Trouble with new head unit.

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  • Burnera
    Advanced Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 137

    #1

    Trouble with new head unit.

    '89 325i with non-premium system. No amp or tweeters.

    Installed Pioneer DEH3200ub head unit. Had all the wires hanging out of the console face and tested, everything worked fine. I wired the head units ground onto the car's brown ground lead, since there was no place on the chassis to ground to that i could find.
    The one wire from the car for the stock head unit lights went unused.

    I installed the mounting sleeve, put the pioneer unit in, and now it won't power up, and neither will the OBC next to it. I didn't change anything about the wiring. Neither will turn on after i take them out of the dash either. No wires are frayed or pinched as far as i can tell, i'll be unwrapping some bundles or using a flashlight next i suppose.

    Any ideas?
  • khalild
    Grease Monkey
    • Jul 2009
    • 310

    #2
    fuse 21?

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    • Burnera
      Advanced Member
      • Apr 2010
      • 137

      #3
      Under the hood drivers side corner? All the fuses there look good, i'd have to look again for 21 specifically, do you know the amperage?

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      • quickervicar
        E30 Enthusiast
        • Jun 2009
        • 1197

        #4
        I bumped the cam-lock on my OBC while I was fishing the USB cable behind it. Fired up the radio, but no OBC. What?!? Pulled the trim off the OBC, pulled it out & found my problem.

        FWIW, I grounded solidly to the chassis behind the glovebox trim pieces.

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        • Burnera
          Advanced Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 137

          #5
          Yeah that camlock is a weird one.
          The wires don't seem brittle at all, has anybody had trouble with that?

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          • Burnera
            Advanced Member
            • Apr 2010
            • 137

            #6
            yay i finally got it. It was fuse 21. I guess i missed it yesterday.

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