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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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Alright my current wires.
Scosche: HU:
Black Black
Red Red
Yellow Yellow
Orange Orange w/ white stripe

Schosche: HU:
Red: 12 volt ignition/switched Red +b (acc)
Black: ground Black :Ground
Yellow: 12 volt battery/constant Yellow: Backup
Orange: illumination/dimmer Orange white stripe : Illumination
Blue : amp remote turn-on Blue: amp turn on


Alright so it's pretty straight forward. However, after connecting everything wich what I thought was properly some things happen.

Loud popping noise when turning on/off headlights
Extreme light dimming when turning on the headlights
CD player will sit and make clicking noises and the hu flashes whenever the key is turned to acc/on (this started after i unplugged the illumination wire, no fuses blown anywhere i checked but it didn't do this 10 minutes ago), however as soon as the key is removed it will boot right up.

I've been at this for almost 4 hours straight I just cannot figure out what's going on..any help or even input or things to try would be helpful thanks.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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iv been out with him in this freezin weather as-well, we've checked and re-checked all the wiring, everything seems to be correct, would be nice if anyone has any idea!
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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what kind of headunit is it?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:11 AM
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Where is the deck grounded?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:15 AM
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wherever the stock location is I didn't ground it anywhere special..what the hell is this flashing clunking noise..I can't get the HU to do anything when it powers up unless the keys out..when the keys in the hu flashes and it makes a clunking click noise up under the dash
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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Hmmm, grounds are something that you have to pay very close attention to. Is this a brand new deck? I would ground the deck in with the factory ground and also run a ground wire from the chasis to the body. Make sure you clean all the paint off for the body side of the ground. Keep all the ground wires as short as possible as well
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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Are there any amps or any other electronics added to the system?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:19 AM
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Yes it is a brand new deck
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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nope nothing even the radar detector is unplugged..this is killing me everything is wired perfectly and the son of a bitch doesn't work at all..
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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I know, it can be very disheartening sometimes dealing with stereo systems. Sounds like either the ground or grounds aren`t grounded enough or you got ahold of a bad deck. Hopefully someone else can pop in as well with some advice.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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pull the deck out and try to power it up straight off the battery ground to ground terminal, take the red and yellow and put them to positive terminal and see what happens
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