kenwood deck cuts out

[J-rocK]

i wired up my kenwood deck with all the coordinating colors red to red yellow to yellow etc. but it wouldnt turn on then i rewired switching yellow and red wires. and presets always reset once i turn my car off.

also my deck cuts out too, seems like it constantly does it when the deck itself gets too hot. i have aftermarket speakers.

soo...my friend suggested rewiring the red wire to the battery and the yellow to the fusebox? hes not quite sure which one. and he also said i should mabe run a 4 channel or 2 channel amp for my speakers because the deck is overheating.

i personally have no idea what to do with this type of situation can anyone help out?

[91_CB7_Sedan]

Well in most aftermarket cases, the Yellow wire goes to the battery, and if your amp was too powerful for your stereo it would burn up your remote wire(ive never seen this happen). Red is the accesory wire, which means IT controls your presets and whatnot...

Not perfect but I hope it works for you man.

[90_ACCORD]

Well in most aftermarket cases, the Yellow wire goes to the battery, and if your amp was too powerful for your stereo it would burn up your remote wire(ive never seen this happen). Red is the accesory wire, which means IT controls your presets and whatnot...

Not perfect but I hope it works for you man.

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make sure it has a good ground connection.

[SOHCinWA]

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make sure it has a good ground connection.

Yes check your ground. What people dont understand is not only do you need a positive 12v . But you also need a negative 12v for it all to work.

[sleepygreen]

what model kenwood do u have? u should let us noe what u have and who what when n where u got it hooked up a lil info on ur part gets an answer faster. BTW I have the KDC-mp238 it used to cut off on me but i took everthing back out solder every wire and its a champ now, I also run alpine type S all around. Goodluck and try that.

[J-rocK]

i have this deck
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218056721138

i checked for the negative ground wire on the battery and it wasnt connected to anything..so im guessing i should connect this to some bolt nearby? and also i guess it doesnt turn off when it gets too hot because this morning it constantly turned on and off but that was before i checked.

and if i did connect the yellow to yellow and red to red my deck wont work...so how do i come about fixing that?


im heating up my headlights for blackout housing right now! it was such a bish to get some rusty bolts off -__-

[sleepygreen]

i have this deck
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218056721138

i checked for the negative ground wire on the battery and it wasnt connected to anything..so im guessing i should connect this to some bolt nearby? and also i guess it doesnt turn off when it gets too hot because this morning it constantly turned on and off but that was before i checked.

and if i did connect the yellow to yellow and red to red my deck wont work...so how do i come about fixing that?


im heating up my headlights for blackout housing right now! it was such a bish to get some rusty bolts off -__-

go to an audio store nearby and get a plug adapter for our year honda. that way u just hook up the adapter to the deck and plug it to the existing plug in the car. BTW use a multimeter to see if your getting power from the wires with the ignition turned to ACC and again turn to ON, I like to use the ground wire to the car like the meter is the deck, that way i know im actually getting enough power from the wires. hope that helps and goodluck.

[90_ACCORD]

there should be 2 ground wires to connect together. one ground on the cd player and another ground in the car behind where the cd player goes with the rest of the wires to hook it up.

lmk if that confused you right there cuz i think it will cuz of the wording. sorry

[J-rocK]

i got it fixed i had a friend look at it he basically said like the power was getting sapped so we just rewired the yellow wire directly to the battery.

btw i just bought a sub system so if i wired the power wire directly to the battery would that affect the deck since they both running off directly the same power?

[pear_b]

nope, itll be fine but by not using the harness youve bypassed the fusing, you should fuse the wire close to the batt. i believe, unless cd players dont rally need that, someone correct me.

[tdabuser]

i got it fixed i had a friend look at it he basically said like the power was getting sapped so we just rewired the yellow wire directly to the battery.

btw i just bought a sub system so if i wired the power wire directly to the battery would that affect the deck since they both running off directly the same power?

Same power is no problem. It is all the same anyway (only one battery). The yellow on a kenwood deck is 12v anyway so you should be good. The red is switched power (only on with the key). Be sure to get a fuse on anything you run to the 12v connection.

[J-rocK]

well i got it fixed thanks for the helpful replies.


btw i just got my 10" type r hooked up and it bangs hard! just going to tuck all the wires in tomorrow morning

[sleepygreen]

well i got it fixed thanks for the helpful replies.


btw i just got my 10" type r hooked up and it bangs hard! just going to tuck all the wires in tomorrow morning

you mean as in a wire tuck or hiding the system wires?

[J-rocK]

you mean as in a wire tuck or hiding the system wires?

system wires my bad lol