into the leads on the yellow plug, as I have done with this stereo installation. If not, then you simply hook up the speaker leads from the new stereo to the adapter that plugs into the brown connector.
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