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06-23-2010, 06:25 PM
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i need helppp
So i decided i want to put a system in my 99 ranger...i got 2 250 amps...2 10s and 4 5x7's...might get a few more...i got a radio from my buddy today and i need to know what i need to hook it up...its a dual CD770....i tried today to put it in my self and i messed something up and now my stock 1 wont even work...what did i mess up now?
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06-23-2010, 06:26 PM
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Re: i need helppp
How did you try and hook it up?
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06-23-2010, 06:35 PM
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Re: i need helppp
with grammar maybe...
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06-23-2010, 07:02 PM
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Re: i need helppp
go to wal mart and get the harness for your truck that is the best way and if you already cut off your factory radio harness i recommend hooking it back up that way if you ever want to put your factory radio back in it is just plug and play
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06-23-2010, 07:48 PM
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Re: i need helppp
Yeah spend 20 bucks and buy a wire harness. Match the colors up and your good to go!
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06-23-2010, 09:16 PM
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Re: i need helppp
ok thanks...i will tommrow..im going to get my subs tommrow...so when i buy the harness how will the wires go together? splice or what?
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06-23-2010, 09:31 PM
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Re: i need helppp
You can just use butt connectors. Or buy a pack of the crimp on cap connectors.
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06-23-2010, 10:09 PM
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Re: i need helppp
ok...thanks for all of yall's help
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06-24-2010, 06:39 AM
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Re: i need helppp
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Originally Posted by Milla709
i tried today to put it in my self and i messed something up and now my stock 1 wont even work...what did i mess up now?
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Sounds like you may have blown the radio fuse.
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06-24-2010, 12:19 PM
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Re: i need helppp
you think?
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06-28-2010, 04:54 PM
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Re: i need helppp
i got it all put back together and working and got a new fuse in it and now that when i turn my truck off to get out my radio wont turn off..i have to take the fuse out to get it to turn off...what causes that?
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06-29-2010, 05:09 AM
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Re: i need helppp
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i got it all put back together and working and got a new fuse in it and now that when i turn my truck off to get out my radio wont turn off..i have to take the fuse out to get it to turn off...what causes that?
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There's a wire that's hot all of the time, and one that's hot only when the key is on. The constant powered is to save settings when the unit is off, and the switched is to turn the radio on. Sounds like either the power and memory wires are hooked to constant power or the wires are backwards. Volt meter would be a good bet to check what is what.
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06-29-2010, 08:20 AM
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Re: i need helppp
do u know what color thoes wires are so that i dont have to go threw all of that again?
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06-29-2010, 07:16 PM
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Re: i need helppp
Sorry, I am not too sure. First thing I would go for is a volt meter, even a cheap analog so that you can find and test what wire needs to go where. Off the deck, the wiring colors are pretty standardized though.
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