1995 disco

I was installing a new stereo (minus the head unit) and when I was splicing into the current wires I touched + to - and the radio shut off, no display / anti theft light

I went through and checked the main fuse panel (under steering wheel) the front panel (next to battery) the amp fuse (on amp under passenger seat) and they were all fine...


I've read of radios doing this after searching and no one ever had a solution


any other fuses i'm forgetting? Did I fry the radio?

 

I think you fried the radio.

 

that sucks... i liked the stock look, i got a spare head unit so i guess thats going in

 

I had an old Mercedes that had a fuse in the radio itself...maybe this one has one too, and it's blown. Worth a shot.

 

opened up the radio already... nothing

 

Hmm...that stumps me then. Other than throw a bunch of sparks, did it make any popping sounds when you shorted it?

 

none whatsoever... it still blinked the antitheft light for like 10 minutes, and now it's not even doing that

 

Maybe it's got like, an internal circuit breaker that just needs time to reset. Maybe it is toast. Try http://www.car-part.com ... IDK if they carry radios.

 

A piece of advice...

If you ever hire an electrician, and you find out he is british, RUN RUN RUN

my LEFT TURN SIGNAL FUSE BLEW, turn signals work fine, replaced fuse and so did the radio

GRRRRR

 

So you got it working? LMAO awesome dude.