urbnlinx Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 purchased a new d2 installed by a "pro" turned off 2 minutes after i left unplugged left sitting for one hour and plugged it back in and it turns on i broughtit back to the "pro" he checked out his wiring and said the d2 might be defective so i returned it and got another d2 same wiring just got it today i connected everything everything was working , parked the car witin the half hour and it didnt want to turn on now when im driving it turns on and offf,sometimes wont turn on sometimeswill may i mention that this guy took out the 1k resistor from the red wire, wasthis the cause of this any help would be appreciated as iv been stressin this system for close to 2 weeks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I think they are fusible resistors. It'll work fine without it, because I bench tested one of mine that way when I didn't have a harness yet. Seems stupid to cut it off though, why would he do that? Anyway, I find it unlikely 2 D2's had similar problems. I'd say it sounds like a wiring problem. Maybe a temperature related short or bad connection going open. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 What kind of car? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urbnlinx Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 300zx 1990 No factory bose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Pull the ra't use the ground wire from the wiring harness. It's not dio and make sure the guy didn't use the ground wire from an aftermarket harness. There is no ground wire in the factory wire harness in that spot, so you MUST ground the radio ground wires to the chassis, not the harness. There is probably a ground point behind the radio on top of the tranny hump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Pull the radio and make sure the guy didn't use the ground wire from an aftermarket harness. There is no ground wire in the factory wire harness in that spot, so you MUST ground the radio ground wires to the chassis, not the harness. There is probably a ground point behind the radio on top of the tranny hump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urbnlinx Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 whichones the ground im not an audio guy im sorry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 The black wire coming from the radio harness, might be 2 of them. These should be attached to a secure ground, such as the bare metal that makes up the frame of the dash. The light green may also be attached to ground, if the installer did a video bypass for you, but that is a different story. Let's fix this first, OK? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cntrylvr79 Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 If it only works for a short ampunt of time then your installed definately grounded it in the aftermarket harness. In other words WRONG place. Pull it and ground it directly to one of the 500+ bolts sitting behind the dash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urbnlinx Posted December 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 I went back to the guy , he tried a diff d2 it worked beautifully Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urbnlinx Posted December 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 so that proved it aint the wiring , but I don't know what to do now, do I harass my installer or the seller or mayb there's something I'm missing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 If everything seems to be fine, be happy. Make sure the radio works properly when the lights are on, I've seen people use the illumination wire as a ground before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urbnlinx Posted December 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 decided to harass the seller and make him get me another one ugotadeal.com the only reason i chose that place was because i work 6 blocks away thanks for your help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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