jammin1911

so here is what i'm trying to do...

I've got a Headunit from a 2004 Grand Prix, it's got built-in 6 disc changer, etc etc..

Anyway, I've got the factory harness with it.

I'm trying to put it in to my silly winter beater, a 1991 Plymouth Acclaim (stfu).

I've got a metra connector for the acclaim, and a diagram to go with it.
I've got a wiring diagram for the headunit also because Ed at Altered Sound in Oakville is awesome and printed it for me

So I'm just hooking it up temporarily to test the setup with alligator clips (whatever they're called) and here is the problem; It seems to start up fine, it checks for the presense of all 6 discs. It even lets me load discs and everything regarding loading, ejecting and checking of the discs seems to work fine. The most noticiable problem right away is that it doesnt actually display ANY of this (or anything at all, not even a backlight) unless I push this button on the bottom left labeled "RCL" (it also turns but I think that was just for tuning the radio, I dont have it in front of me). If I hit that, the backlight and display light up, and it shows me which slots (1 to 6) have discs loaded in to them but the display shuts off after about 5 seconds. If I hit the button again, it comes on for another 5 seconds and turns off.

The clock is also working, it starts at 12 when I first hook it up and seems to be counting properly, it was around 12:30 according to this by the time i finished screwing around with it.

The other weird thing, is that NONE OF THE BUTTONS DO ANYTHING.. Except for this RCL button, the Eject Button and the Load button. Oh, and if I hit Eject and then the "pre-set station" button #2, it will eject cd 2, so technically those 6 buttons also work aswell but only in conjunction with the eject button.

So.. I'm a huge radio noob as you can probably tell - I'm hoping the answer to this problem is easy.

I'll provide the wiring diagrams as well as how I have it hooked up now:

Metra Connector (Car/Acclaim side):
12 volt ignition/acc. = red
12 volt batt/memory = yellow
ground = black
power ant. = blue
amp turn-on = blue/white
amp ground = black/white
illumination = orange
dimmer = orange/white
phone mute = brown
and then all of the speaker wiring which we dont need here.

Headunit Side:
battery = orange
accessory = violet
ground = black/white
illumination = (gray) - this one is in brackets for some reason?
power ant. = violet
amp location = "the amp is located under the rear package tray" (it says that, heh)
Speed Control = YES
Radio Security = YES

Now, one thing that raises a flag is that last bit, Radio Security = yes. But it loads and ejects cd's fine, the clock works, and it doesnt say anything about anything to do with radio security on the screen or whatever when i hit the RCL button, but this could be the problem I guess? Does anyone know anything about this stuff?

How I have it hooked up:
Car Side -- Headunit
Yellow -- Orange (battery)
Red -- Violet (acc.)
Black -- Black/White (ground)
Orange -- Gray (illumination)

So.. Any bright ideas people?

Thanks in advance!

brianb

PM me, I might be able to get it se up for you.