no accessory light after deck install

zipmyfly · 1st October 2011, 07:15 PM

ok so i got my deck installed awhile ago by best buy and i don't think they wired the illumination light but before the install i had accessory lights and after i have no accessory lights. so which wire is illumination on the harness orange/white or orange wire?

AKHeathen · 2nd October 2011, 02:16 AM

um, which deck? could be that it is not set up. i've had head units where you have to go into the settings, and select it on and choose which method of dimming

AKHeathen · 2nd October 2011, 02:17 AM

of course, now that i think of it, since you have 2 oranges, then you likely choose which one fits your application. should be in the owners manual

zipmyfly · 2nd October 2011, 04:52 AM

i have an alpine cda-117 I wired the 2 orange wire already and no light for my accessories dash is ok i checked all fuses and all are fine the guy told me they just burnt out cause the deck install but i don't believe that so i'm trying to make them work again

AKHeathen · 2nd October 2011, 05:40 AM

Wtf??.... Ig your dash lights went out, he doesn't know how to install head uniys.....its basic principal to make dure the ground is ground and not lighting..... As for the orange wires, one or the other, not both. There are 2 types of dimming, nagative resistance, or positive, and the 2 wires are meant to sense different polarity. Putting them together cancels each-other.

zipmyfly · 2nd October 2011, 05:41 AM

yea i did this at at best buy to.. but now just my accessory lights don't work at all

AKHeathen · 2nd October 2011, 11:14 PM

so, just to clarify, your dash lights are working, and it's just the lights in the head unit that doesn't work? in that case, you can disconnect and isolate/insulate the orange wires and the head unit lights should be on all the time, and just not dim. or are you saying that your exterior parking lights are not working? dome and/or floor lighting? what vehicle specifically?

zipmyfly · 3rd October 2011, 03:04 AM

it's a 2000 civic ex. all the lights except the climate control lights working have the orange wire taped off already could one of the bulbs just be burnt out after the deck install?

AKHeathen · 3rd October 2011, 07:50 AM

Well, it is possible, but not probable.. Was it installed with direct harness splice, or with the harness adapter? Iirc, the instrument cluster and other das lighting should be run sparate, but it would be best to get the wiring diagram and check how the circuit is rin, and test for power.

1st October 2011, 07:15 PM	#1
zipmyfly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	no accessory light after deck install ok so i got my deck installed awhile ago by best buy and i don't think they wired the illumination light but before the install i had accessory lights and after i have no accessory lights. so which wire is illumination on the harness orange/white or orange wire?

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2nd October 2011, 02:16 AM	#2
AKHeathen diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anchorage AK	um, which deck? could be that it is not set up. i've had head units where you have to go into the settings, and select it on and choose which method of dimming

2nd October 2011, 02:17 AM	#3
AKHeathen diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anchorage AK	of course, now that i think of it, since you have 2 oranges, then you likely choose which one fits your application. should be in the owners manual

2nd October 2011, 04:52 AM	#4
zipmyfly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	i have an alpine cda-117 I wired the 2 orange wire already and no light for my accessories dash is ok i checked all fuses and all are fine the guy told me they just burnt out cause the deck install but i don't believe that so i'm trying to make them work again

2nd October 2011, 05:40 AM	#5
AKHeathen diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anchorage AK	Wtf??.... Ig your dash lights went out, he doesn't know how to install head uniys.....its basic principal to make dure the ground is ground and not lighting..... As for the orange wires, one or the other, not both. There are 2 types of dimming, nagative resistance, or positive, and the 2 wires are meant to sense different polarity. Putting them together cancels each-other.

2nd October 2011, 05:41 AM	#6
zipmyfly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	yea i did this at at best buy to.. but now just my accessory lights don't work at all

2nd October 2011, 11:14 PM	#7
AKHeathen diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anchorage AK	so, just to clarify, your dash lights are working, and it's just the lights in the head unit that doesn't work? in that case, you can disconnect and isolate/insulate the orange wires and the head unit lights should be on all the time, and just not dim. or are you saying that your exterior parking lights are not working? dome and/or floor lighting? what vehicle specifically?

3rd October 2011, 03:04 AM	#8
zipmyfly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	it's a 2000 civic ex. all the lights except the climate control lights working have the orange wire taped off already could one of the bulbs just be burnt out after the deck install?

3rd October 2011, 07:50 AM	#9
AKHeathen diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anchorage AK	Well, it is possible, but not probable.. Was it installed with direct harness splice, or with the harness adapter? Iirc, the instrument cluster and other das lighting should be run sparate, but it would be best to get the wiring diagram and check how the circuit is rin, and test for power.

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