Milky

I just installed my panasonic headunit with 4 polk DB series speakers (no amp yet) and everytime I cut the engine and start back up, it resets the presets, equalizer, and I have to take out whatever CD is in there and put it back in inorder for it to work...</P>


Is there something I could have plugged in extra or missed?</P>


Thanks for the help on this one...</P>

Stang Chik

The red wire coming out of the back of the stereo is the constant power. This needs to be hooked up to a constant 12v source. This is what keeps your memory and presets on your stereo after you kill power to it. The yellow wire should be hooked up to a seperate wire that is controled by ignition... meaning it should only be live when the ignition is turned on. This turns your stereo off when you turn the car off (so you dont kill ur battery forgeting to manualy turn it off). Get a test light and find out which wire coming from the car is constant.. and which is controled by the ignition. This should solve your problem

mkspeed26

i hate f*ckin electronics</P>

USAMuscle

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Haha, me too. <IMG src=smileys/smiley14.gif border="0">I like the old stuff, where the only wires in your engine baybelong to the ignition circuit.</P>

Milky

should the red and yellow wires be separate or are they in that bundle of wires that plugs in?</P>


Ya I hate em too, maybe if I was good at doing stuff with electronics I'd like em...</P>

mkspeed26

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i actually took an electronics course in school last year and i did well in it, but i dont remember any of it. engine stuff is just the opposite. if i hear it once i remember it forever!!! i think i dislike them more than just because i dont know much about them, i just like working one-on-one with cars (ie carburater) and the electronics are always the things that fail or do not work well with eachother. in a carb you have to turn a couple screws to get it to run well, but with electronics you have to program them and get the right mass air size, etc which is a major pain inthe a$$</P>

Milky

Ya Im kinda tired of the ol fuel injection too... If I could do it all over Id carb my stang but thats another tim eI guess... Im happy with what I've got cause its all I know.

mkspeed26

converting to carb is one of the first things i will do to my stang when i get it. the coolness factor goes up bigtime!!! plus it is cheaper and easier to tune.

Milky

Ya, its wierd I would think you could tune electronics a lot easier rather than a carb, but I guess thats the way it just works out...

Milky

Hey Stang Chik your info fixed my problem... thanks a lot