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After installation of the deck there was no lights inside the car, no room lights or those reading lights?? any possible wire i could of connected wrong or cut which wasnt ment to be cut? colors or any details would be a great help peeps!

Unfortunatly i didnt no about this site when installing so couldnt follow the guide :D

Very common problem for home stereo installs. People get the dimmer wire mixed up with the Earth..... When the parkers are off its an earth, when they get switched on - its alive, and will throw the fuse.

There are 3 fuse panels in the R33, when I blew mine Im sure I replaced one in the boot.

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Sumo

Sumo, if this was the case when i put the parkers on wouldnt the deck turn off and throw the fuse? ive checked boot fuses, checked the fuses in the cabin, none blown? do i need to re wire it? any ideas as to what colour wire i have done wrong?

did you use a multimeter to identify the wires?

If not, now would be a good time.

First things first you have to find the bad fuse, one must be gone somewhere, sometimes it is hard to see, swap them with your spares on by one with the deck off.

Thats another good point SKYL9, that rheostat might have a wire off it.

BlackR33, Yes, first time it goes to blow a fuse, it will turn off for a couple of seconds - once blown it will not go out.

Use a test light for fuses, And yes, I did the same thing when I first did my stereo. I had no interior light/dash light/cigarette light

Cheers

Sumo

nah . you have killed 3 fuses. there is one in the back for tail lights the interior light one is in the panel above your right foot.

if you go out and buy an adapting plug for $20 it will save you the headache of the above and also another $80 or so that strathfield or the like will charge you to fix it. ( I charge $85 to fit one..)

nah . you have killed 3 fuses. there is one in the back for tail lights the interior light one is in the panel above your right foot.  

if you go out and buy an adapting plug for $20 it will save you the headache of the above and also another $80 or so that strathfield or the like will charge you to fix it. ( I charge $85 to fit one..)

this is really doin my head in, because ive checked every fuse in the car, when i got this problem i got a test light and tested every single fuse, first thing i did.

depends on who complied it. most of the ones I work on have a seriously botched item literally thrown in. if its the factory item then you have killed a fuse. those things arent that easy to kill..

Mate, have your stereo pulled out and go see an auto elec, they should not need more the 10 minutes to tell you whats wrong..... Just explain the symtoms, and they should be able to sort things out. It is a common problem with people that install their own stereos. I have seen a few blown up stereos from incorrect installation - just because people think they can save a few dollars by doing it themselves.

Cheers

Sumo

I've installed countless stereos - and I don't consider myself any sort of installer but I've never blown anything up.

How does this sort of stuff happen? Is it something I'm not thinking of or isit the most obvious stuff like shorting wires while they're being cut and stuff like that?

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